After years of experimenting with open office layouts, the search for places where developers can work both uniquely and collaboratively continues.
The Open Office is Dead. Now What?
Are open plan workspaces truly evil or is this just fake news?
The findings by Bernstein and Turban provide valuable, quantitative evidence that line of sight and proximity may not increase the quantity of face to face communication within teams under all circumstances.
Flexible-office future trends point to market growth
The Limits of Coworking
Want A Winning Workplace Strategy? Dive Into The Occupancy Data.
Planning for 2019 and beyond? JLL shares how workplace and occupancy planning tools can help position your company for growth in the future of work
Listen: People are great: a conversation with James Woudhuysen on the future of work
We also talk about the outliers of workplace design, how we live alongside technology and the true nature of Millennials.
The home of the future is the one you’re already living in
A growing number of architects and advocates are promoting an ambitious vision of energy-efficient, data-driven homes–many of which have been around for decades.
Artificial Intelligence Humanizing The Places Where We Will Work
Coworking Megatrend Predictions For 2019 (And A Bombshell)
A brief history of workplace disruption
The first recognisable swivel chairs were developed by the likes of Thomas Jefferson, Albert Stoll and Peter Ten Eyck.
Perennials, not millennials, will trigger the next wave of talent retention efforts
In the 30-year span from 1994 to 2024, workers aged 55 and older will go from being the smallest segment of the US working population to the largest, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Got a messy work desk? Study reveals what your coworkers really think of you
What does a worker’s messy desk signify to the greater office? Unfortunately, far more than just an inability to organize bobbleheads or throw away empty La Croix cans.
Sit-stand desks are your new flexible friend when it comes to boosting brain power
A new study from the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University College of London concludes that we work better when we’re allowed to go for a bit of a wander around the office.
How the Millennial generation is ushering in a more open and connected workspace
Why Standing Desks Are Overrated
Two new studies set out business case for contemporary office design
A consistent theme throughout the research was a desire amongst office workers for more informal spaces for working and collaborating, and also private spaces for concentrating and taking telephone calls.
Majority of office workers discontented with workplace environment
With three-quarters (76 percent) of office workers agreeing that a well-functioning and attractive office workplace would encourage better staff retention, the study demonstrates a link between the office workspace, the people in it, and their inclination to stay put.
Fostering creativity within organizations through space and culture
For more creative thinking to come about, organizations must build a nurturing environment in which an open and collaborative culture can thrive.
Gen Z are technologically literate but not actually robots, Dell study confirms
Generation Z is entering the workforce, bringing with it a tech-first mentality that will propel businesses further into the digital era while potentially deepening the divide among five generations in the workplace.
A new age of reason for workplace design and management
When it comes to workplace design, the idea of beauty (or at least attractiveness) seems pretty important even when it can’t be measured.