Design Concepts for the 3 Spaces

Autocratic vs. Democratic Power and Leadership

Slim
* Has had many opportunities handed to him.
* Power through intimidation and corruption.
* Distanced from his workers by a long corridor.
* His workspace is clearly superior to his workers spaces.
* His workers are fearful of him.
* A moving light leads the way to Slim’s end of the space.
* He travels to the meeting space alone.

Tata
* Strives for growth through honesty, hard work and collaboration with his workers.
* Treats his workers as equal, values their ideas.
* Space organised to enhance discussion between Tata’s team.
* Tata’s workers work individually in a space not far away from the central meeting space. This space is open, colourful and not at all threatening. The working spaces face inwards to a large tree in the centre. This represents to common goal of growth that Tata’s team works towards.
* Workers are free to make the short trip to the central meeting space (known by Tata’s team as the ‘Brainstorm’) to share and develop their ideas with others.
* The best collaborative ideas formed in the ‘Brainstorm’ are taken up to the meeting space via the elevator by Tata and 3 of his team representatives.

Meeting Space
* Slim’s path to the meeting space is short and easy.
* Tata must travel further to the space and overcome obstacles which represent the real life obstacles he has had to work hard to overcome in order to establish his company as a global organisation.
* The stairs that Tata walks down to the meeting space highlight the power that he has gained through hard work.
* In this space, despite the differences in the way they run their businesses, Tata and Slim are very much equals.