Taking company culture to the next level with interactive, engaging social spaces.
Are you ready to move away from traditional office spaces?
With the use of mobile tablets in business soaring, workplaces are looking for innovative solutions to accommodate modern tech.
Open-plan offices have a surprising effect on workplace communication
Unlike previous research, it uses empirical evidence rather self-reported data to show that airy, communal spaces do not a buzzing, collaborative environment make.
The End of the Traditional 9-5? New Study Finds 70 Percent of Us Skip the Office to Work Elsewhere
More than two-thirds of global employees work remotely every week, and over 50% do so for at least half of the week, heralding a major reassessment of corporate real estate, according to a comprehensive new global study.
Open plan offices may discourage communication, claims new study
The researchers conclude that an open plan office design may not be the means to achieve a more collaborative working environment.
The Power of Trust
The 5G Workforce
It’s official: No one cares about your “cool” office perks
Why Working Outside Is Completely Natural
Humans have an emotional response to nature. Sunshine can promote wakefulness, greenery can have a calming effect, and water features can lower stress.
How Design Inspires Creativity in theWorkplace
Companies that want to be competitive and innovative in today’s market are turning to workplace design as a solution to boost creativity.
Listen: Open-plan offices leave women subject to sexism at work, research suggests
Open-plan office layouts were created to foster communication and cut bureaucracy, but they can leave you with nowhere to hide, and can even foster sexism at work, according to one researcher.
Desk, swivel chair, trees: Why companies are moving the office outdoors
L.L. Bean joins several of the nation's best-known technology companies to encourage workspaces with a biophilic design, which seeks to bring the outside indoors and the inside outdoors.
Steelcase and Microsoft: Bridge the Creative Gap
Munich event highlights how the workplace and technology can help people reach their creative potential.
Ichiro Iwasaki: 'Work and home environments are getting mixed nowadays'
One of the most enduring trends in design is certainly the blurring of the boundaries between work and living spaces.
How Do We Design Workplaces That Support Mental Health And Well-Being
A bug-eyed view of workplace design
This is not just a law for dogs and churches. It is something we should consider when we look at workplace design and is yet one more reason to question the idea that there is one ideal form of office towards which all must evolve.
The role of workplace design in employee engagement
A great deal of current research and anecdotal evidence suggests that engaged employees are much less likely to leave their current organization.
Rebecca Minkoff on creating a brand and workplace for modern women
“I think the model most businesses are set up on is an old one. It’s the 9-to-6, these are the rules, don’t bring your personal baggage to work–and we find that doesn’t work for us.”
Finding Balance
Stanford professor Jeffrey Pfeffer writes in his book “Dying for a Paycheck” that workplace stress is taking a physical and psychological toll on employees and costing employers billions.
Five Key Trends In Alternative Workplace Strategies
Alternative workplace strategies can be defined as “the combination of non-traditional work practices, settings, and locations that supplement or replace traditional offices.”