Loneliness may be due to lack of intimate connection with partners and family, termed emotional loneliness, or due to lack of connection with friends and work colleagues, termed social loneliness.
Loneliness has always been a workplace issue
Out of Office: How Workplaces Evolved from Cubicles to Coffee Shops
Current social and lifestyle trends, along with technology, have helped employees become more mobile, working wherever they want, whenever they want.
Reducing Stress at Work with Mindful Design
Employees express love-hate relationship with workplace collaboration
Will coronavirus quarantines lead more companies to consider 4-day workweeks?
As the coronavirus crisis forces more companies to participate in a massive experiment in remote working, it raises questions about how work might change.
Tactics for Minimizing COVID-19 Transmission in the Built Environment
Researchers from the CDC's MicrobeNet and the University of Oregon synthesized and analyzed information on “common pathogen exchange pathways and mechanisms."
Will coronavirus mean the death of the office?
Working from home may be a temporary answer to a very specific and serious problem, but ultimately things are inevitably a bit more complex.
Coronavirus proves we should all work less
In the United States, we work about 8% more hours than we did in the 1978. Doesn’t sound like that much, right? It’s actually about 150 hours, or three full weeks of work added to each year, by back-of-napkin math.
It’s Time To Think Differently
Work Design Publisher, Bob Fox shares his thoughts on how the COVID-19 pandemic will forever change the traditional ways of working.
The Coronavirus Is About To Test The Benefits, And Limits, Of Teleworking
We are in the middle of the largest test of home-working in history, and corporates are adopting, refining and testing policies, processes and infrastructure to make it work.
Employee confidence plunges amid economic and workplace uncertainty
Employee confidence in U.K. business conditions has fallen to its lowest level on record on the back of Brexit and rising fears around the coronavirus.
Flexible offices are not just an issue for the next generation
Flexible office space will give workers the option to work in a sociable office closer to home, thus cutting commuting time and potentially cutting one stressful aspect of working life.
Workday Chaos and How It Impacts Office Efficiency
Your Open-Floor Office Could Help Spread Coronavirus
Cubicles and private offices have made way for open floors, where a sneeze or cough can circulate uninterrupted.
Workplace vs. Coronavirus: ‘No One Has a Playbook for This’
In an Era of Choice, Workers Still Prefer the Office
The more choices people have in where to work, the more important it is to understand their work preferences.
Why offices need to be designed for larger bodies
How Do You Fix Unassigned Seating?
Providing the right suite of alternative work spaces or amenities can make a big difference in addressing struggles associated with unassigned seating, such as finding private places to work and take phone calls.
