Office Design

March 18, 2020

A social researcher and office design strategist addresses how today’s work-from-home mandates might influence tomorrow’s office work.

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Keeping up with Workspace Evolution

March 17, 2020

Is your company evolving in how it views the lifecycles of technology and facilities, both separately and in tandem?

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Your Office Spaces, Certified Healthy

March 16, 2020

With the current health crisis impacting workplaces the world over, it’s good to remember that well-being initiatives like the WELL Certification program have already been gaining traction.

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Space Confusion: Is That a Huddle Space or a Hive?

March 10, 2020

Understanding how best to utilize workspaces can be confused by differences in terminology.

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Overcoming Open Office Challenges

Irwin Lazar

March 03, 2020

Consider how you can use technology to overcome the drawbacks of open working environments.

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Mindful Places: Taking Down Technostress

Kay Sargent

March 02, 2020

The ability to disconnect and have time to be mindful and de-stress is imperative to foster health, well-being, creativity, and productivity in the workplace. Part two of a six-part series...

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Employee Experience

Democratizing Privacy

February 28, 2020

Private office spaces used to be just for corporate honchos, now they’re for everybody to share.

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Workspace Strategy

Flex Spaces: 6 Tips for Getting Employees on Board

Monica Gionet

February 25, 2020

Any extra forethought and planning will be well worth the effort.

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No Such Thing as a Neutral Space

February 21, 2020

Applying qualitative and quantitative assessments helps in understanding how to optimize a workplace for any organization’s objectives

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Convene offices, Los Angeles

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Mindful Places: Doing Away with Distractions by Design

Kay Sargent

February 19, 2020

Having a productive, engaged, and empowered workforce is vitally important, so why do some companies make concentrating such a challenge? Part one in a six-part series on mindfulness in the...

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What’s the Future of Office Seating Hierarchies?

February 18, 2020

Hotdesking might have done away with "the corner office with the great view," but is there still a place for (in)formal hierarchies?

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Employee Experience

Why Good Intentions Aren't Enough

February 18, 2020

Workspace decision-making is getting more complex, but engaging with that complexity could actually help your enterprise serve its employees better.

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OK, It’s True: Hotdesking Is Terrible