Technology isn't the only factor driving our changing office spaces.
Local Offices For Local People: Twitter Real Estate Chief On The Future Of Offices
It started life in Dublin with just one employee working out of his living room. Today Twitter's European headquarters in Dublin is home to 250 staff and is at the cutting edge of how people work.
How Can Workplace Design Improve Our Emotional Safety?
Author and workplace design specialist, Leigh Stringer outlines important strategies that can be implemented to support emotional safety of not only abuse victims, but all employees as well.
2018 Predictions: The Rapidly Changing State of the Office
Need A Creative Idea In 10 Minutes? Play With The Stuff On Your Desk
The trick is not to spend more than 10 minutes fiddling with your desktop objects–that’s enough time to experiment with some interesting combinations without beginning to second-guess yourself.
Bring on the Brilliance: The Making of Great Ideas
A recent study by Steelcase and Microsoft reports 77 percent of people believe creativity is a 21st century job skill, but according to the Adobe State of Create Study, fully 69 percent of people don’t believe they’re living up to their creative potential
The AI (Artificial Intelligence) future desk/chair scenario
The office or the workplace has generally been the same forever – a desk and a chair. Whether its ‘your’ desk and chair, a hot desk, an agile environment, a sit stand desk, a kitchen table at home or in a high rise in the middle of the city – we all use them everywhere.
UK: Flexible space and smart tech to grow this year, while occupiers decide on Brexit
UK employees are increasingly mobile both within and outside the office and the rise of the flexible office market is a natural response to a structural change in the way people are working.
Seven Emerging Workplace Design Influences in 2018
The world of work is changing fast to instigate a new set of trends focused on themes of creativity, community and conscientiousness.
Here's what could happen to America's hundreds of dead malls
More than 6,400 store locations have announced closures this year. In a recent report, analysts from Credit Suisse predicted that 20% to 25% of malls — about 220 to 275 shopping centers — would shutter over the next five years, largely because of store closures.
An Open-Office Survival Plan
The problem is, for many of us, open offices can make it challenging to get anything done; every passing hour brings as many unexpected sights, sounds and smells as a mid-sized circus. Workplaces are tearing down walls and with them any sense of decorum. A guide to tuning it out and focusing in.
The future of collaboration
How will collaboration change over the next five years? And what should companies do about it? A recent report introduces a new concept to address these issues.
Artificial intelligence and 'upskilling': five workplace trends that will dominate 2018
With unemployment at a 42-year low of 4.3pc, the jobs market remains competitive: the Office for National Statistics recently revealed that UK businesses are struggling to find workers as the pool of potential staff dries up.
In Focus: Anticipating the Workplace Needs of Generation Z
The new kids in the workplace differ from previous generations and present major implications for workplace design.
Shifts in occupier behaviour and attitudes to real estate pave the way for a workplace revolution
The rise of the flexible office is the result of dramatic changes in the way corporate occupiers approach their real estate decisions, and will open up opportunities for landlords able to adapt and respond to these shifts
Up to 800 million jobs will be displaced by automation over next 13 years, claims McKinsey report
Up to 800 million workers worldwide may find their jobs disrupted and displaced by robots and automation by 2030, around a fifth of the global labour force, according to a new reportcovering 46 nations and over 800 occupations carried out by McKinsey & Co.
It's Not All About Millennials: Developing Offices For The Overlapping 'Generation Connected' Demographic
The issue in managing the tug of war between generations in the office is not one of open office vs. closed office.
Leading Different Generations In The Workplace: A Productivity Strategy
Every generation wants to other to see the world from their viewpoint, resulting in conflicts, delayed decision-making and a full-stop on new idea creation.
How Technology Can Transform Workplace Humanity
One could argue that technology has done more to harm humans than to help them. Interactions that were once between people have been redirected toward screens—just think of office exchanges, self-checkouts and online purchases.
Using the Nuances of Collaboration to Drive Innovation
Collaboration is more likely to lead to innovation if it's the right kind of collaboration, and if it's supported in the right way.