The document discusses the integral approach used by Veldhoen + Company to develop new social, virtual, and physical working environments for their clients. They examine opportunities in the social, virtual, and physical environments using an interactive approach. Their goal is to reduce facility costs, increase productivity, and create a new culture through opening new perspectives on working processes and culture.

1. The Art of Working
The integral meaning of our
virtual, physical and social
working environments
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3. Veldhoen + Company
Our world is beautiful. Are we capable of living and
working in it the way we like the most? The
information technology is changing rapidly. Can
we see the challenges of these developments?
From our personal experiences, with our own
identity and ambition we accept these challenges
and develop new concepts of working for
companies.
Veldhoen + Company is an international operating
consultancy firm. At this moment there are 52
employees. The company was founded 18 years
ago. We look at organization styles and working
processes, information technology and physical
environment. We develop new Social, Virtual and
Physical environments. We use an integral
approach for that.
Change is the key word in our company.
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4. The Art of Working
The way in which we deal with information is changing dramatically,
and with it the way we work and how we deal with one another. The
three plusses of The Art of Working:
+ Reduce resource cost of facilities
+ Increase productivity
+ Create a new culture
We can only achieve such a feat if we also open up new Creating a new culture is
something that can go to
perspectives on working processes, corporate culture, the
the extreme. In our ground-
relationship between companies and their customers and the work/ breaking project for
Interpolis in the mid1990s,
life balance.
the new way of working
produced – as well as
substantial cost savings –
culture based on trust (in
the world of insurances,
trusting customers was in
itself a revolutionary
concept). Interpolis’ new
way of working heralded a
complete transformation
within the organisation
which can be described as
a new lifestyle.
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5. Integrated Approach
In our approach we examine what is possible
in the areas of people & organization (social
environment), information provision & ICT (virtual
environment) and working environment & building
(physical environment). The approach is interactive.
In other words, we involve management and
employees in deciding which future way of working
we are aiming to create. In the development phase
this is an action with leadership which has to lead to
their commitment and approval. Veldhoen + Company
In the implementation phase, we work out a bottom- has worked together with
various organizations:
up change management program based on this Shell EP, McKinsey,
leadership commitment. In the meantime we have to Rabobank, Postbank,
Interpolis, ABN AMRO
design and implement the physical and virtual among others.
environment with specialists and other consultants. But also police
departments, hospitals,
This approach is according to a quality system for industrial laboratories
which we received the ISO 2000 certification. and schools.
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6. Activity based working is not only about work
environment or information technology. It is about
how you use them.
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