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David Dewane

David Dewane

Chief Experience Officer

Geniant

David is an architect, publisher, journalist, and educator. He is an entrepreneur and the Chief Experience Officer (Physical Space) for Geniant. David has a background in ecologically and socially equitable design, having trained under Pliny Fisk III at the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems in Austin, Texas. He maintains an ongoing commitment to design theory and regularly publishes essays and interviews. Recent topics include Anticipatory Design, Spaces of Hyper-Creativity, and Leadership and Creativity. He has been honored as an Emerging Leader by the Design Futures Council and has been certified as an EVOKE Agent by the World Bank Institute.

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  • The Eudaemonia Machine
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    The presentation is on an approach to workplace called the EUDAEMONIA MACHINE. The term Eudaemonia is the ancient Greek concept of the highest state of human flourishing, described in detail by Aristotle. In modern times, we think about this as being in the "groove" or "flow state." What if your workplace was a place where you went and experience this deep state of flourishing every time you came to work? This talk walks through a series of historical case studies of workplaces that have generated tremendous amounts of flow (Bell Labs, Pixar's HQ, Southpark Studios, The Motley Fool, etc). With that foundation, we walk through the core diagram that sets the mind up for experiencing flow and map that onto a generic floor plan. Then we look at a real example of original design work, and describe the capabilities and measurement strategies for ensuring success.