Posts Tagged ‘in flow’
Monday, July 6th, 2009
Within Future Workspaces, many concept ideas have been developed. The Concept Pool page on this website shows some of them. To inspire knowledge workers and to gain more insight into what concepts or concept areas appeal to them, we have created the Concept Game.
The physical version of the Concept Game can be played individually or in a workshop. It is also possible to play the Concept Game online.
Click here to start playing the Concept Game online. You will be asked to select your favourite and least favourite concept ideas. Please also tell us why you have selected these concepts and submit your choices. It will help us to focus our future plans and concept development.
The online version of the Concept Game was developed by Steven Haveman.
» Start the Concept Game
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Tags: concept, experiment, game, ideas, in control, in flow, in sync, in touch, knowledge worker, play, tools, workshop
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Friday, June 19th, 2009
As we described in this blog post, one of the key challenges for modern knowledge workers is being in flow: reaching the mental state needed to get work done for which concentration is needed. This post of WebWorkerDaily is about singletasking: focussing on one task at a time, trying to avoid interruptions of other tasks – thus increasing the possibilities for flow. The article discusses three ways to help yourself to singletask: avoid task management tools that constantly remind you of all the other things you should do, use only one tab and use only one screen.
When I need to be in flow, I also switch off my e-mail notifications, log out from Skype and Twitter and make sure my physical desktop is clean. What do you do to get in the flow?
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Tags: in flow, interruption, productivity
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Thursday, December 4th, 2008
Yesterday we did a workshop on the 7 skills of modern knowledge workers at the Innovatieproeftuin. After an introduction by Ruud about the challenges faced by modern knowledge workers, the audience (of about 80 people) was put to work: first they had to select what they considered the top issues modern knowledge workers are faced with. Based on the results, they then had to describe the key skills modern knowledge workers have to posses to deal with this. While many of these 80 people probably expected a session where they would sit back and hear about the 7 essential skills, it was great to see them actually working together in small groups. (more…)
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Tags: in control, in flow, in sync, in touch, workshop
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
Op woensdag 3 december vindt in de Van Nelle Ontwerpfabriek in Rotterdam het event “de Innovatieproeftuin” plaats. Het Future Workspaces team zal daar acte de présence geven met twee workshops (“No Hub, No Glory!” en “De Zeven Vaardigheden van de Moderne Kenniswerker”) en een studentenatelier (“Schrijven naar 2028″). Meer informatie vindt u in deze uitnodiging en op de website van de Innovatieproeftuin. Wij hopen u op 3 december in Rotterdam te zien!
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Tags: in control, in flow, in sync, in touch, open organization, work location, workshop
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
Today, together with Ruud, I dwelled further on the core challenges of the modern worker. We already introduced the core concepts of in sync, in touch and in flow, but we came up with a fourth called “in control” or maybe more appropriate “on top”. Key is that the concept of “on top” accounts for the needed craftmanship of the modern worker. As in the old times real craftsman knew their tools inside out, we think modern workers should be knowledgeable also on their tooling. (more…)
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Tags: Add new tag, craftmanship, in control, in flow, in sync, in touch, new ways of working, on top, tools
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Sunday, September 21st, 2008
In the series of posts on the main challenges for the nomadic worker, this part focusses on the challenge to get work done for which concentration is needed. The constantly lurking distractions in an always connected world (combined with our information addiction) often prevent us from getting such tasks done. According to research by Csíkszentmihályi (1990), concentrated work requires a person to be “in flow“.
What is being “In Flow”?
Flow is a mental state in which the person is fully immersed in what he or she is doing, characterized by a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of the activity (Csíkszentmihályi, 1990). (more…)
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Tags: in flow, productivity
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Monday, September 1st, 2008
This post is a first in a series of posts on what we(*) consider to be the main challenges for the nomadic worker (or the Web Worker, as Om Malik from Web Worker Daily calls them). This nomadic worker is someone who reaches out beyond the office, cubicle, home workspace, train or wifi café to connect to and collaborate with others doing the same things. (more…)
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
What it is: a more efficient day schedule, by grouping fragments of related work (detached actions) into larger, contiguous chunks.
How it works: a wizard analyzes your to do list (for actionable items) and your and your coworker’s agendas (for schedules and availability) to come up with an optimized schedule that requires fewer context switches.
For instance, it will group all activities that I need to do for the same project or with the same person(s) and plan these in one contiguous time slot.
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Tags: always connected, fragmentation, in flow, personal information management, productivity, task management, time management, work life balance
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
A mental shift towards slowing down life’s pace.
SlowLife helps you to escape the hectic of modern times, by explicitly creating moments to reflect, to put things into perspective, or just to enjoy. Examples are: going to your work on foot, taking the time for a good and healthy breakfast with your family, taking an afternoon off just to do ‘nothing’. (more…)
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Tags: in flow, time management, ways of working, work life balance
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
The VR office is a virtual reality room where you and your team can work in a simulated environment adapted to your needs or simply to your liking. Display devices and speakers are invisibly integrated into the physical environment. Landscape, soundtrack, and synthesized smell can be matched to create the perfect environment for creative sessions, deep reflection, or concentrated individual work.
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Tags: in flow, virtual world, ways of working, work location
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