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Psychology
The transdisciplinary focus of modern workplace thinking
In spite of technologies that today enable us to participate in conversations and listen to presentations from anywhere, most of us continue to travel and spend time and money to participate…
Data is not the new oil – experience is
Our ability to turn employee experience data into insight and knowledge has never been more important as this will allow us to design the right workplace experiences for the future.
The Transdisciplinary Workplace
At the first Transdisciplinary Workplace Research conference (#TWR18) in Tampere, around fifty researchers, mostly academic with a few practitioners, gathered to discuss their latest…
Cultures and working spaces designed to foster peer-to-peer learning
In today’s dynamic digital economy, employees must upgrade their skills on a continuous basis. Two new kinds of workplaces – maker spaces and fablabs – create innovative learning…
Heisenberg, Jabberwocky and the medicalisation of dissatisfaction
Work isn't as enjoyable as it should be but is our dissatisfaction with it primarily about the places and cultures in which we work or our reaction to them?
Throwing open the window to a new world of work
This blog is about accepting that what we believe to be true might turn out to be wrong, including in the world of work. It's about Ignaz Semmelweis and what can happen when people are…
Creativity and place: Does where you are impact on how or what you think?
Can we increase our capacity for problem solving and creativity? Studies show that space does affect our mood and behaviour
The psychological highways, byways and cul-de-sacs of office management
Psychologists have largely neglected the influence of those who determine the design and operation of our workplaces. How does managerial control affect well-being and productivity?
