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Slow progress on sustainable buildings, RICS report claims
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Third of people hide their use of workplace AI from employers
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Office attendance and desk use are on the rise as firms make most of real estate
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Life science interiors: here’s how to create a petri dish for scientific breakthroughs
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The bill for upgrading office buildings worldwide could hit £1 trillion
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The new digital issue of Works magazine would look just dandy on your screen
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Hybrid working means people feel as if they are always at work
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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