{"id":94950,"date":"2023-01-06T01:56:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T07:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=94950"},"modified":"2023-01-05T10:57:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T16:57:35","slug":"breakthrough-thinking-explores-workplace-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/01\/06\/breakthrough-thinking-explores-workplace-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakthrough Thinking explores workplace design"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>Design specialist Julia Cooper knows how to optimize space to enhance learning and connectedness among employees and students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As director of consulting at Hok, a global design, architecture, engineering and planning firm, Cooper encourages organizations to create inclusive and neurodiverse spaces that strategically connect back to what the organization is trying to achieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cooper\u2019s presentation was part of UNMC\u2019s Breakthrough Thinking Conference Series, which is intended to enhance UNMC\u2019s strategic planning by sharing ideas that stimulate, inspire and broaden the thought process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/echo360.org\/media\/b7db4863-3e84-447c-ac72-b982db87f5a7\/public\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Watch the Breakthrough Thinking presentation with Julia Cooper online<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During her presentation, Cooper highlighted five scenarios and their impact on the workplace experience. Want to prioritize experiential and applied learning? Create open, collaborative and flexible workspaces that anticipate and maximize the varied schedules of faculty and staff. Want to embrace community and connection knowing students come to campus for memories that cannot be achieved online? Create more collaborative and social amenities in the workplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cooper said it\u2019s also important to adapt spaces for individuals diagnosed with such neurodivergent diagnoses as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Tourette syndrome or ADHD. \u201cTheir differences can be an extraordinary strength in the workplace,\u201d she said, highlighting the creative talents of the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs, singer-songwriter Billie Eilish and entrepreneur Richard Branson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To emphasize her point, she shared a quote from a student with autism who said: \u201cWe are freshwater fish in salt water. Put us in fresh water, and we function just fine. Put us in salt water, and we struggle to survive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, it\u2019s important to design spaces for individuals who are hypersensitive (prefer environments with simple patterns, light colors, orderly spaces and controlled stimuli), hyposensitive (need more stimuli to process information), both or somewhere in between (neurotypical).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll spaces need to be designed with purpose and intent depending on the people occupying the space,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cooper highlighted work done at the Stanford Center for Academic Medicine, which was purposely designed as a place for clinicians and researchers to work, rejuvenate and collaborate. 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