Insights
Four strategies to build the most adaptive culture
How can you create a workplace that adapts to the changing needs of your organisation and its people?
The workplace is always evolving. Design is a transformational response.
Recent authors
Nancy Liu
Associate Director, Workplace Strategy
Lawrence Lok
Director
Jennifer Mannier
NYU Certified Leadership Coach, Prosci Certified Change Practitioner, LEED AP
Senior Strategist
Frances Gain
The office is evolving
We’ve all heard the rumours, open plan is in and offices are out. Maybe.
Steve Gale
The social workplace
Steve Gale envisions your next office in 2030.
Co-working; making the right choices
Once disruptive, co-working spaces are now ubiquitous. Whether you are an entrepreneur, a developer, or a corporate looking to capture the spirit in-house, where you choose to go or the model you adopt is crucial for your success.
Noise; naughty or nice?
People want noise to be like red wine, a good thing in moderation.
Steve Gale
Ideas about wellbeing, 45 years ago
We dug out an old magazine with ideas about wellbeing from 45 years ago - this is what it had to say about the state of design
Steve Gale
Hospitality creep is a sweet fact of modern life
This definition of hospitality, “The friendly and generous reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers”, applies to any decent hotel you can think of, but it doesn’t stop there – it’s unstoppable, says Steve Gale.
Steve Gale
The desk is dead – long live the desk!
People in offices work at desks, don’t they? But even a quick glance around most offices reveals an awful lot of empty ones. Observation surveys show desk occupation rates of about 50% on average – it’s never much higher.
Moira Moser
LEED in the workplace
Moira Moser discusses the value of LEED in the workplace, the development of the design industry and the future of sustainable design.
