Office furniture brand Haworth has created an experimental workspace for its leadership team, which shows how offices can be designed to help companies retain talented staff and be more innovative.
In the first in a new series of articles produced in collaboration with Haworth, we look at the Leadership Community Space, which was recently created at the company's Michigan headquarters, One Haworth Center.
Described as a living lab, the project puts into practice Haworth's extensive research into the links between office design and staff productivity. It functions as a testing ground, allowing the company to measure how interior design can affect productivity.
The design has proved so successful that it has helped the company recruit more talented staff – the head of Haworth's human resources department, Ann Harten, described the building as "one of the best recruiting tools we have".
