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The experience of working from home is not the same for everyone

The experience of working from home is not the same for everyone

So we’ve demonstrated that we can work from home. But is it a permanent solution? We hear senior managers counting the numbers and working out just how much money will be saved if organisations no longer need their office space. It’s a seductive argument. So before we all settle down in our spare bedrooms with a sigh of relief, let’s just have a think about what that model would mean in the long term. (more…)

Wellbeing benefits of time in nature endure for months

Wellbeing benefits of time in nature endure for months

Mental healthThe wellbeing benefits from simple daily contact with nature can last for months, once initiated, according to a new review from The Wildlife Trusts. The review is based on surveys completed by people taking part in 30 Days Wild, a study based on three peer-reviewed papers. Researchers at the University of Derby evaluated survey responses from more than 1,000 people over five years and discovered the enduring effects on wellbeing from participation in 30 Days Wild – the positive effects are still felt two months after the challenge is over. (more…)

Most British workers reluctant to work mainly from home, BCO poll claims

Most British workers reluctant to work mainly from home, BCO poll claims

Rumours of the demise of the office are much exaggerated, according to new independent polling commissioned by the British Council for Offices (BCO), the representative body for the UK’s office sector. Just one in five (20 percent) UK adults plans primarily to work from home in the future, while only 16 percent hope that working from home replaces the office. Last week, Twitter, the social media company, announced that staff could ‘forever work from home’ if they wanted to. However, that offer would only be partially taken up by British workers, with many instead opting for ‘mixed working’, balancing time between the office and home. (more…)

Firms need to embed lessons from pandemic in a new work culture

Firms need to embed lessons from pandemic in a new work culture

work cultureOrganisations should build on the lessons they have learned about themselves and their employees during the pandemic and embed them into their work culture. That is the main claim of the tenth annual Global Human Capital Trends report from Deloitte. (more…)

Neurodiversity measures do not hold up in the present culture

Neurodiversity measures do not hold up in the present culture

Until recently, the phrase ‘What’s neurodiversity?’ was a question I was frequently asked, often accompanied by a bit of a nervous stare. Fortunately, this is now changing, and thanks to continued research, community activism and representation in the media, people leaders now understand that neurodiversity means a unique talent to be tapped – not something to be avoided. (more…)

Pandemic emphasises the importance of kindness

Pandemic emphasises the importance of kindness

Almost three-quarters of UK adults say it is important that we learn from the coronavirus pandemic to be more kind as a society, according to a new survey. The survey was published by the Mental Health Foundation to mark the start of Mental Health Awareness Week, which this year has the theme of Kindness. Two-thirds of people say that when others are kind to them, it has a positive impact on their mental health, according to the survey of 4,256 UK adults aged 18 and above.

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CIPD Festival of Work goes digital for 2020

CIPD Festival of Work goes digital for 2020

There’s just one month to go until CIPD hosts its Festival of Work, which has moved online for the first time. Extended to three days, it will provide even more access to expert masterclasses, discussions and skills sessions, and a taste of large-scale events of this kind for the future. It is following a well trodden path in the current climate as a number of other events have moved online. (For an up to date list of workplace events and their status visit our Events page). (more…)

Events

The MillerKnoll Insight Group sponsor this events page. We do our best to make sure that this workplace events calendar is as comprehensive as possible, but if there’s something we’ve missed that you think we should include, please let us know. We believe it is essential that people make the effort to network and attend workplace events as much as possible, so if you see us at anything you attend, please say hello.

