In this week’s Insight newsletter, available to view online; new research from the Economist Intelligence Unit reveals organisations and business leaders are not very good at judging how responsive they are to change; while Deloitte research suggests the more firms strive to engage with the people who work for them, the less engaged they become. CIBSE designs its brand new website around an iconic new London building and RICS unveils plans for additional office space. Mark Eltringham on what lifts tell us about life; why the urban environment is an increasingly important part of the ‘virtual’ workplace; and to mark the United Nation’s International Day of Happiness, Jessica Pryce-Jones and Julia Lindsay explain why work should be a key focus of improving happiness.  To automatically receive our weekly newsletter, simply add your email address to the box on the home page.

In this week’s Insight newsletter, available to view online; your office building and its interior design could be making you ill; the culture of presenteeism in the UK is hampering its productivity and a strengthening employment market means non-pay related benefits such as an attractive working environment are needed to attract and retain talent. Given the scale of muscular skeletal problems amongst the UK workforce, Sara Bean asks why ergonomic safety guidance has yet to reflect the encroachment of digital devices; Mark Eltringham argues that the HS2 project doesn’t leave many choices for those who have to manage it in the future; and Suzanne McMinn examines the use of personality profiling to help create a more productive workplace. To automatically receive our weekly newsletter, simply add your email address to the box on the home page.

Gary Cooper as architect in the 1949 adaptation of The Fountainhead

In this week’s Insight newsletter, available to view online; Mark Eltringham on why architects are not the only people entitled to have an opinion on buildings [pictured]; the Carbon Trust warns future environmental constraints will actually go way beyond carbon; the total cost to the European economy of corruption is some €120 billion; and (GCHQ) advises that all public sector staff who are still using Windows XP at home should be denied access to networks. News of the introduction of the first working 3D pizza printer; how the influx of tech firms is leading to an unprecedented rise in London office rents and the construction industry records its best month for almost six-and-a-half years.  To automatically receive our weekly newsletter, simply add your email address to the box on the home page.

In this week’s Insight, available to view online; signs that the recovering UK economy is putting pressure on the availability of both skilled employees and Grade A office space; the disparities that exist in flexible working arrangements across the country; and the Green Building Council criticises Prime Minister David Cameron’s decision to slash 80,000 pages of environmental guidance. RICS publishes a report by Occupiers Journal on how to prove the value of FM to board level directors; Pam Loch provides some legal guidance on managing employees embroiled in an office romance and Mark Eltringham wonders when modern office furniture design will begin to live up to the iconic pieces of yesteryear [pictured]. To automatically receive our weekly newsletter, simply add your email address to the box on the home page.