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Office Design

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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Office Design

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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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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Office Design

No Such Thing as a Neutral Space

Beth Schultz

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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Meeting Rooms

Leveraging Videoconferencing Data for Optimal Room Design

Irwin Lazar

February 20, 2020

Data available from videoconferencing systems can help companies make more intelligent meeting space provisioning decisions.

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Workspace Strategy

Welcome to WorkSpace Connect

Beth Schultz

February 19, 2020

Building a multidisciplinary community for the advancement of the connected workspace

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Convene offices, Los Angeles

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Office Design

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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Employee Experience

Talkin’ ‘Bout Our Generations

Eric Krapf

February 18, 2020

Collaboration technologies can be a great generational bridge for employees.

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Workspace Strategy

Yes, IT, HR, and Facilities Can (and Should) Collaborate

Eric Krapf

February 18, 2020

Partnering with IT and facilities teams might be the keys HR needs to improve work spaces and the employee experience.

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Employee Experience

Why Good Intentions Aren't Enough

Eric Krapf

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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Workspace Strategy

Making the Office a Place for Humans

Eric Krapf

February 18, 2020

AI technologies have already changed how employees communicate and collaborate. In the future, these capabilities will augment office spaces to improve employee engagement.

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Office Design

OK, It’s True: Hotdesking Is Terrible

Eric Krapf

February 18, 2020

Outside of providing remote workers a place to work when they're in the office, most employees have avoided hotdesking because of the problems it can create.