Columnists
February 24, 2016
Three workplace performance indicators that may make or break you 0
by Matias Rodsevich • Comment, Technology, Workplace, Workplace design
Want to find out how your business is performing? Setting and analysing performance indicators for your company is the best way to forecast and get on track with your business goals. Creating Key Performance Indicators will help you measure your company’s success. While choosing the right KPIs relies upon a good understanding of what is […]
February 17, 2016
The workplace is not just about the play, but the stage too 0
by Darren Bilsborough • Comment, Flexible working, Technology, Workplace design
Why is it that just about every article I read talking about the value of workplace design, almost always ignores the broader context of the building and precinct in which the workplace is located? Similarly, almost all conversations extolling the virtues of remote working, love to predict the extinction of the office and diminish its […]
February 9, 2016
Career progression stalled by lack of respect for mums who work part-time 0
by Sara Bean • Comment, Flexible working, Legal news, News, Workplace
A recent UKCES report suggested it is career and personal choices that explain the gender pay gap, because so many women work part time after children. Now a new report supports the view that the dearth of women in senior management roles is a result of a lack of access to promotion for those in a part time role. A survey […]
February 5, 2016
Embracing the inevitable rise of the robots in the workplace 0
by Gary Chandler • Comment, Flexible working, Technology, Workplace design
We often have reason these days to speculate on the truth of an idea known as Amara’s Law. First coined by the researcher Roy Amara it states that “we tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run”. But defining what we mean by short and […]
February 5, 2016
What the commercial property market tells us about trends in office design 0
by Paul Goodchild • Comment, Property, Workplace design
It’s become commonplace in recent years for certain people to foresee the death of the office. The problem with this argument is that, in spite of its drawbacks, office life maintains an attraction for both employers and employees and there will always be an upper limit on how long people want to spend away from […]
February 5, 2016
Employers believe Millennials are the most demanding workers 0
by Sara Bean • Comment, News, Wellbeing, Workplace
It seems unfair to brand Millennials difficult, when you consider they are the less experienced generation of workers, but new research suggests they require more hand holding in the workplace. When asked about workers they’ve dealt with, 48 percent of bosses felt that millennials were more reliant on detailed targets and required regular progress meetings […]
February 3, 2016
HR managers must innovate to stay relevant in the evolving workplace 0
by Sara Bean • Comment, Flexible working, Workplace
As the workplace moves from the traditional 9-5 model, management needs to adapt accordingly. Facilities managers are already being forced to think outside the box, and now human resources and line managers must do the same. The latest CIPD/Workday HR Outlook leaders’ survey spells out the challenge; that new ways of working and operating is an […]
January 29, 2016
Delivering the low-down on the sit-stand workstation phenomenon 0
by Ashley Hayward • Comment, Furniture, Wellbeing, Workplace design
While the UK, US, Australia and other nations continue to treat them as something of a novelty, across Sweden, Norway and Finland, over 80 per cent of office workers use sit-stand desks. Offering employees a height adjustable work station is now mandatory in Denmark. However, sit-stand working is still in its infancy in the UK, […]
January 26, 2016
Could a sexy office help you seduce clients back to your place? 0
by Darren Bilsborough • Comment, Facilities management, Workplace design
I am not suggesting that a cool or sexy office is all you need to drive business outcomes. Nor am I going to suggest that all you need to do to grow a successful business is to invest in a fully loaded, bells and whistles, technology laden, productivity enabling office environment. Not that all of […]
January 26, 2016
The road to Bali and other destinations for the world’s remote workers 0
by Georgi Georgiev • Comment, Flexible working, Property, Technology
The number of people who work from home or travel as freelancers has grown rapidly in the last 25 years. In 1990, as a percentage of the US population only 5 percent fit this classification, today it is closer to 30 percent. From photojournalists to graphic designers, to computer programmers – an increasing number of […]
February 24, 2016
Too much choice at work just leads to paralysis by confusion 0
by Leeson Medhurst • Comment, Facilities management, Workplace design
There is a general acknowledgement within the realm of FM and workplace that its world is changing; and that organisations must be ready and able to adapt to the shifting landscape, or else slip through the cracks and go under. Various factors are contributing towards this drastic reform, including three key infrastructures: technology, corporate and social. […]