I'm writing this article on a boat, the sea is lapping on the sides, the sun has just poked out from behind a cloud, and the dog is snoozing. This is why anyone involved in their workplace design needs to change how they think about
The definitive guide to the world's top ten best office chairs. It’s perhaps no surprise that Steelcase and Herman Miller, the two largest manufacturers of office furniture in the world, dominate the top ten best office chairs. With the largest R&D departments and a healthy slew
Which comes first — the culture or the brand? In today’s hyper-connected, ever- flattening world, it’s almost become a question not worth asking. Coexisting in a chicken/egg, yin-and-yang relationship, an organisation’s brand and culture shape and reflect each other in an interconnected system. One doesn’t change without the other; they
Office Design Tips & Ideas - Top 10 1. Does your workplace inspire the people that work there? Your workspace can have a major impact on your employees’ motivation – projecting the vision and culture of your company. Does your office merely fulfil a need? A place where
Converging spatial, social and informational trends are creating demand for workplaces that support new patterns of collaboration. Collaboration is one of the most often-discussed and often-misunderstood business issues of our time. Nearly all leading businesses today endorse the value of high-performance teams doing collaborative work, but there
Nearly everyone agrees that innovation is the way to supercharge an organisation to growth. The right workspaces can help make it happen. Innovation is the “secret sauce” of business success, according to Harvard Business Review. Consulting giant McKinsey says that a company’s ability to innovate has become “the
A new generation is taking its place in the workforce and with it comes new influences, new attitudes and an explosion of technology. Right now today, if you look around any office of reasonable size, you can see an historic landmark. For the first time ever,