AIA Course #: HAW 589
IDCEC Course #: CC-106481
Subject Code: 3. Interior Design Education / 1. Instruction
Course Description:
Employers need open and interactive space to encourage collaboration, and such spaces can introduce distractions. Distractions, however, sabotage focus, and focus work is a necessary part of collaborative efforts. How can we solve this conflict? Approach workplace design so that it encourages both collaboration and focus work within a variety of options for optimal worker performance.
Course Objectives:
- Understand the meaning of Focus
- Identify the challenges of staying focused
- Explain why focus in the workplace is difficult and what can be done to support it
- Identify design solutions in the workplace that help to encourage focus
Content Outline:
- Explain what focus is and isn’t
- Focus exercise and debrief
- The Challenge: Distractions and Performance
- Design solutions that encourage focus
- Questions and answers