June 15, 2018
Digital addiction: how technology keeps us hooked
Plumber wins gig workers’ rights battle
Why exhaustion is not unique to our overstimulated age
Ten red flags signalling your analytics program will fail
The CEO society and our culture of metric fixation
The bottom line on coworking spaces
It’s time we value our data – as people and society
June 8, 2018
June 4, 2018
Why telling an adult they are a hard worker can backfire
Facebook takes on entire WeWork location on Soho
Are these the world’s best tall buildings?
How one Chinese city is spending more on AI than the EU
Evidence that daylight can make a positive difference in the workplace
Automation is starting the clear the clutter from offices
Considering the merits of universal basic income
June 1, 2018
There’s no one way to approach diversity and inclusion initiatives. However, we’re very lucky as fellow professionals involved in creating a great workplace experience for everybody to be able to take an active and vital role in improving the setting for these initiatives. If you work at a company that is embracing diversity and inclusion, what I have set out in this commentary is simply a group of thought starters based on previous experience, pain points, and ways you could easily push forward to make spaces that better accommodate all users. At a time when 69 percent of executives rate diversity and inclusion as an important issue, it’s important for we workplace professionals to take the initiative.
May 14, 2018
In today’s highly digital landscape, tools like AI and machine learning were developed to significantly improve productivity in the workplace. But despite their existence, many companies still trail behind in terms of integrating AI in their office environments. In fact, an article on Workplace Insight previously noted that over a quarter of employers fail to provide staff with digital and flexible tools. Though it is predicted that the next couple of years will see businesses adapt to a human-and-machine environment, organisations still have a lot of catching up to do in terms of digital basics.
May 14, 2018
Why great employees leave great cultures
Are flexible short term leases the new future?
Four mega-trends for the future of work
The revolution will not be transactionalised
Bjarke Ingels joins WeWork as Chief Architect
The road to automation, the joy of work, and the ‘Jen problem’
How Soho House transformed BBC Television Centre (registration required)
May 4, 2018
The need to work less is a matter of life and death
House-hunters resort to commercial property in Madrid
The return of the traditional workplace for tech firms?
Ten million British jobs could be gone in 15 years and no one knows what happens next.
Embracing technology to move facilities management forward
Tiny robots will deliver your lunch, because we hate human interaction
The lapsing of Finland’s universal basic income trial (registration)
April 13, 2018
In fairer societies, fewer women enter STEM fields of work
Sexual harassment at work in the era of #MeToo
The impossibility of focusing on two things at once
Robot cities: three urban prototypes for future living
The results of a 2018 global coworking survey
Late risers at increased risk of early death
WeWork to acquire Chinese coworking firm
March 23, 2018
March 16, 2018
People don’t actually know themselves very well
Some actual facts about the time we spend sitting at work
German workers: satisfied, but not engaged
What skills and behaviours make a good leader effective?
Stephen Hawking’s most dire predictions for the future
The World’s happiest nations, according to the UN
A critique of the dogma of wellbeing
Image: By NASA/Paul Alers [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
March 13, 2018
Workplace author, blogger and consultant Neil Usher joins 3edges director Ian Ellison again on the day of his ‘The Elemental Workplace’ book launch; also the day the British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) announce their proposal to become the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management (IWFM). Both of these very different, but exciting developments for the workplace discipline are discussed at length, and Neil offers insightful critique as always. The conversation ends up at one of the new frontiers for the way we work and the places we do it – and global society in general – the ethical challenges we face from emerging digital technologies. Further links from the discussion can be found in the show-notes on the podcast page of www.3edges.co.uk, where you can also find a free download of the Workplace Leadership Manifesto which 3edges co-wrote and published with Neil this January.
