The primary objective of this project is to identify how a participatory design process might increase the likelihood of a successful workplace transformation and strengthen organizational effectiveness. Three subject areas; change management, participatory design, and workplace strategy, are explored to understand how a participatory design process for shaping the physical environment creates a more dynamic space and opportunity to fostering engagement and learning, managing change, and practicing the co-creative collaboration that organizations look to encourage in other facets of their business in order to drive innovation.
For the purpose of this research project, Workplace Transformation is being defined as; the process an organization manages while experiencing a change initiative that impacts their physical work environment.