Harnessing serendipity is about more than facilitating the unexpected

Please find here my guest blog in Workspace Insight publication.  It’s explaining the wider context in workspace design and management issues and introduces new ways to harness serendipity in institutional settings.

This is more like an introduction to the topic, it will be followed by a three part series about areas mentioned in the article. How we can respect and support serendipity in:

1) physical workspace design

2) virtual collaboration platform implementation

3) ecosystem development

(Insight is the UK’s most widely read publication dedicated to the design and management of workplaces, offering a  definitive source of daily ideas, comment, news and information. It publishes a weekly newsletter and has a readership of up to 1,000 unique users a day including suppliers, purchasing, HR, IT and facilities managers and specifiers including fit-out firms, architects and designers;  http://workplaceinsight.net/)

Serendipitor

I used to call myself an explorer of life — but over time I’ve realized that my journey is not about exploration. It’s been a series of Peregrinaggios — pilgrimages of the mind and heart. Life is far too sacred to be wandered through as a tourist. Better to travel it as a pilgrim, open to what unfolds, humbled by what reveals itself along the way. Read more