How the New Economy is Changing the Workplace, Part II
In this installment, Bob Fox explores how the workplace affects the long-term sustainability of your business.
Has Google Grown “Old”? How the New Economy is Changing the Workplace
As the economy shifts, so do the spaces that best support the innovation and ideas necessary to sustaining a business.
Measuring Performance: The Difference Between a Seat and a Chair
A perspective on the industry’s search for a new standard for measuring the performance of space.
Ugh, Collaboration
We asked a group of designers to sketch spaces for collaboration. Here’s what we got.
Case4Space: The Wake Up Call?
An inside look at the research project that is bringing together industry experts to determine what drives productivity in the workplace.
Measuring the Outcomes of Serendipity
Over the course of two days at WORKTECH NY, the focus of conversations shifted from serendipity to data. Increasingly, we are measuring the performance of our designs very differently than we were just a few years ago.
The Vast China International Furniture Fair
I walked away from CIFF realizing the huge potential U.S. manufactures have in looking to China for partnerships. If we’re willing to provide them with our innovation and design, they could match us with impressive manufacturing power and quality.
Designing for “In the Office” v. “Work Wherever”
As we learn more and become smarter about the workplace, we begin to see different perspectives that often conflict. They’re not just tough to integrate into an organization’s culture, but they can seem unpredictable and un-measurable.
Estimating Your True Office Costs
This is the stance John Vivadelli takes. Through his firm Agilquest, he’s spent decades working with design firms and corporate decision-makers who do just this kind of extrapolation when planning their office designs and estimating associated overhead costs.
Adapting to Change Using the Super-Nucleus Model
Even under what might be considered “normal” circumstances, the Super-Nucleus model is a logical, rational leadership system that can better organize large corporations. The model could enable them to adapt to a variety of situations and conditions; thus, the biological metaphor.
The Integration of Real Estate, IT, and HR
There is a convergence of issues developing that will lead to a highly flexible and collaborative workplace experience. Successfully achieving this involves a unique process that integrates IT, real estate, and HR teams.
WORKTECH 12 New York – Review
The best part was they represented different perspectives and did not always agree.
