Transcript

LISA

That’s a really good point, Marcus, we do need to think carefully about the recycling facilities. Louise, you’ve got an intent look on your face. Would you like to share what you’re thinking?

LOUISE

[looks up quickly and coughs slightly]

Well, it’s an important issue to my team.

LISA

OK. How would you improve them? For the way your team works.

LOUISE

Erm… there could be more recycling stations around the office.

LISA

That sounds like an interesting idea. How would that work?

LOUISE

Well, at the moment there’s just one recycling station at the end of the corridor, which means we all have to carry stuff around, but if the office is going to be open plan in this way, then there could be one at both ends of the room for paper and shredding, as well as one in the kitchen area.

MARCUS

That’s a lot of space taken up with recycling stations. Surely there are better ways?

LISA

Marcus, I welcome your opinions but I just want to hear Louise out first.

LOUISE

(warming to the theme)

Well, we handle a lot of admin in our team and get through a lot of paper waste, which at the moment piles up around our desk until we move it at the end of the day. That’s ok in our room at the moment, but we can’t have piles of paper all over the floor if people are going to be walking around all the time, can we?

LISA

Thank you for that Louise. What does the rest of the group think?

GRACE

Makes sense. [looks at the plan] If we look at the plan, if we position them here and here, then it will make it easier for everyone to get to, and it shouldn’t take up that much space.

LOUISE

Um there was one other thing. The positioning of the printers… I know on the plan at the moment it says that the printers are going to be there by the window, but if our department’s going to be there [points] which does make sense… do you all agree? Well, if we’re going to be there, then the printer station needs to be in that area instead because we use the printers more than most and if we’re now going to be sharing them with other departments, then it may become an issue… sorry…

LISA

So shall we look at this in more detail then? Where are the best positions for the printers and the modems and the screens? If we split up into two groups and talk about this in more depth, and then come back and share our initial ideas. Shall we say 10 minutes?

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