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Office fit out costs rise as firms adapt to new ways of working
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If you want your business to grow, become a digital leader
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Traditional incentives don’t encourage people back to the office. Here’s what might
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People who hide their use of AI have their work taken more seriously
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British workers now entirely unproductive, claims report
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Important eye care habits professionals should practice in 2025 and beyond
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Flexible workspace, cognitive dissonance and lessons learnt from The Shining
September 30, 2013
Don’t let the sofas fool you; work can still be red in tooth and claw
by Twyla Howse • Comment, Flexible working, Furniture
Herbert James Draper: Ulysses and the sirens
We keep filling our workplaces with sofas, coffee shops and other lifestyle touches while our homes are being slowly eroded by the trappings of work. First it was the fax machine. Then the mobile phone. Then working from home. The places available for us to work is seemingly more diverse than ever. But does this acknowledged trend towards domesticity make the workplace a kinder, gentler place? Maybe on the surface but beware to those who dare succumb to the siren song of these things. Using them could mean the end of your career.A recent conversation I had with an executive highlighted the problems inherent in the mixed messages this “softening” of the work environment brings.
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