Abstract
Changes in the business environment have prompted a major evolution of work styles. Many enterprises have seen their business processes totally transformed by the information and financial revolutions that began around 1980, and change has been driven further forward by a shift in marketing needs that has accompanied the maturing of the economy and society, to more focus on the value of “soft” endeavor rather than hard products. Work styles and organizational management conducive to efficiency and creativity are essential for enabling working individuals to generate new knowledge and innovate new products and services. For those of us involved in office innovation, the issue is How can office environments best facilitate such work styles? In this paper, I intend to draw on several advanced case studies to explore what offices of tomorrow will be like.
