Columnists
December 5, 2018
The war for talent is over and we need to face up to new opportunities and challenges
by David Corcoran • Comment, Workplace
The ‘War for Talent’ is a concept which has dominated the industry for the last twenty years and has shaped how many organisations view talent acquisition around the world. But perhaps this war is already over. As initially reported by McKinsey & Company in 1998, the war for talent explored the challenges businesses face when attracting, […]
December 4, 2018
I’m a designer and I job share with an AI
by Ceilidh Higgins • Comment, Technology, Workplace design
Thomas Edison is credited with the phrase “Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration” and I believe there is no field where this applies more than architecture and design. So often people assume that interior design is such a fun, creative job – that it’s all about drawing, colours and furniture, something like being […]
December 3, 2018
Ten UK employment law changes to look out for in 2019
by Alan Price • Comment, Legal news
From gender pay gap reporting to widespread claims of workplace sexual harassment, 2018 has been a busy year in employment law. Although employers may hope for a quieter 2019, it’s looking likely that there will be a number of issues that are prevalent throughout the year, amid the ongoing uncertainty of Brexit. Below are just […]
November 30, 2018
How the way we interact with technology is changing the way we think
by Charles Marks • Comment, Technology, Workplace design
We are all familiar with the emoticon, the little symbol we use to strengthen whatever it is we really mean or would like to convey in a text, chat, message or email. The symbols have become more important as these forms of communication have supplanted some forms of face to face contact. Researchers have now […]
November 28, 2018
Government treading carefully with proposed plans for gig workers
November 23, 2018
Communities are the key factor to rapid growth of coworking
by Petr Boruta • Comment, Coworking, Property, Workplace design
London, New York, Los Angeles. These are top three cities in number of coworking centres globally. But as coworking map is evolving rapidly, you might as well read about Warsaw and Prague as new hotbeds for shared offices soon. And the surprising reason behind that is not flexibility, but the power of communities.
November 19, 2018
A cheap day return to Farringdon, please
by Neil Usher • Comment, Facilities management
Timing is everything. Re-launching a professional body while the country’s politics unceremoniously implode could not have been foreseen, but the vacuous space was full of the registered and invited, many with a trail of string going back a few decades or more. What a lovely gathering of old friends it was. On Monday 12th The BIFM […]
November 18, 2018
What The Midwich Cuckoos can teach us about Millennials
by Mark Eltringham • Comment, Workplace
John Wyndham’s 1957 novel The Midwich Cuckoos is the story of a fictional English village in which, following an unexplained event that causes everybody within Midwich to fall unconscious, all of the women in the village fall pregnant and 61 children are subsequently born all at the same time. The children bear absolutely no physical […]
November 15, 2018
Are you ready for the world of agile working we will experience in the 2020s?
by John Eary and Paul Allsopp • Comment, Facilities management, Workplace design
Some organisations believe they have ‘done’ Agile Working. They have increased the ratio of people to desks and achieved a saving in accommodation costs. They have provided flexible working arrangements across the organisation and have enabled their people to work at home for part of their working week. Staff surveys show employees are pleased with […]
November 13, 2018
Fostering creativity within organisations through space and culture
by Serena Borghero • Comment, Workplace design
In organisations around the world, hierarchical structures are breaking down, replaced by deeply interconnected, constantly shifting networks, linked by innovative technology. Meanwhile, huge leaps forward in artificial intelligence promise to fundamentally change the nature of work, either by enhancing or replacing human-beings. Research by McKinsey suggests that half of today’s work activities could be automated […]
November 8, 2018
Your relationship with your boss may be playing a role in your stress levels
by Martin Turner and Matthew Slater • Comment, Wellbeing
Everybody knows how horrible it is to be stressed out at work. Sadly, across the world, employees are being subjected to increasing work demands and, as a result, work stress is on the rise. As we try to understand the root of the problem, we often end up blaming our boss. But is that really fair? […]
December 7, 2018
Seven reasons why this will not be the office of the future
by Mark Eltringham • Comment, Facilities management, Furniture, Workplace design
At this time of year, it seems like we don’t have to wait more than a few hours before some or other organisation is sharing its prognosis about how we will be working in the future. The thing these reports usually share in common, other than a standardised variant of a title and a common […]