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Could workplace directors deliver a customer experience like a ‘service brand’?
Why is there such a gap between the level of service you would expect in a hotel and that which you are likely to receive in so many workplaces?
The design of work and the work of design
Design thinking offers a new way of looking at broader business problems.
How flexible office space drives sustainability
The flexibility to choose where and how to work can be a double-edged sword, but when done correctly opens new vistas of choice and engagement
The future of the workplace is stranger than we can imagine
The integration of physical and digital workplaces is opening up new opportunities for the way people collaborate
A unity of opposites at Sky Central
Sky’s new London headquarters challenges the idea that, when it comes to workplace design and management, you really can’t have it all
An updated building standard aims to square the circle of environmental and business…
One of the world’s most popular environmental standards has been updated. The changes are designed to strengthen the link between business strategy, environmental issues and building…
A New Zealand perspective on workplace transformation
The modernization of work has only led to it being more intense and controlled. It’s time we introduced a new age of working based on relationships and not rules; people and not process
The complex relationship between economic activity and the modern office
The complex and ever changing relationship between economic activity, productivity and the functioning of the modern office.
Neuroscience at work: the next source of competitive advantage
Office workers are overwhelmed by distractions, due mainly to a lack of understanding of how to manage attention. As a result, organisations are turning to branches of knowledge not…
The Genesis of ideation and where we go to have our best ideas
An exploration of the genesis of ideas and the mechanisms behind ideation and the growing importance of creativity at work as an integral part of both business and personal development