Columnists
April 6, 2020
So what sort of homeworker are you?
March 26, 2020
Now is a great time to talk about staff absence in the NHS
by Ian Caminsky • Comment, Wellbeing
March 25, 2020
Loneliness has always been a workplace issue
by Nigel Oseland • Comment, Wellbeing, Working lives, Workplace design
Loneliness is increasingly recognised as a serious issue in modern society. In the UK, the Office of National Statistics reported that 5 percent of adults feel lonely ‘often’ or ‘always’, with further 16 percent of adults reporting feeling lonely ‘sometimes’, equivalent to approximately 9 million adults suffering from loneliness to some degree.
March 25, 2020
The good, the bad and the ugly of workplace wellbeing
by Chris Pinner • Comment, Wellbeing
FTSE companies that prioritise wellbeing and engagement outperform others by 10 percent according to a study from SOMA Analytics. Similar results are apparent across a range of related studies. With such a significant impact, it’s surprising that businesses are still not measuring the impact of wellbeing activities to optimise their offering.
March 19, 2020
Will coronavirus mean the death of the office?
by Mark Eltringham • Comment
Betteridge’s law of headlines declares that “Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no”. And so I simultaneously ask and answer the question of whether the coronavirus pandemic will really lead to the death of the office. So it goes. Of course, I’m not the first person to […]
March 17, 2020
Pandemic highlights precarious reality of workplace legislation
by Tony Wilson • Comment, Legal news
Less than a week on from the Budget, and already the government’s emergency measures to respond to covid-19 feel like they belong to another crisis. While attention this weekend has rightly focused on how our health services and older people can be supported, we also need urgently to revisit the impact on the workplace and […]
March 12, 2020
Company reputations can live or die by the behaviour of employees on social media
by Pete Eyre • Comment, Technology
A recent survey from law firm Herbert Smith Freehills suggests that 95 percent of large organisations polled expected a rise in the number of employees using social media, such as Twitter, to raise complaints and concerns about their company over the next five years. It is an extremely worrying development for business. While social media […]
March 11, 2020
Flexible offices are not just an issue for the next generation
by John Williams • Comment, Flexible working
For as long as I have been in the industry, workspace has focused on the “next” generation whether that has been the overly-discussed millennials or Gen-Z. As it has grown, the market for flexible offices has inevitably followed the same path, but in doing so its providers could have taken their eyes off the ball […]
March 10, 2020
A great company culture is the basis for successful flexible working
by Chris Dyer • Comment, Flexible working
Company culture is more integral to remote platforms than it is to traditional bricks-and-mortar enterprises. In a disjointed setting, culture is what holds a team together, and marries it to the company’s values. Not only is this a boon to getting work done, it’s a formula for business success. Consider the main challenges to many […]
April 8, 2020
Finance leaders gear up for life after lockdown
by Stephen Norris • Comment, Property
As the impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic becomes apparent, and the vast majority of workers are now remote working, CFOs are working closely with their real estate teams to re-assess workspace costs both now and in the future.