Richard Rogers: Talking Buildings
18 June 2025 - 21 September 2025
Sir John Soane’s Museum, London
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Purpose of Place Nicola Gillen - Cushman & Wakefield
09 July 2025
Online
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Routes to a Stronger Workforce
10 July 2025
London
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WORKTECH Chicago - Explore the future of work and the workplace
15 July 2025
Chicago
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What's Coworking?
23 July 2025
Online
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WORKTECH Sydney - Explore the future of work and the workplace
31 July 2025
Sydney
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WORKTECH Auckland - Explore the future of work and the workplace
05 August 2025
Auckland
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Safe Spaces: Unlocking the Power of Psychological Safety Rebecca Greier Horton - MillerKnoll
13 August 2025
Online
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Workplace design as a business enabler - Mansi Patel - The Power Hour
13 August 2025
Online
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IFMA Global Africa - facility management conference
19 August 2025 - 20 August 2025
Lagos
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Flexible Workspace Australia’s National Conference 2025
21 August 2025 - 22 August 2025
Brisbane
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Transdisciplinary Workplace Research Summer School
25 August 2025 - 29 August 2025
Frankfurt
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ORGATEC WORKSPACE Saudi Arabia
16 September 2025 - 18 September 2025
Saudi Arabia
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Design London Shoreditch
16 September 2025 - 18 September 2025
London
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Future Workplace & Office 2025
16 September 2025
Düsseldorf
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London Real Estate Forum
17 September 2025
London
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WorkSpace_Meets
23 September 2025 - 26 September 2025
Mykonos, Greece
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Lead the Change: Using ChatGPT to Elevate Wellness, Connection & Culture Charles Corley - M Moser
24 September 2025
Online
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WORKTECH Zurich - Explore the future of work and the workplace
25 September 2025
Zurich
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Optimizing Real Estate for Wellbeing and Change In person event Co-hosted by MillerKnoll and Tango
30 September 2025
London
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WORKTECH New York - Explore the future of work and the workplace
06 October 2025
New York
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Facilities & Estates Management Live
07 October 2025 - 08 October 2025
London
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MAD World Leaders Summit
09 October 2025
London
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Designing for Connection: A Sociotechnical Approach
22 October 2025
Online
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People First Summit 2025
23 October 2025
Edinburgh
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Orgatec India - Empowering the Future
04 November 2025 - 06 November 2025
Mumbai
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Workspace Design Show - Amsterdam
05 November 2025 - 06 November 2025
Amsterdam
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Gartner IT Symposium
11 November 2025 - 13 November 2025
Barcelona
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The Smart Workspace Design Summit
18 November 2025 - 20 November 2025
Berlin
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Conceptualising Environment(s) Continuity and Change
22 November 2025 - 24 November 2025
Liverpool
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IFMA Global Middle East Forum
26 November 2025 - 27 November 2025
Dubai
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The Love Lab 2025
28 November 2025
London
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World Workplace Europe
11 March 2026 - 12 March 2026
The Hague
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Insight Publishing is one of the world’s leading platforms for workplace news, commentary and features. It publishes podcasts, reports, daily updates and now IN and Works magazines.

Workplace Insight is the UK’s most widely read publication dedicated to the design and management of workplaces, offering a  definitive source of daily ideas, comment, news and information. Launched in 2013, it publishes a weekly newsletter and has a readership of up to 8,000 unique users a day including workplace professionals, suppliers, purchasing, HR, IT and facilities managers and specifiers including fit-out firms, architects and designers.

IN Magazine was launched in 2020 to offer a new way of talking about the physical office and the digital and cultural aspects of work. Aimed at occupiers and managers, it is published every two months and has around 90,000 readers per issue. In the Spring of 2022, Works Magazine was launched aimed at Europe’s workplace interiors sector. It has quickly established itself as one of the continent’s essential reads for everybody interested in office design.

Insight Publishing is led by Mark Eltringham, a professional with over thirty years’ specialist experience working as an editor, writer and commentator. Mark is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts and is the European Director of Work&Place Journal. Works magazine is edited and published by Mick Jordan, who has been a mainstay of the European office design scene for over twenty years. Insight Publishing employs an experienced and knowledgeable team of industry experts, journalists and professionals to offer you the most independent reporting of issues relating to workplace design, culture and management, property, cities and technology.

 

Philosophy

From day one, we have worked on the premise that modern ways of working are no longer about just physical offices, but about cultural and digital work spaces too. This is the driving force behind a new discipline that embraces existing professions like general management, facilities management, HR, IT, real estate, design and architecture. The end result is a coherent way of looking at a wide range of workplace issues centred on the needs of people that occupy the three domains of 21st Century work. We offer a platform for all those with new, insightful and meaningful things to say about related issues. We prefer not to follow received wisdom but produce thought-provoking, informative and occasionally challenging content.

 

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What the humble avocado can teach us about why we will always work in offices

What the humble avocado can teach us about why we will always work in offices

From the archive. Originally published in 2013. People have been talking about the death of the office for at least a quarter of a century. Leaving aside the often misleading conflation of flexible working with homeworking that is often involved, the underlying premise of such talk has been the same for all of that time. The main argument is, and always was, that there is an alternative to the tedium, aggravation and expense of travelling to an office solely to work inside its hermetically sealed and fluorescent-lit, blue-carpeted interior alongside people who can drive you spare, before you schlep home again. (more…)

Promotion: Where can you find talented freelancers that share your passion?

Promotion: Where can you find talented freelancers that share your passion?

The number of people freelancing around the world is expected to increase significantly from the current estimated 150 million to over 520 million in the next five years. The freelance industry is expected to contribute about US$2.7 trillion by 2025 as more and more businesses and entrepreneurs increasingly rely on online outsourcing to get their work done efficiently. (more…)

Life-Based Value launch digital training program harnessing new skills

Life-Based Value launch digital training program harnessing new skills

Life Based Value has announced the launch of ‘Crisis’, a brand new digital training program available for British businesses that harness unique skills learned during the current lockdown for the world of work. The announcement took place at EdTechX’s Global online summit, from company founder Riccarda Zezza, as the UK is facing one of its most intense and challenging ever transitions – the disruption of normal working life due Covid-19, and the eventual return to work after lockdown measures eventually ease. (more…)