Connected and Sustainable Work

Connected Urban Development Perspective

Connected Urban Development Smart Work Center

“Connected and Sustainable Work renders (tele)commuting obsolete…
…by redefining where works get done by who and how”

The extensive capabilities of information and communications technology (ICT), cultural shifts around work, and the sustainability imperative present immense opportunities for redefining work to meet the needs of communities, employers, and cities.

These opportunities are embodied in the concept of Connected and Sustainable Work - the enablement of work that optimizes usage of talent, delivers benefits across the stakeholder community (citizens, employers, governments), and respects the boundaries of ecosystems of support.

Whitepaper

Because of the impact of work on adoption of these patterns and, ultimately, on development of a model for a sustainable and livable city, CUD believes the opportunity to introduce innovation in work enablement using ICT is equally important to delivering solutions to problems for energy, transportation, housing, buildings, and society at large.
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Principles of Connected and Sustainable Work

  • Workforce redefined

    - Pool more heterogeneous
    - More workers, less employees

  • 21th century work space: work follows the worker

  • “Going to work” evolves

    - Smart and Sustainable Work changes the drivers for physical transport or meetings
    - Work patterns become more ‘fluid’; Work is less organized around fixed “9 to 5” schedules

  • Collaboration and self-regulation

  • Work spaces are user-centric

    - Work and workers are central, buildings are not
    - Satellite Offices are (therefore) obsolete as is (tele)commuting

  • New resource optimization for employing organizations

Connected and Sustainable Work Solutions

There are no “prescribed” solutions or formulas for the new models of work, rather, Connected Urban Development it applying the program’s principles and vision to deliver innovative solutions or delivering new applications to existing solutions.

There are two innovative solutions introduced:

  • Smart Work Centers
  • Hub Culture Pavilions

And there are innovative applications to existing solutions:

  • Connected Worker
  • Connected Workplace