You would not believe the number of firms that have asked us to publish a list of workplace trends over the last few weeks.
The truth about all those workplace trends lists
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.
Creating a destination workplace
London-based Strategy Principal Sam Sahni explores the importance of resetting expectations of where we work and how we can create a future-proofed workplace. A destination workplace.
How does flexible working fit into the modern workplace?
Organizations have been pondering the benefits of workplace flexibility since the 1990s, with increasing numbers allowing employees to work in a flexible manner at least some of the time.
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.
Millennial Workplace Expectations Are Changing
The study revealed that millennials tend to believe that the average length of time they should stay at a job before looking for another is only 20 months.
Australia is leading the world in the adoption of activity based working
Over half of those employed in the banking sector in Australia now find themselves in agile and dynamic activity based workplaces.
Landlords Woo Startups With Built-In Clubs and Office Beers
Companies in every industry, from autos to retail, have been scrambling to adjust to millennials’ tastes and expectations, and commercial real estate is no exception.
What You Need to Know to Build A Strong Foundation to Embed Workplace Change
Over the past decade many organizations have adopted—with mixed results—workplace solutions that challenge the traditional notion of one desk for each person.
3 Trends That Will Dominate The Workplace In 2018
Companies and flexible workspace operators will need to make sure that they are offering the right kind of support to workers; this can mean meditation sessions, counseling sessions, or simply a space where people feel comfortable and safe to talk about worries and struggles, personal or professional.
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.
How The Physical Environment Impacts Employee Experience
With the rise of co-working locations, global connectivity, and collaboration technologies, many people believe that offices are going to die. This is only somewhat true.
Digitalization could pay off in health and sustainability
With technology permeating everything that we do, it’s led to significant transformation in the workplace—specifically, how, where (and who) is working and what work employees do.
Three Types Of Annoyingly Chatty Coworkers And How To Shut Them Up
Some people don’t catch social cues, while others are just looking to vent. Here’s how to handle everyone in your office who keeps talking your ear off.
Activating the Workplace: The Impact of Active Workstations on Employee Effectiveness
This issue of Perkins+Will Research Journal includes four articles that focus on different research topics, such as the impact of active workstations in office environments, methods for integrating material health research with the design process, influences of indoor plants on psychological well-being in workplaces, and effects of a mentoring program in design practice.
Top Fitness Centers in the Workplace
As we embark on setting annual resolutions, here are a few of our favorite gyms and fitness centers from around the workplace.
Why workplace branding matters to corporate culture
Bringing the unique points of a brand to life throughout the workplace can transform a humdrum office with far reaching benefits for employees and organizations.
Coworking Is Not About Workspace — It’s About Feeling Less Lonely
Working remotely has many benefits: flexible hours, no commute, and autonomy and control over how you work, to name just a few.
Watch: 4 Things This Top PR Firm Wanted in Their Office
This global giant PR firm decided to build their Toronto offices full-DIRTT to get the complete benefits of responsiveness along with cost and schedule certainty during construction.
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.