“We can and will talk about health, comfort, and wellbeing in terms of method, but in the end, it all comes down to productivity. In the world of business that has always been the key objective,” begins our comprehensive report that cuts through the rhetoric to provide a picture of the rapid evolution taking place in the workplace. Commercial real estate has been dominated by talk of occupant health and well-being in recent years but the bottom line for businesses is their bottom line. As it has always been. The only difference is what the building can do to drive productivity and profit. In the bright, airy, modern offices of workplace design firm Haworth, a panel of experts echoed this concept and underlined how their design theories are making the building an essential part of the productivity discussion. “Businesses are ultimately after their employees’ best work. Because they want cognitive performance – decision-making, strategizing, planning […]