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How to build a more effective workplace
How to Redesign Work After an Office Refresh
Engaging employees in the design process should begin long before drawing any blueprints. Businesses interested in changing their workspaces should start with employee surveys, which ask about desired elements of the space, colors, furniture and more. This helps the business gain an understanding of what their current space lacks and what they can aim for.
Why Workplace Diversity Diminishes Groupthink And How Millennials Are Helping
When you think about team dynamics and workplace productivity, it’s easy to get trapped in the idea that alignment in thinking is the best path forward; after all, the mindset unity offered by consistent corporate culture is shown to have a positive effect on productivity. But there’s a dark side to the “unified” mentality, and it’s probably infected your own boardroom, at least to some degree.
Workplace Priorities: Experience Matters
Our clients often ask us about the “workplace of the future,” but what does it mean? We use it to reference forward-thinking design solutions that address the wants and needs of tomorrow’s emerging workforce. Existing market research around future workplaces factors often reinforces stereotypes about the generation gap and Millennials in the workplace. But those assumptions can lead to ineffective, and potentially dangerous, outcomes.
HUMAN BEINGS: THE SPECIES IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Researchers, working in labs tucked into the darkest recesses of psychology department basements, and in spaces as publicly accessible as Grand Central Station, have learned that the responses of members of the sub-species Non-Designer to their habitat can differ from those of humans in the other sub-species, Designer. The most frequently identified reason for these differences is that design training influences how humans experience the world around themselves.
10 WAYS TO UP YOUR FITWEL GAME
We are in the midst of a wellness revolution.With employees expressing a desire for healthy environments, there is a pressing need to measure wellness in the workplace quantitatively. We know that Americans spend on average over 90% of their time indoors, so designing to support the health and well-being of building occupants is imperative.
Watch: Meeting space leads to innovation
PDR Principal Larry Lander explains how to design for workplaces where four generations are working together.
What Will It Be Like To Have Robot Coworkers?
As robotics, AI, and machine learning become more common in the office, here’s a glimpse into the realities of working side by side with such technology.
The State of Work: Blur the Edges
Smart devices let us work anywhere. The cloud keeps information with us wherever we go. And, mobile work policies allow more and more people to choose where they want to work. But, there’s a tension bubbling up within organizations. A recent NPR report says employers are rethinking telework. They want their people to come together to collaborate, innovate, build culture and drive business forward.
WHY DON’T MORE CHICAGOANS BIKE TO WORK?
Our Chicago studio’s valiant bike riders give mixed reviews of cycling in the Windy City: “treacherous,” “scary,” “tranquil,” and “beautiful” are some words used to describe commutes. For the city at large, our bikeway network grew 135% over the last decade or so, and there was a 5.8% increase in bike commuting based on the most recent census data. Great!
A Not-So-Quiet Little Problem: Noise!
For companies moving from traditional office design, with workers accustomed to private offices, adjusting to an open office "can be a real shock . . . when an organization plunks people down without any change management or communication" about what to expect
THE SHIFT TOWARD EMPLOYEE-CENTRIC WORKPLACE DESIGN
Workspaces that prioritize and accommodate the diverse needs of today’s knowledge workers are becoming increasingly prominent as employers look to make the office more meaningful, personalized and enjoyable. Work Design Magazine proposes thinking of the workplace as a “people place” and discusses the importance of environments that focus on the human experience. In this month’s news aggregate, we explore this movement toward employee-centric design and how this shift is impacting modern organizations.
Listen: Inside a Fundamental Shift Happening at Work
The ways we work and, as a result, the environments in which we work are changing in ways we haven’t seen before.
Modular Design Could Be The Future Of Tenant Improvements
Modular design could be the future of tenant improvements and interior build-outs. Los Angeles-based interior construction and design company Emagispace has launched a sustainable, interlocking building block system.
New York Today: Swanky Workplace Perks
For some New Yorkers, being stuck inside the office, even on a less than splendid day, can be — dare we say it — fun.
The billion-dollar palaces of Apple, Facebook and Google
We know by now that the internet is a giant playpen, a landscape of toys, distractions and instant gratification, of chirps and squeaks and bright, shiny things – plus, to be sure, ugly, horrid beasties lurking in all the softness – apparently without horizon. Graphics – rounded corners, lower case, Google’s primary colours, Twitter’s birdie, Facebook’s shades of blue – enhance the innocence and infantilism.
Putting people at the centre of building design could provide large boost to the economy
More thoughtfully designed workplaces, centred around people’s needs, could improve performance and help tackle the UK’s productivity gap, according to a new report. Applying design thinking to boost workplace productivity by 5-8 per cent could contribute up to £20 billion to GDP. The potential gain in productivity, equivalent to twice the annual contribution to UK GDP made by the aerospace industry, is revealed in research conducted by researchers from Imperial College London in partnership with Atkins.
Three Factors Accelerating Change in the Workplace (Part Two)
Not that long ago, segregating work from home life was accepted as a best practice, rooted in the desire to help employees maintain a healthy balance between the two. In this, it was assumed that we could reconcile the separate demands of each and any crossover would be minimized or eliminated altogether.
What “Empowers” You to Work Better?
The word “empower” symbolizes the authority to take control. The term incites feelings of strength, confidence and liberation.
What if I told you that you could have the power to do more with your workspace? That you could feel in control of your office surroundings and be confident that your personal work style will be supported? Meet Empower®, HON’s new benching system that connects the way people work by doing just that – empowering them to do more.
This new modular construction company just raised $4.2 million in Series A funding
Building blocks are a fascination that most people eventually outgrow. Not Noel Maxam, an Emmy-award-winning producer, director and writer who more recently leapt into the world of modular construction with Emagispace, a company that’s looking to give stick-frame construction the brush.