Human resources professionals are crucial to developing a workplace people enjoy and that helps them be their most productive.
HR Advocates Help Create the Right Work Space
BCO chief: ‘We are designing offices for yesterday’s workers’
British Council of Offices senior vice-president Katrina Kostic Samen says the industry must learn to design for an increasingly diverse workforce or face the economic consequences.
How Neuroscience Is Optimizing the Office
A molecular biologist and an award-winning architecture firm have teamed up to reimagine the workplace.
What does the workplace of the future look like? Denver developers discuss 3 major disruptors
Autonomous vehicles, office amenities, and Generation Z will greatly impact the place we spend 8 to 10 hours a day
WHAT REALLY IS ‘AGILE WORKING’?
The Man Who Created The Workplace Efficiency Algorithm: Meet Michael Walker
He spoke with DisruptCRE about SpaceLogik, his patented space algorithms, and the savings that his company’s software and processes generate.
Is Your Workplace Working? WDM & Leesman Talk Recap
The event kicked off with three great presentations, followed by a lively panel discussion around the current research from Herman Miller, ASID and Leesman, and how it intersects with the reality of managing large workspace portfolios in today’s ever-changing work environment.
Moving Beyond Open Plan Spaces in Workplace Design
The open plan concept popular more than a decade ago has since been enhanced with smarter, more advanced planning models.
The Nimble Design Firm
There is still a need for integrated design teams to gather in a room to charrette, innovate, and problem-solve.
How we can create unique work spaces | Nigel Oseland | TEDxSurreyUniversity
BOOKS: The Healthy Workplace Nudge - How healthy people, culture, and building lead to high performance
In the book, Dr. Michael O’Neill, a Senior Research Strategist at Haworth, explains the concept of behavioral economics and explores the connection between workspace design and employee well-being that goes beyond physical health.
Embracing Agility: New Skill Sets to Sustain Success
Project Files: Jamba Juice
At the new IA designed Jamba Juice headquarters in Frisco, Texas—dubbed the Whirl’d Support Center—bright, primary colors express the firm’s energized, fun-loving culture, brand, and 25 plus years of successful blending and juicing.
These 7 Innovative Office Spaces Were Designed to Spark Creativity
For innovative startups and established brands alike, a row of cubicles and a drip coffee machine are no longer satisfactory tools for a generative work sphere.
How BuzzFeed Designs Its Offices
Julia Goldberg, BuzzFeed's vice president of facilities, real estate, and security, describes how she creates and manages the media company's offices across the globe.
Architects, Armed with Data, Are Seeing the Workplace Like Never Before
A workplace that improves employee productivity and efficiency has been a white whale of corporate managers for decades.
Report sets out business case for health and wellbeing in green buildings
The World Green Building Council has launched a new report highlighting what it suggests are the tangible economic benefits of green buildings and the improved levels of occupant satisfaction when companies implement new health, wellbeing and productivity features in existing green structures.
Activity-based design takes precedence in new office projects
The latest report by Ted Moudis Associates also finds more space being allocated for amenities and wellness.
A few demonstrable truths about agile working that aren’t talked about enough
Office work is varied, and yet traditional workplace planning defaults to just one setting – the personal workstation. However, given the choice, people would spend less than 20 percent of their working day operating at a personal workstation.
How Much Tech Should Offices Really Be Adopting?
There are a lot of conversations about technology integration in office spaces, but Tangram Interiors’ Eric Lockwood says that ease of use and harmonized integration is crucial.