A project pursuing LEED certification will not get a specific focus on the health and well-being of the user, as you would from newer systems such as the WELL Building Standard.
How health factors into green building rating systems: LEED v4
4 Myths about Workplace Design for the Innovation Economy
Over the past 100 years, how people work has changed dramatically, and these changes have impacted workplace design. Today’s workplace is characterized by the drive toward innovation.
Question Of The Week: Are Open Workspaces All They’re Cracked Up To Be?
Many companies are moving toward open workspaces, but a new survey shows employees think they are among the least productive and most stressful work environments.
Why Hyatt Designed Its New Headquarters To Feel Like Its Hotels
Chicago-based Hyatt has spent the last month moving into its new location in Chicago’s downtown Loop. Designed in a collaboration with global architecture firm Gensler, the new space isn’t just built to enhance the boilerplate corporate ideals of flexibility and cross-team collaboration.
Table of Experts: Workforce
The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal held a panel discussion recently to talk about the workforce in the Twin Cities. Panelists included Mary Lydon, a partner and founder at Midwest Financial Search Inc.; Sean Keating, founder of Oggi Professional Services; and Lisa Pool, a principal at Perkins+Will. Connie Ireland, executive director of the Governor’s Workforce Development Board at the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, served as moderator.
This Is How To Organize Your Messy Desk Drawers At Work
If your desk drawers are basically a garbage can you’re constantly rummaging through, these tips can fix that.
No More Ping-Pong Tables! This Designer Is Changing How Startup Offices Look And Feel.
New York-based interior designer Dani Arps is giving startup offices a chic, adult makeover. And there are no Ping-Pong tables in sight.
The latest perk from companies looking to lure millennials: offices that double as homes
Creating more cosy office environs may reflect new attitudes towards remote work. Last year, 43% of US employees worked remotely at least some of the time, according to a Gallup poll. When a company is in trouble and in need of innovative ideas, the possible productivity gains of remote work are often considered less important than the negative impact a distributed workforce can have on engagement.
Changing Your Workplace? Make it Work with a Change Management Plan
How much you engage your employees depends on the extent of the transformation and the departure from your current space. However, regardless of the size of the project, it is important to involve your employees early on. Communication throughout the process will build trust and give employees time to digest and provide constructive feedback.
Barclays using sensors in workplace as cost-cutting measure
Barclays PLC has installed sensors in their offices in London to track how often bankers are at their desks. The devices called OccupEye, are installed under desks and use heat and motion to track office efficiency.
The 17 Things Employees Care About Most At Work
Employee experience is all about providing employees with an environment where they want, not need to come to work--a place where they can feel energized and free to be themselves to get their best work done. But what does that actually look like?
The Floor Plans Of Famous TV Offices, From Sterling Cooper To Dunder Mifflin
For 28 years, we knocked back Duffs with Homer Simpson at Moe’s Tavern. For nine years, The Office fans commiserated with Jim and Pam at Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton outpost. After watching season after season of our favorite shows, the offices, cafes, and bars where they take place feel almost as familiar as the haunts we frequent in daily life. Hollywood magic makes these sets feel real, even when we know it’s all smoke and mirrors.
Integreon Redesign Drives Innovation
When Integreon planned a new building for Fargo, one that would bring both Fargo offices together under one roof, the initial workplace layout offered rows of workstations in a very traditional approach, hardly what a global, interconnected business needed.
Millennials Opening the Doors to Communal Modern Workspaces
Gen Y pushes the need to create a balance between traditional corporate environments and make room for remote access employees that act as a second home for creativity, productivity and engagement through technology and collaboration.
Nearly complete Apple Park shown off in latest drone footage
Apple is making great strides toward completing work on its Apple Park campus in Cupertino, Calif., with new drone footage showing landscaping and interior decorating nearly finished in many areas of the sprawling grounds
Q+A with IDEO: Six Critical Innovation Qualities
For more than two decades, IDEO has been helping organizations come up with industry-leading breakthrough ideas — famously designing the first manufacturable mouse for Apple. Now, the global design and consulting firm is providing teams with a new tool. The Creative Difference tool measures six qualities IDEO describes as critical to innovation.
Are Tech Companies Transforming the Workplace?
Why is the tech industry so different than your standard insurance company or banking provider? The answer - the speed of change in the tech world!
Can Steelcase’s Office Of The Future Make Corporate America Rethink The Drab Modern Workplace?
The claim that features of the physical environment can be linked to creative thinking is supported by a handful of neurological studies, internal qualitative research, and Steelcase’s decades-long collaborations with IDEO, the IIT Institute of Design, and the StanfordD.school.
Workers Are Already Pushing Back Against The Office Of The Future
We are constantly told that real estate and technology will interact and fundamentally change the way people work. Big data, smart technology and artificial intelligence are all regularly predicted to have a huge impact on the way offices operate. Co-working and shared workspace are increasingly being touted as the next evolution in the way companies take space. But the path to the office of the future will not run smoothly, as companies are starting to find out.
Your Desk Says What Kind of Genius You Are
These 7 famous geniuses had 7 very different workspaces. Based on your desk, what kind of genius might you be?