Workplace Design
Biophilic Design: The Natural Approach To Smart Buildings
November 22nd, 2018Using Nature to Solve the Top Complaint in the Open Office
October 15th, 2018
Digital Technologies Enabling a New Generation of “Anywhere Workers”
“There’s a new generation of workers who won’t be tied to any one place. They can’t be restricted by the confines of an office, or bound by the standard 9-5. The future of work is anywhere,” a recent report begins. Based on a recent survey by AND CO, a business software firm targetted at freelancers, […]
Keeping Up with the Data Demands of the Millennial Generation’s Smart Buildings
Since the beginning of human history, every generation of people has been defined by their buildings. From caves to mud huts, stone to brick houses, to steel and concrete houses, the places we live work and play have continually evolved to cater better for our demands. Today’s emerging generation, the millennial generation, demands connectivity, flexibility, […]
Light is a Powerful Stimulant But can we get the Productivity Boost Without the Side Effects?
“When we discovered how to make electric light, we dramatically changed the human condition and our productivity,” says Fred Maxik, a physicist and founder of Lighting Science Group. “We didn’t understand for the next 125 years was that this wonderful invention brought negative biological consequences.” Maxik’s Rhode Island-based firm, established in the year 2000, produces […]
Buildings can Become a Major Driving Force for the Productivity of Businesses
“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 […]
WeWork: Millennial Fad or New Era for the Workplace?
During a recent visit to one of the two WeWork coworking office buildings in Seoul’s Gangnam district, I was met with DJs setting up speakers in the meeting space we normally use. “There’s a party here later. Let’s head to the 10th floor, they have a new craft beer in the lounge up there,” I […]
Many Businesses are Rethinking the Way They Harness their Talent & Real Estate
With technology permeating everything that we do, it’s led to significant transformation in the workplace specifically, how, where (and who) is working and what work employees do. The speed of change and disruption across industries has also caused greater uncertainty as many businesses rethink the way they harness their talent and real estate,” suggests Susan […]
The 4 Types of Data that Serve the Enterprise & the Environment
Climate change is an inescapable truth for businesses in the modern world. The enterprise in all shapes and forms must make efforts to reduce wastefulness through efficiency and innovation, while also generating energy and materials through sustainable sources; such as renewable energy, recycling or “green” office culture. However, these initiatives are often at odds with, […]
The Smart Enterprise: Boldly Going Where No Office Has Gone Before…
Our science fiction based ideas of future spaceships paint a picture of perfectly calibrated indoor environments protecting passengers from the inhospitable vacuum of space but also keeping them comfortable, healthy and productive. Our earth based and immobile modern offices have the same ambitions; to ensure occupants are comfortable, healthy and productive thereby improving the efficiency […]
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