Mr. Jim Williamson

"The finance group works very differently from the way the creative group does in a corporate office," says Jim Williamson, a workplace design expert at Gensler.
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"It's about physical placement and providing an amenity that's adjacent to a meeting place," says Mr Williamson."Even something as simple as having the copier nearby.

There's "a sea change in how people are supported at work," said Jim Williamson, a principal at Gensler, an international architecture and design firm whose clients include BP and Hearst Corp.

Gensler's revamp of ad agency McCann-Erickson's Los Angeles office included moving staff from enclosed workstations to open work counters, and shifting managers from perimeter offices to more centrally located spaces with wooden louver walls.

"When I first got into this business," Mr. Williamson said, "we were counting bodies and dropping in workstations and cubicles.

Moderator: Jim Williamson, principal, Gensler

There's "a sea change in how people are supported at work," says Jim Williamson, a principal at Gensler, an international architecture and design firm whose clients include BP and Hearst Corp.

Gensler's revamp of ad agency McCann-Erickson's Los Angeles office included moving staff from enclosed work stations to open work counters, and shifting managers from perimeter offices to more centrally located spaces with wooden louver walls.

"When I first got into this business," Williamson says, "we were counting bodies and dropping in work stations and cubicles.

Panelists: Kay Sargent, principal, IA Interior Architects; Neal Sumner, principal, CORE architecture + design; Diana Horvat, principal, Envision; Bob Fox, principal, Fox Architects; and Jim Williamson, principal, Gensler.

There's "a sea change in how people are supported at work," says Jim Williamson, a principal at Gensler, an international architecture and design firm whose clients include BP and Hearst Corp.

"When I first got into this business," Williamson says, "we were counting bodies and dropping in work stations and cubicles.

There's "a sea change in how people are supported at work," says Jim Williamson, a principal at Gensler, an international architecture and design firm whose clients include BP and Hearst Corp.

Gensler's revamp of ad agency McCann-Erickson's Los Angeles office included moving staff from enclosed work stations to open work counters, and shifting managers from perimeter offices to more centrally located spaces with wooden louver walls.

"When I first got into this business," Williamson says, "we were counting bodies and dropping in work stations and cubicles.