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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…
The power of deep engagement
Workplaces are more mission-critical and dynamic than ever before. But a workplace only exists to enable its users to be their most effective as they contribute to the success of their…
Book Review: The Social Organization By John Ingham
Paul Carder reviews John Ingham’s new book The Social Organization
A new approach to organizing Human Resources Management
The triple-pillar mode, based on Dave Ulrich‘s role model, has now become widely accepted as an HR business model, particularly in large companies. It consists of three core areas: the HR…
Creating a workplace ecosystem: anticipating and managing unprecedented change
Organisations must blend the diverse skills and knowledge of FM, HR, IT, and Finance professionals to produce a complex ecosystem capable of sustained performance
Generationally speaking about workplace design
Both work and the workforce are changing at an increasingly rapid pace.
Harnessing the power of alignment to create value and sustained performance
Putting values at the centre of everything an organization does is the starting point to create a strong and authentic brand
Early stakeholder engagement in workplace projects: a toolkit approach to inclusive…
Successful workplace change initiatives rarely begin with conversations about the workspace; engaging stakeholders early-on regarding their needs is far more likely to produce positive…
How to save a sinking ship: lessons from Yahoo
No firm’s workplace has been more talked about in the last few years than Yahoo’s and not always in a good way. But what happened and what lessons does it have for the way we all design and…
Six activity based working trends from Northern Europe
How the Northern European experience proves activity based working should be viewed as a change process rather than merely a design project