Contract furnishings provider, Hightower received multiple awards at NeoCon 2021, including IIDA's 'Best Small Showroom' (under 4,000 sf) and 'Best of Competition' for its newly designed Chicago showroom.
Humanscale welcomes Elizabeth Margles to its Marketing Division in the role of Chief Marketing Officer. Margles comes to Humanscale with twenty years of experience in design, fashion and retail and a background in public relations and advertising.
The exclusive relationship with Kontrol's BioCloud® Technology will provide real-time detection of airborne pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2 to help make workplaces safer as organizations return to the office.
As automation and artificial intelligence technologies improve, many people worry about the future of work. If millions of human workers no longer have jobs, the worriers ask, what will people do, how will they provide for themselves and their families, and what changes might occur (or be needed) in order for society to adjust?
In recent years, a renewed focus on minimalism as a design aesthetic, fashion trend, and even a lifestyle has pervaded society and pop culture.
Ever since the open office plan was introduced as the so-called ‘best design option’ for the 21st-century workplace, a major debate has been circulating about whether or not this has actually been more helpful or harmful to workers’ productivity levels.
Through RPA Asian businesses can automate many repetitive processes, in both front and back offices.
In 2027, human beings will still be at the center of work, even as intelligent software and machines become our co-workers. Gartner analysts outline six assertions for work in 2027 to fully prepare CIOs on how to ride those assertions to greater business and personal success.
Even though most people think about themselves as primarily visual beings, neuroscience reveals a complex “connectome” of brain cells that connects all of our senses. Try writing a report in a noisy, uncomfortable place with the smells of the office microwave wafting over to your desk, and the importance of other senses becomes clear.
Salesforce is adding an amenity not seen in many tech offices. Instead of using the top floor for executive suites, Salesforce is creating Ohana Floors for employees, customers, partners and the local community to use, according to Salesforce Executive Vice President, Real Estate, Strategic Events & Executive Briefing Centers Elizabeth Pinkham.
It’s not just corporate giants like Google that run impressive wellbeing schemes. Smaller businesses are coming up with innovative ways to keep staff happy
In this exclusive video report, Workforce explores office design trends and how they can impact employee well-being.
With an eye on ditching assigned work stations, businesses are upping office square footage dedicated to each employee through shared work spaces.
The workplace must also address employee needs to enhance engagement by rejuvenating, re-energizing and enabling them to feel positive about being productive. For as much as some people may dismiss well-being as a fad much like sustainability was seen in the not so distant past, research indicates that, for better or for worse, where we work affects how we work.
To say that building owners are getting creative with the workplace would be an understatement. In the quest to create the coolest or most unique office buildings, we’ve seen a host of ostentatious building amenities: golf simulators, rooftop pool lounges, spas, dog spas, even rock climbing walls.
Every association wants an effective workplace, right? One in which happy, healthy employees are doing good work that benefits the organization.
With so many millennials entering the workforce, businesses have realized that a company's culture has an explicit impact on the bottom line.
Design-forward workplaces help employees be more creative and innovative. Professionals — especially millennials — crave flexible workspaces that enable social interactions and accommodate all kinds of work styles. And professionals have a lot of interest in environmentally friendly initiatives.
Suffering from stressful deadlines? Plagued with too many things to do? Surrounded by 87 sticky notes crawling into your typing space? Well, here’s your answer: Organization. But don’t run away from the word just yet! While the seemingly harmless word conjures up thoughts of perfectly manicured closets, color coded folders, and plastic storage totes with typed labels, there’s more to it!
Work environments are as various as men and women at work, but certain features appear to be vital to sustaining concentration and enabling productivity.
Moving to an agile working environment has taken some getting used to, but it's definitely a positive change.
While WELL is still a relatively new concept, it is beginning to gain traction as more industry professionals and corporate real estate executives learn about its benefits and how it can be a wise investment.
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