The ways we work and, as a result, the environments in which we work are changing in ways we haven’t seen before.
Listen: Inside a Fundamental Shift Happening at Work
The 1970s Design Manual That Quietly Shaped Everything You Use Today
AIA's Consensus Construction Forecast downgrades expectations for 2017 and 2018
Construction spending so far in 2017 has been fairly disappointing. Commercial/industrial construction spending has increased just under 7 percent through the first five months of the year relative to the same period in 2016, as compared to over 10 percent growth for 2016 overall.
After the Millennium
Surely, Baby Boomers and Millennials share more than biology and morphology. Or, is the mindset of the Millennial generation unlike any other in history? Do these young men and women have different attitudes and aptitudes, ideals and anxieties?
Watch: What makes San Francisco so innovative?
San Francisco is a city that likes to be at the cutting edge.
It’s part of the world’s most well-known innovation ecosystem where tech start-ups with the next big idea rub shoulders with market leading tech giants. Creativity isn’t limited to the office; it also spills on to the streets to create a diverse cultural scene.
How can workplaces achieve the right balance between work and play?
DOES SIT-TO-STAND WORKING IMPROVE HEALTH AND WELLNESS AT WORK?
Sit-to-stand working is one of the biggest office trends of recent years, but the motivation behind the movement is over 60 years old.
Ideas of a relationship between health and sitting first appeared in the 1950s. Cutting-edge research explored the heart attack risks of London bus drivers and bus conductors - finding that the sedentary drivers were twice as likely to suffer a heart attack than their more active conductor counterparts.
Watch: Introducing 'Workplace powered by Human Experience' | Dr. Marie Puybaraud
“Human Experience is about how the work environment ultimately impacts company performance, not just its culture,” Dr. Marie Puybaraud, Head of Research, JLL. Read more: http://humanexperience.jll/#HumanExperience
THE SECRET TO A GREAT WORKPLACE? THINK OF IT AS A PEOPLE-PLACE
Ed Nolan, managing director and practice leader for workplace strategy at JLL, discusses the power of human experience in the company’s recently completed Chicago headquarters refresh.
Three Factors Accelerating Change in the Workplace (Part One)
Successful companies are, by definition, good at optimizing resources; that’s why space efficiency and staff productivity are vital to our clients. The greater challenge is seeing into the future—the confluence of factors is altering the landscape of workplace interiors—with enough clarity and urgency to re-evaluate long-held assumptions and drive innovation.
Top performing organisations build six elements into their design
Adopting agile ways of working makes a company five times more likely than competitors to be a top performer, with faster growth and higher profits, according to a new report from The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), “Boosting Performance Through Organization Design”. The report describes agile as ‘a concept borrowed from software development, describes workplace processes that emphasise speed, autonomy, and teamwork to get products to market faster’. It is one of six key factors of organisation design that set top performers apart from rivals, according to results of a BCG survey included in the report.
DATA-DRIVEN DESIGN FOR THE MODERN WORKPLACE
The data highlights opportunities for improvement and the tools enable corporate real estate teams to drive both operational and strategic transformations that reduce costs and increase employee productivity.
KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM WORK DESIGN TALKS: WASHINGTON, DC
The spirited discussion began with each panelist’s self-introduction – Kyle predicted he would have the least to say, but as a representative of the “end user” community he contributed an important perspective to a panel made up of workspace professionals. Kyle said that while he is not a designer, architect or engineer, he gets the benefit of the work of great architectural and engineering design!
The decentralization of startup building
Breakthroughs in technology, changes to regulation and socio-economic tailwinds are allowing talent and capital to be more widely distributed and at the same time closely connected. We’re witnessing the democratisation of a number of components of the startup ecosystem.
This decentralisation is increasingly shifting startup creation to a broader populace. Today, we’ve seen a number of large company outcomes away from the mainstays of silicon valley, New York and London — Snap, Zayo, Mobileye, HomeAway, Retailmenot, Simplivity, LivingSocial, Waze, Supercell and ARM have all been created in comparative isolation.
Listen: New Research on Employee Engagement
Can the office be used as a strategic lever to impact employee engagement? For the first time, new research shows a correlation between employee engagement and the workplace. Chris Congdon, director of global research communications for Steelcase, discusses key findings and what kinds of changes to the work environment will have the biggest impact for people.
Sense-Breaking Makes Sense for Innovation
During the recent mediaX 2017 Conference at Stanford University, titled Sense-Making & Making Sense, I was struck by the significant shift in navigating 21st century technologies and commerce. mediaX is a forum and incubator of ideas with a multi-disciplinary approach to exploring how “… understanding people can improve the design of technologies in the areas of learning, mobility, collaboration, entertainment and commerce.”
The Definitive Argument For Summer Fridays
Nobody is getting any work done anyway. Letting employees finish the week early is an easy way to show you care about work life balance.
MOVING BEYOND PRODUCTIVITY: IBM’S REMOTE WORK REVERSAL
Measuring success by lower expenses and higher productivity, IBM should have been yielding high-performance results. The company’s real estate annual savings total over $1 million and its internal research states that this contributes to their remote workers increased productivity.
WORKPLACE DESIGN TRENDS SUPPORT CREATIVITY
As demand grows for inventive solutions, companies and knowledge workers alike are increasingly prioritizing creative thinking. In this month’s news aggregate, we explore the rising importance of creativity at work and consider how this shift has affected today’s organizations.
Say Goodbye to Your Desk
At least, as you know it. Sensor-studded office desks and chairs will monitor your every move—and alert your boss when you no longer need a permanent workspace.