Acting Like a Start-Up

Course# MET159
This course is AIA/CEU registered for 1LU
Expires March 2014

In a business world that is not only increasingly digital, but also increasingly wireless, there is a growing disconnect between the classic cubicle office spaces of yesterday and the high function, talent attracting, tech offices of today. The culture of these offices is long hours of rewarding, creative, hard work in environments that focus on the workers as opposed to the productivity of the work. A mentality that works to create a space that takes care of the digital warriors so that they can take care of the company. To attract these highly skilled creative workers, companies compete by creating spaces that enable the long hours of a start up with comfortable, collaborative, and creative design.

Read the article with the following learning objectives in mind. Then complete the participant exercise online at www.metropolismag.com/ce.

Learning Objectives:

—Find out where the idea for tech spaces originated.
—Understand why these spaces are so productive.
—Learn the programming and shared elements for creating tech spaces.
—Understand the strengths and weaknesses of the tech work environment.

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