More companies are adopting bring-your-own-device programs and nixing one-to-one technology assignments.
The New Way Companies Invest in Workplace Technology Infrastructure
The links between coffee, shared ideas and the workplace go back a long way
The first London coffee house was opened in 1652 by a Greek merchant called Pasqua Roseé who had grown fond of the drink while trading in Turkey, although a previous coffee house had opened in Oxford.
Listen: Open Office Truth Podcast Series
The case on the open office is far from closed. Steelcase’s new podcast series “Open Office Truth” explores the history of the open plan, new research about how to focus and a new framework for designing inspiring spaces people actually use.
Want a happy employee? Give them an office
New research into employee happiness and office planning confirms what anyone who has worked in an open office knows: Privacy trumps hip design.
Office design can be a vehicle for equality and change
The New Office Comes Designed to Please
Must every office phone booth feel like an upright coffin?
There is nothing fundamentally good about an office phone booth. A sealed-off stall for making private calls is a clunky solution to compensate for the architectural pitfalls of ill-conceived open-plan offices.
20 Years After 'Office Space,' The Mondays' Are No More
Today the windowless office space has mostly become a thing of the past and modern offices are built around airy, open spaces with an abundance of natural light.
On the clock: How to design a thoroughly modern workplace
The way we work is evolving at breakneck speed. From female-focused amenities to new kinds of seating that allow workers to switch from lounging to perfect posture without a hitch, designers are rising to the challenge of creating offices that fit today’s needs.
Nearly half of employers need help to implement flexible working
The Truth About Open Offices
It’s never been easier for workers to collaborate—or so it seems. Open, flexible, activity-based spaces are displacing cubicles, making people more visible.
Will open offices ever go away? Here's what the future might look like
People hate open offices so much that they create ‘fourth walls’ for privacy
Remember that time companies spent hundreds of millions of dollars on open-office layouts, only to discover that face-to-face interactions decrease by 70% in open-office plans?
What Will the Office of 2050 Look Like?
By 2050, the workspace will be adapted to each individual. From the air, lights and desks to even coffee, each will be personally tailored to every member of the staff.
Brand And Culture: Why You Can’t Do One Without The Other
How office spaces can help solve the challenges of working parents
The founder of hybrid space Cuckooz Nest tells us how venues with flexible childcare on the premises are improving the wellbeing of working parents.
Why We Go to the Office Is Changing
Does the color of your office walls promote neurodiversity?
Move Over Stress: An Engaged Workplace Is Set To Perform
The rampant spread of stress in relation to work, specifically, Burnout Syndrome, is a serious issue that is being more openly discussed around the world.
If necessity is the mother of invention, employee satisfaction is the impetus for office evolution
Offices are becoming more open and there is becoming more of a need for people to find a place to work in a modern hot-desking scheme.