Over half (52 percent) of workers are interrupted by noise distractions more than five times in a working day, with 17 percent stating that they are interrupted by noise more than 10 times.
Noisy workplaces regularly distract and stress out staff
Harnessing Company Culture and Wellness for Workplace Design
A Think Tank talk, hosted at HOK’s Los Angeles office, challenged the assumptions behind common workplace paradigms, like plunking a café or gym in an office.
Why Your Conference Room Table Is Probably Bad For Business
It seems implausible, but your conference room table—and those your firm has very likely designed for clients—could very well be bad for business.
Why Measuring The Human Condition Results In Better Space Design
How do we create better workplace design solutions? If we unpack the words, we find hints about where we should begin.
How good workplace design can foster creativity
How Data Improves the Employee Experience: Q+A
The Smart + Connected Workplace is about giving people the tools to move, think and feel better so they can engage like never before.
"Get rid of the open-plan office" says Space10 co-founder Simon Caspersen
Once believed to promote sociability and collaboration among employees, open-plan workspaces have been found by many to produce the opposite effect.
How Real-Time Data Is Revolutionizing Workplace Design
A closer look into the role IoT is playing in workplace design and how businesses are already benefiting from it.
Employees want good tech and flexibility but stick with their own fixed desk
85 percent of employees consider the work environment critical to job satisfaction and a lack of space can cause negative experiences for 70 percent of employees.
Hip offices are part of our mental health crisis, here’s why
Many executives have taken this idea–the culture of the modern workplace–and elected to throw out the corporate layout book by making their office spaces into open, cooperative, colorful lounges.
Nine practical changes companies can make to boost employee engagement
The modern office has transformed significantly in the past decade. As “job hopping” among millennials increases (in large part due to an increased desire for mentorship and strong company culture), the office has become one of the levers to try to keep people around, as well as to increase productivity and job satisfaction.
Designing a better workforce: how workplace design can impact employee wellbeing
In a recent survey, 95 percent of office workers said their physical work environment is important for their wellbeing and mental health.
Workplace canteens take a leaf from healthy food outlets
Once known for its limited choice and stodgy food, the office cafeteria is undergoing a major makeover with healthier options and all-day dining increasingly on the menu.
The vaguery of workplace serendipity
The rise of the agile (or ‘activity-based’) workplace rekindled the idea from the cubicle farms of the 1970s and 80s of the ‘watercooler moment’ – serendipitous casual encounters, unplanned and accidental interactions or collisions that would spark innovation.
Stop using the office mugs
The chances of catching the flu virus from a communal kitchen item are small, though not impossible.
Choose Workplace Tech That Works With Your People, Not Against
Today’s workplace problems have more available solutions than ever before, so common office challenges can be addressed in a way that works best for everyone.
How Ikea’s innovation lab redesigned its own open plan office
Many employees hate open offices. Yet scores of them continue to be built around the world; after all, open plan designs likely save companies millions per year.
Programming And Research-Based Process: The Genesis For Fostering Playful Work Design Exploration
The square and the tower: why meetings and meeting spaces are more important than ever before
The subject of meetings is one of those that all too frequently generates as much heat as it does light. It is just as emotive a subject for people as office temperature, noise and distractions and the volatility of technology.
