Our weekly round up industry news from around the web.

- Stantec explores the importance of kitchens in the office as an amenity to help employees feel rejuvenated and focused on their jobs, but more importantly, foster an environment that keeps people connected.
- Is your office making you sick? Learn more about Sick Building Syndrome from IOL.
- OnOffice reports that while space for collaboration are important, it’s now time to focus on the individual.
- A contract furniture dealers make strategic shifts to avoid becoming a taxi in an Uber world, their most important asset (people) needs also are shifting. One of the most notable shifts, says Contract Consulting Group, could perhaps be the rise of the “dealer designer.”
- Fast Company breaks down a yearlong study that found that most employees would probably benefit from having the option to stand at work.