Professionals, and especially millennials, increasingly prefer flexible office spaces that enable social interactions and accommodate all kinds of work styles.
Office Makeovers may be Needed; Millennials want Flexible Spaces
Watch: Legat Think Tank 2017 - Health, Safety, and WELLfare
The Think Tank, sponsored by Legat Architects and DIRTT Environmental Solutions, brings together leading voices from a variety of disciplines to explore how research and design impact people’s lives. The theme of this year’s symposium was health, safety, and wellness.
Wellbeing in the Workplace Means More Cake for Everyone
Investing in the wellbeing of your people improves the bottom line and boosts employee retention and attraction. There is a reason that workplace wellness is a $6 billion industry in the United States.
Listen: Destination Workplaces
IA Senior Workplace Strategist Jim Truhan and Design Director Shane Katsoolis discuss the qualities that make workplaces a destination for employees, including the outlook of the future of the workplace .
The Solutions to Climate Change Are Already at Our Fingertips
According to the U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA), buildings consume nearly 48 percent of all the energy produced in the United States.
When the Workplace Feeds Happiness to Employees
Crushing morale, killing productivity – why do offices put up with meetings?
The best meeting is spent walking, like in The West Wing. (The fact that all West Wingers seem on the verge of a heart attack is apparently irrelevant.) Mike Loosemore of the Institute of Sport, Exercise and Health rather desperately advises regularly standing up and getting a glass of water. Neanderthals must be laughing themselves sick at what Homo sapiens has to do just to survive.
September 20, 2017 Shocking level of dissatisfaction amongst workplace occupants, finds Leesman
There is a shocking level of dissatisfaction among the workforce according to a new global report from Leesman, which looks at how a poorly planned workplace can have a negative impact on employees, and inhibit their ability to perform. The findings show that while employers continue to face economic uncertainty, many of their employees are having to endure workplaces that fail to support their basic working day, obstructing their ability to positively contribute to business success.
The new office: How work spaces are evolving
How an office space is designed and used has become an important brand differentiator and tool for attracting—and retaining—quality staff.
Employers unable to meet growing demand for flexible working, claims study
A growing number of employees are frustrated in their attempts to adopt flexible working by the inability of employers to offer it, a new study claims.
The Ultimate Work-From-Home Checklist For People Who Are Always In The Office
Coca-Cola’s Headquarters Have A Refreshing New Look
Coca-Cola’s campus approach mimics what a lot of tech giants are doing: ensuring employees never have to leave the campus for their day-to-day needs.
Brands should empower their employees as much as their customers
Designers are always striving to put customer experience at the heart of their projects – and rightly so. But all-too-often, the teams that deliver these experiences are sidelined. What’s missing is a true love for employees.
The mega trends that continue to reshape the workplace around the world
Last week, over 600 workplace and property experts met in London at the CoreNet Global Summit 2017 to discuss some of the most important trends affecting the sector.
Q+A: Healthy Space Research
Our number one goal is to elevate the employee-owner experience through IAQ transparency. Studies have shown that sharing this data alone can increase occupants’ positive perceive of environments they cannot fully control.
What “Facilitation” Really Means And Why It’s Key To The Future Of Work
Being a good facilitator isn’t the same as knowing how to manage people or run a meeting. It all comes down to understanding the tools–and structure–that help people collaborate.
Are you happy at Work?
Employee satisfaction is a topic that has received more and more attention lately, though it is hardly a new concept.
The Work/Life Balancing Act
Not surprisingly, work/life balance surfaced as one of three key trends or priorities for tech employees. Our A&D respondents explained that from Baby Boomers to Gen Z, all tech clients expressed interest in design strategies that meld personal and professional pursuits.
The impact of open-plan offices on leadership
The reason that many big corporates rushed to emulate the workspace design of startup firms was the attraction of co-working spaces.
It’s the workplace, but not as we know it
Stimulated by the growth of the Internet of Things (IoT), robotics and wider technological advances, office buildings will undergo radical change and become more crucial than ever to commercial success.