The Intentional Office
To make the office “worth the commute” customers are seeking more adaptable individual spaces, flexible collaborative spaces, social settings to create culture, shared focus spaces to think, and seamless connection experiences for remote participants. When planning a workspace with intentionality, the result is thoughtfulness and longevity with the ways the office supports a workforce.
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Well-Being
Overview, Planning and Design
Work environments that are inclusive, psychologically safe, and where employees feel healthy and engaged are generally places where people want to be.
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Three Ways to Design the Workplace for Organizational Success
Blog, Planning and Design
What we believe to be the three most impactful things to get right when it comes to workplace strategy and design.
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The Transition from Closed Offices to Open Plan
Blog, Planning and Design
Moving out of closed offices into open plan is one of the more difficult workplace changes to make, since it often also has political and emotional issues tied to it.
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The Future of Construction: Demountable Walls
Podcast, Sustainability, Planning and Design
Discussing the advantages of flexibility, sustainability, and efficiency in construction, while diving into the challenges of planning, coordination, and acoustic performance.
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The Four Keys to a Successful Workplace
Blog, Planning and Design
Following the popular trends and doing what everyone else is doing may feel like the best option. But benchmarking other organizations can only tell us what’s commonplace—it doesn’t tell us what’s right for our particular organization with our unique set of circumstances.
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The Evolving Workplace: How to Become and Stay Relevant
Blog, Planning and Design
Given all that is being discussed and prognosticated these days about what’s next in workplace-making we’re adding to this rich conversation with several viewpoints we’d like to share.
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The Evolving Workplace
Overview, Planning and Design
We use the phrase “The Evolving Workplace” because it’s clear the past two years have shaken up many of our old “truths” about the purpose, structure, and design of knowledge worker workplaces.
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Planning Methodologies for the Modern Workplace
Podcast, Planning and Design
Exploring how thoughtful planning can reflect an organization’s culture while supporting a variety of workstyles and activities.
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Our Workplaces Will Change—Let’s Make it Count
Blog, Planning and Design
Our Workplace Advisory team recently got together with Dr. Sally Augustin to discuss the research we had commissioned her to pull together regarding environmental psychology considerations in the interim/post-COVID workplace. It was a great conversation; we all asked questions, brainstormed ideas, and challenged each other. So how might a workplace embody those positive vibes? By becoming a place where one feels safe + connected + inspired.
