The new kids in the workplace differ from previous generations and present major implications for workplace design.
In Focus: Anticipating the Workplace Needs of Generation Z
A Stanford Professor Says Working From Home Makes You Happier and More Efficient. There's Just 1 Catch
Take 250 people, all doing the same job for the same company. Tell half to work from home and half to come into the office for nine months. Then compare everything. Here are the results.
AI in the Workplace: The Peril and Promise of Advanced Computing
Five Tips To Create An Inspirational Office
Aesthetics and the overall look of your office have more to do with employee satisfaction than you might think. Here's how to create a workspace that will inspire, boost employee morale, and retain talent.
New Age, New Way for the Legal Industry
Patricia Urquiola updates Cassina headquarters to commemorate brand's 90th anniversary
Designer Patricia Urquiola has overhauled Cassina's 1940s headquarters in Meda, northern Italy, to include a wall of plants and a cylindrical meeting space encased in metal panelling.
Productivity starts in the workplace, not in the future
Only 15% of UK employees feel they have a fun, creative working culture at their organisation, only 17% say their organisations are emerging new working cultures while 69% say their working cultures are ‘traditional’.
London's shift east: inspiring workplace design
London’s businesses need more than just imposing HQs – and east London is rapidly becoming a testbed for future ways of working.
3 Ways To Tell Your Annoying Coworkers To Shut Up Without Being Rude
The flipside of being able to walk over to someone’s desk? They can do the same to you. And it usually happens just at the moment when you need to hunker down and get some work done.
How Environmental Graphics Can Inspire Culture and Creativity in the Workplace
Environmental graphics are a way to engage employees on a level that can be easy to overlook, physically in the workspace.
Tech companies are snapping up the world’s most expensive offices
WORKPLACE DESIGN TRENDS FOR 2018
2018 will be here before we know it, and, we’re excited for the New Year. Here are five trends we expect to see in 2018 office designs.
Getting More From Our Work
There is no shortage of buzz around the potential individual and organizational benefits of Activity Based Working (ABW) as a design strategy and engagement and productivity driver.
New Ways of Working Drive More Color Choices
Facebook was just named the best workplace of 2018 — step inside its New York office
Employees across the US have spoken, and Facebook just took the top spot in Glassdoor's annual rankings of the most desirable places to work.
Watch: Good Workplace Design is Key to Retaining Employees, Says Starbucks Director of Corporate Facilities
According to Tom Hebner of Starbucks, today's workplaces need to embrace the culture of the company while evolving to meet the needs of new generations.
How To Grab Anyone’s Attention In These 7 Common Work Situations
Whether you’re speaking to a roomful of colleagues, your boss, or a group of friends, you can’t wait to draw people in. You either hook them with your first words, or you don’t.
Hong Kong replaces London as most expensive place in world in which to rent a workstation
Hong Kong has replaced London’s West End as the most expensive office market in which to accommodate staff, according to new research from Cushman & Wakefield.
AGILE WORKING
Are you sitting comfortably? Then we’ll begin considering how FM can adopt the science of ergonomics to spread the agile working culture.
Microsoft’s Silicon Valley Expansion to Add “Smartest, Greenest” Office
The new buildings will also be designed to meet LEED Platinum certification, will include solar panels for some energy generation, the extent of which was not described, and a 4-acre living roof.