Posted Friday, 29 July 2011 19:50  Written by Marco van Walstijn in Publications

The 11^th New WOW Symposium wil be held at YNNO’s Creative Meeting Center in Utrecht, The Netherlands on Sept 25^th-28^th.

Dr. Bettina von Stamm will present a paper on INNOVATION THROUGH NEW WAYS OF WORKING and the group will discuss the following innovation challenges:

• What is the impact of the increasing global distribution of groups on the ability of companies to innovate?
• Do groups have to be collocated to innovate?
• How does trying to innovate using information technologies change the company and its culture?
• What's the impact on trust and the transfer of informal knowledge, which are so important for innovation, of increasingly virtual and distributed groups?
• How does serendipity happen in a distributed company?

A special fieldtrip/workshop at the NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences (http://www.nhtv.nl/ENG/about-nhtv.html) has also been planned.  Breda professors Bernard Drion and Geoff Maree will host a half-day workshop on Monday, September 26 to share information about their Workin' Wonderland project (http://www.workinwonderland.com/index.html ). Bernard and Geoff wrote the book, Workin' Wonderland: Where People Gravitate and Managers Navigate. They are crafting a highly entertaining and interactive workshop on new ways of working, hospitality in the workplace, and imagineering in relation to innovation.

Online registration form. http://www.newwow.net/members/registration/symposium/11

Posted Monday, 04 April 2011 13:22  Written by Marco van Walstijn in Research

A global benchmark study of alternative workplace strategies revealed that in the current economic climate these strategies become more and more mainstream. Bas Singer from YNNO is one of the researchers and published his article in The Leader, the magazine from Corenet Global. Click here to read the full article "From Moot to Mainstream; Alternative Workplace Strategies Gain a Foothold in Today's Economy". 

Posted Tuesday, 11 January 2011 21:36  Written by Marco van Walstijn in Publications

The French Magazine Office et Culture made an extensive report on the Creative Valley building of YNNO as an inspiring ecosystem. For the full article in French click on this link to download.

For more contact on Creative Valley as an ecosystem contact Pieter van der Laan from YNNO.

Posted Tuesday, 11 January 2011 21:17  Written by Marco van Walstijn in Publications

Speaking at the CoreNet Global Summit, Jeroen van Bree, senior management consultant at consultancy YNNO, which specialises in innovative workplace solutions, drew parallels between the gaming and corporate occupier world. Van Bree said respect, collaboration, teamwork and strategy can be learned from games.

See propertyweek.com for the full article.