October 12, 2018
Search Results for: coworking
September 21, 2018
Friday finds: some things about life, work and everything we unearthed this week
Just because somebody’s an introvert, doesn’t mean they want to be alone
A complete, interactive map of all the world’s coworking spaces
Setting a maximum wage for CEOs would be good for everyone
Tests show the human brain must work hard to avoid sloth
How we spend our days is how we spend our lives; choosing presence over productivity
If we want to change anything, we need to care about it
Image: LEO Nova North designed by Area
September 10, 2018
The evolution of the workplace conversation in ten graphs
September 4, 2018
Quality coffee tops the list as the most important office feature
The quality of the coffee is the most important feature for office occupants, with two thirds of workers saying a decent flat white or cappuccino is an essential for a productive and engaged workforce. Research by coworking developer Areaworks also found that being closer to the outdoors, and the ability to work from a balcony or roof terrace was an important factor for 64 percent. Hanging chairs, bean bags and flexible spaces are a must for most, as half of office workers want to ditch fixed desks in favour of casual seating and hot desking, making it a top five most favoured feature. the office gimmicks failed to feature on most people’s workplace bucket list. The installation of office gimmicks such as fireman’s poles and ball pits all failed to feature on most people’s workplace list, but slides did make the list, while the majority (66 percent) included a fridge complete with beer and prosecco among their choice items.
July 16, 2018
Seven stories you may have missed that will get your week off to a flyer
A bunch of coworking startups saying the same things about how different they are
Mass incompetency in business: the way we promote people is dead wrong
Want to discover (or re-discover) your sense of purpose at work?
Is stress at work always a bad thing?
Augmented space planning: Using procedural generation to automate desk layouts
A Stanford researcher says we shouldn’t start working full time until age 40
June 15, 2018
The week in seven stories about work, technology and people
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 14, 2018
Nearly half of employees still assigned to same place as the traditional office clings on
The worry over a loss in productivity when people are able to work anywhere is entirely unfounded, and what we once called “alternative”, we have come to call current and future workplace strategies, a new report claims. Yet the new study, ‘The Once Alternative Workplace Strategies’, which was conducted and released by Advanced Workplace Associates (AWA), Global Workplace Analytics and Haworth Inc, found that nearly half of employees are still permanently assigned to one space; with no change since 2008. The research pinpoints five leading trends within today’s workplaces and compares the findings to the initial research from more than a decade ago. More →
June 12, 2018
Keeping people at the heart of the modern workplace
The modern workplace is undergoing significant change, and it’s no surprise that many of these changes are driven by the adoption of new technologies. However, unlike previous eras of technological change, most of the technologies being adopted by organizations today have the potential to offer more autonomy, choice and flexibility to their employees. This can cause disconnects (literally) with the built environment, but it’s also possible for those who design and manage work spaces to adopt a new mindset to stay in lockstep with technological change and to ensure the creation of positive workplace experiences.
June 8, 2018
Flexible office space is becoming mainstream as demand grows
The provision of flexible office space is increasing as landlords look to capitalise on its increasing demand by occupiers. Alongside this a significant proportion would be happy to work in partnership with a flexible office space provider. According to a new study; UK Landlords & Investors Embrace the Flexible Revolution from CBRE, the majority of UK landlords (92 percent) believe that flexible office space is on the brink of becoming mainstream and are not only keen to monitor but respond to the growth of flexible office space. Over three quarters (77 percent) of survey participants stated that they are currently considering some form of flexible provision, with 79 percent declaring an intention to act within the next 12 months. More →
May 24, 2018
Gallery: WeWork announces the opening of its flagship location in India
WeWork has announced its first flagship Indian location in Bengaluru. WeWork Galaxy is located on the site of the former Galaxy Theatre, and features a rooftop terrace with a pool and gym in addition to a mix of shared and private offices, which are designed around a 5-storey communal atrium. Bengaluru is India’s tech capital and one of the country’s leading cultural and economic hubs and so WeWork see it as a perfect fit for their coworking model. Created by the in-house design team, the goal was to create a space that ‘felt open, yet communal and intimate for members and guests, by creating individual programming and design moments within the atrium space’.
May 10, 2018
London’s tech startups and SMEs shift focus from normal hotspots to migrate South of the river
Hubble, an office and coworking marketplace, has published new data which it claims shows that tech startups and other growing SMEs in London are leaving the capital’s best known tech hotspots, including Shoreditch and Soho, for south of the river. Hubble’s search data suggests that London Bridge (29 percent of all searches) is the most popular location in London for companies searching for flexible office space in 2018 (a sharp rise from 3.7 percent of searches in 2017), beating Shoreditch with 27 percent of all searches. More than 37 percent of searches were for office space in south London, counting London Bridge and the Southbank (8.5 percent). Startups and SMEs are branching out to different creative “hub-spots” within London, but most prominently is an unprecedented shift to south of the river. Searches for London Bridge specifically make up 29 percent of all searches and the Southbank, as a whole, making up 37.5 percent of all search queries.
September 14, 2018
All those workplace trends lists that you see? We’ve been there before 0
by Mark Eltringham • Comment, Facilities management, Furniture, Workplace design
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