We brought together experts from Gensler, Steelcase and GoSpace for a discussion to thrash out how interior design can meet the needs of today's hyper-flexible organisations.
Watch: Rise of the flash team: Designing the agile office
In the Digital Age, Successful Offices Are Those That Understand Employees as People
A recent event held at Haworth's Chicago showroom gathered workplace specialists to discuss workplace design that focuses on individuals rather than job titles.
Office Landlords Deploy Tech to Enhance Natural Light, Draw Tenants
Office landlords were slow to adopt technology, but now are wasting no time to use it to transform every inch of their properties, including natural light let in through windows.
Tips And Tricks For Losing Your Office
Change Management: The Impact Of Now
We were engaged on a workplace transformation project where our client had gone through a comprehensive workplace strategy process to determine their future space and people strategy.
WeWork, false narratives and the superstate of office design
The horrors of hot-desking
The Key To Successful Workplace Design? Change Management Plans
Think Flexibility: Adapting To The New Workforce Norm
Workplace perks peak as workers see them mainly as gimmicks
New research from travel app provider Seatfrog claims that workers are looking for more than just fun or unusual workplace perks to brag about to their friends when starting a job.
Agile workplaces need to strike the right balance
Meeting rooms are a lot like buses. You wait ages for one and then three become available all at once.
What Are The West Coast Perspectives On The Future Of The Workplace?
Workers remain skeptical about open plan and shared space
Despite a seeming shift towards companies embracing more collaborative workplace environments across Europe, the benefits of ‘hot-desking’ and open plan working seem to still be contentious for many workers.
The office of the future should be circular
Key factors of a circular office includes repairing rather than replacing damaged office furniture, buying sustainably sourced paper and ensuring that it’s recycled after use.
Open Office Design of Today Focuses on Choice and Collaboration
The challenges that open office was looking to create and solve, collaboration and transparency for all, isn’t working.
Great office design depends on the trinity of comfort, WiFi and coffee
Ask office workers what they look for in an ideal working environment and three items that will be close to the top of the list will be comfort, good coffee and reliable WiFi.
Exploring the link between digital IQ and workplace culture
Recent reports from both Gartner and PwC which track changes in digital IQ have agreed that there are disconnects between the objectives and statements firms make about the subject and their ability to keep up with the opportunities available to them, if not push ahead of their competitors.
Flexible working now routine for two thirds of US workers
The new report explores the effect flexible working has on personal happiness, recruitment, retention and skills as well as exploring the attitudes of people who are based in a fixed place of work.
The Next Gen Workspace: The Intersection Of AI And Human Intelligence
The steps to take to succeed in today’s tech-savvy work environment to create a one-of-a-kind internal culture that attracts and retains the best employees.
How Telecommuting Has Changed Real Estate
As more people are able to work from home, housing priorities have changed, and different places and types of housing have become more popular.