Women are on the move in Building and Civil Works!
Although construction remains a predominantly male environment, the mind-set is changing and endeavours to promote gender equality are increasing.
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Friday March 24th, 2017
FabLab: Encouraging employee innovation
The next and final episode in the FabLab series, which takes a look at the creative spaces playing a significant role in creating sustainable, innovative neighbourhoods.
Focus #3: The Company FabLab
The relation established between work spaces and company performance is bringing about new places for creativity, collaboration and innovation in offices.
FabLabs offer companies the freedom to test their innovations in a workshop and reduce the time between design and prototype creation. They are also open spaces for employees to bring their ideas to fruition. FabLabs also bring management practices into question and offer new modes of organisation, such as ‘horizontal’ management, that meet what employees have come to expect.
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