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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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 Power of Focus
Blog, Intentional Office
A well-designed workspace significantly boosts productivity when it enables focus work, supporting one of six key activities of The Intentional Office.
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The Intentional Office: New Perspectives
Podcast, Intentional Office
Discussing how workplace design can boost productivity, collaboration, and engagement. The hosts share insights from the pandemic, highlight the value of mentorship and socialization, and discuss the evolving landscape of learning and development.
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The Intentional Office
Podcast, Intentional Office
Discussing the concept of the intentional office and how it has become more relevant in the evolving workplace. We identify six major intentions behind why individuals would want to come into a physical workplace: focus, collaboration, innovation, socialization, mentorship, and learning.
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The Importance of Culture Through People, Place and Policy
Blog, Intentional Office
Workplace culture is the heartbeat of any organization, shaped by the interplay of people, place, and policy. By being intentional about considerations for people, place, and policy, organizations can create an environment where employees feel valued, motivated, and empowered, creating a workplace that is dynamic and resilient.
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The Impact of Change Management on the Evolving Workplace
Blog, Intentional Office
The workplace is constantly evolving, and so is the way we work. As humans, we tend to resist change when we are unclear about the purpose and the outcome it will bring.
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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.
