Businesses of all shapes and sizes are shaking up their office environments to enhance productivity and wellbeing. Follow these simple steps to create a workspace employees will love.
Top tips for a productive workspace from productive companies
This Flexible Workspace Firm Has Teamed Up With MIT To Create The Office People Really Want
Many companies and office owners claim to know what workers want from their office space. But one London flexible workspace firm is undertaking some proper academic research to uncover the answer and give itself a competitive edge in the co-working world.
5 Simple Ways to Fight the Winter Blues in the Office
LEANING BACK: GOOD FOR PEOPLE AND TEAMS
Maybe you can’t fathom the idea of putting your feet up at work—where you come from, appearing too relaxed in the workplace is considered unprofessional.
WHINE AND CHEESE: CHANGE MANAGEMENT ISN’T ALWAYS JUST ABOUT GIVING UP YOUR OFFICE
Jodi Williams and Stefana Scinta, CallisonRTKL’s top Workplace Strategists and ‘Change Management Punching Bags’, share their most memorable stories about helping clients prepare for and adjust to new workplace environments.
How Do Green Buildings Impact Your Thinking, Health & Sleep? A New Global Study Wants to Find Out
How do green buildings impact your thinking, sleep quality and health? You can soon find out for yourself. Researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and SUNY Upstate Medical University are recruiting 100 office buildings from around the world to be part of a new, first-of-its-kind study to examine the effects of global indoor environments on employee productivity and health.
3 ways millennials are reshaping the workplace
Although millennials have reshaped the workplace, employers can harness the new energy and use it to their advantage.
The Missing Piece of the Puzzle
In the U.S., our workplace culture reinforces the need to be productive, and for many of us this means always ‘doing’ something to that end.
PUTTING THE LOBBY TO WORK
You may have noticed that we’re fond of the phrase “great spaces inspire great work.” That’s because we really believe it. It’s a reality that applies from the moment you set foot in any office.
5 Super Common Ways to Mess Up Your Office Design
It's easy to wow your employees with simple (and cheap!) office design tricks to improve their comfort, boost creativity, and help them do their best work.
Whether you can work well from home depends on these three things
Some people like to work from home because it frees them from distractions. The workplace certainly can be distracting, but how much focus time do people really need?
Nine out of ten employees believe flexible working is key to boosting productivity
The most productive sector – the professional services industry – is the most likely to offer employees flexible hours, with 36 percent of professional services employees saying it is available to them.
Workplace Comfort: One Size Does Not Fit All
New research shows having personal control of your workspace, such as lighting and temperature, improves overall workplace productivity and engagement.
The Workplace Renaissance: Designing Spaces for Workers, Not Work
Office design is changing for the better with companies like Seattle’s ATLAS Workbase leading the way.
Rethink how offices are designed
Knoll and Architecture Firm HOK to present new study on the Defense Industry
The panel, moderated by Kay Sargent, HOK director of workplace, and Kimberly Smith, Knoll senior director of workplace strategy, will discuss trends impacting the industry and brainstorm solutions that respond to the challenges facing the contemporary defense workplaces.
What The Ideal Workplace Of The Future Looks Like, According To Millennials
While many of the stereotypes associated with the word “millennial” are considered negative, research shows that millennials work hard in any career they enter.
Employees Want To Control Office Lighting, Temperature From Their Computers
New research conducted by Purdue University’s Center for High Performance Buildings shows workplace productivity and engagement improve when employees are given control over their workspace.
The Economics of the Office: Why Do We Still Commute?
The personal computer was supposed to kill the office and liberate us from hellish commutes to the city. But the average American commute has only increased since then. Could virtual reality finally change that?
A guide to the workplace of the future
Bright open office spaces and millennials working at coffee shops are popular images conjured by the phrase "future of work." Workspace and telecommuting continue to be hot topics for debate among executives.