{"id":565,"date":"2022-12-28T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/workmill.jp\/en\/?post_type=webzine&p=565"},"modified":"2023-09-06T14:14:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T05:14:59","slug":"traveling-working-workstyle-20221228","status":"publish","type":"webzine","link":"https:\/\/workmill.jp\/en\/webzine\/traveling-working-workstyle-20221228\/","title":{"rendered":"Working While Traveling? Unique Workstyle of Mio Umenaka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Not everyone works the same way, which is why people opt for different workstyles. For example, some people prefer to work in the early hours of the day while others can\u2019t get started until evening. Some work better in teams, while others work alone. Some opt for remote freelance work, while others consider traditional office systems. However, few people have considered experimenting with travel as a workstyle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mio Umenaka of Nikken Sekkei\u2019s Nikken Activity design lab thinks that incorporating \u2018Working While Traveling\u2019 as an experimental workstyle should be considered without the constraints of the conventional system, especially for people focusing on their lifestyles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article is based on an interview that was conducted when Umenaka belonged to Nikken Sekkei.
Today she works as an independent architectural ethnographer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mio Umenaka
Representative Unknown Meets Ethnography<\/a>. Architectural ethnographer. Backpacker who has traveled to more than 100 countries while continuing fieldwork to observe how the world works. Designs architecture, places, and systems. First-class architect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a Workstyle?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A workstyle is a collection of methods and approaches a person deploys in performing their corporate duties. The way a person works, including their thinking processes, organizing their time, structure, and how they complete their work is their workstyle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you discover your preferred workstyle, you\u2019ll be able to uncover the strategies that work best for you to maximize your own productivity and enhance your success rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have found a pattern that works for you, stick to it. Mio Umenaka of Nikken Sekkei spends half the year traveling the world, and one would easily think she is a freelancer, but no. She works as a full-time corporate employee as an architectural\/spatial designer at Nikken Sekkei while also pursuing her passion for seeing all the sights in the world\u2014a so-called \u2018Working While Traveling\u2019 pattern she adopted.<\/p>\n\n\n

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