The open office has never been more closed, and tech companies are no different than old corporate America in their authoritarian approach to controlling how their employees should think about issues that matter in the workplace.
Do All Open Plan Offices Kill Collaboration?
Headlines following a new Harvard study declare open offices a “collaboration killer.” But, it doesn’t have to be that way.
How Workforce Incentives Can Help Win the War for Talent
Every business leader wants the best employees on their team. But right now, and for the foreseeable future, there happens to be a stark shortage of excellent candidates.
Can individual work survive in the “collaborative” workplace?
As organizations become more distributed, more collaborative and more outsourced, the ways we work and connect are changing.
Workplace Trends: A Decade of Data
You Could Be Too Much of a Team Player
Amid a sweeping workplace trend pushing collaboration, some people are finding they play a little too well with others, causing stress and overwork.
Flexibility, daylight and a well-designed office are amongst most desirable workplace features
85 percent of office professionals surveyed believe flexible workplace design is important and 83 percent said they have their best ideas when working in flexible space options.
Getting Ahead of Change
Capital One Releases Extensive Workplace Survey
The findings prove that changes in the workplace aren't just trends — they have become expectations, and workplaces that don't address the issues will find it difficult to attract and retain the best talent.
The Workplace is Your Key Recruiting Tool
Year-Long Study Reinforces Benefits of Standing Desks
A recently-released workplace study found height-adjustable workstations may help reduce sedentary behavior and support health even outside the workplace.
Richard Tyson on Designing the Connected Workplace
How new technologies are shaping office design and creating unprecedented connections between people and the places they live and work.
The Open Office Isn’t Dead
How Can You Win the Talent War?
The Surprising Reason Why an Open Office Space May Not Be Great for Your Company
The arrangement of furniture and cubicles within an office can influence productivity in complex ways, depending on a company’s culture and the nature of its work. No one design fits all companies.
Coworking: What's Right for your Brand
5 Facts About Remote Work and Millennials
The World Economic Forum found that flexibility in the workplace, such as telecommuting, has led to a significant transformation in workplace.
Here’s the final nail in the coffin of open plan offices
Organizations should focus on providing workplaces that support the requirements for privacy and focus, as well as interaction and collaboration.
A new study compared formal and informal communication at work, and the results are no fun
Workers would rather pick up a phone or fire off an email than receive automated notifications, in part because humans are hardwired to prefer spontaneous communications, and are suspicious of formal procedures.
The future of work: Insights from the future users of workspace
What we must also be wary of is an idea that seems to inform the endlessly rolling debate about the ‘office of the future’.