Eastlake Group front national seminar
Eastlake Group front national workplace innovation seminar UK businesses were educated on the link between workplace design and innovation when they attended the Workscape Innovation seminar today (Tuesday Oct 10), held at Bene PLC in London.
The Eastlake Group together with the University of Salford’s Centre for Facilities Management fronted the impressive seminar which also featured a keynote address from IBM’s Andrew Carey.
The seminar introduced the latest thinking on the ways in which the workplace supports innovation, stressing the need for organisational transformation and for the development of FM processes for business success.
Oliver Ronald, workplace consultant for edp, a part of the Eastlake Group – one of the UK’s leading authorities on workplace innovation, spoke about the importance of innovation in the workplace for the facilities management sector. He said: “At edp we believe that a strategically designed work environment can balance the key factors that spur innovation, helping your organisation achieve its goals.
“We partner with progressive organisations, collaborate with leading research institutions and conduct on-going studies to understand the role of the workplace in achieving business results. We have learned some important things about what spurs and sustains innovation in successful companies. “
The Eastlake Group has been working alongside the Centre for Facilities Management for 2 years as its corporate partner to give industry weight and experience to the University’s research. The organisations regularly team up to give seminars on innovative approaches to workplace design and facilities management.