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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.

CIPD Festival of Work
10 June 2026 - 11 June 2026
London
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3 Days of Design
10 June 2026 - 12 June 2026
Copenhagen
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IWFM Live! From ideas to impact: together let’s unleash the force of FM
16 June 2026
London
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BCO ANNUAL CONFERENCE
17 June 2026 - 18 June 2026
Edinburgh
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FM Connect Birmingham Summer Social at Bruntwood Birmingham
18 June 2026
Birmingham
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Mix Awards 2026 Celebrating the best commercial interior design across the UK and Europe
25 June 2026
London
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UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 Barcelona
28 June 2026 - 02 July 2026
Barcelona
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Intelligence by Design: Why AI Needs Better Places to Work - MillerKnoll Insight Series
07 July 2026
Online
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IFMA Global Africa - Facility management conference
12 August 2026 - 13 August 2026
Accra, Ghana
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The Ubuntu Workplace - MillerKnoll Insight Series
19 August 2026
Online
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Transdisciplinary Workplace Research Conference 2026 (TWR)
02 September 2026 - 05 September 2026
Zurich
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London Design Festival
12 September 2026 - 20 September 2026
London
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Zurich Design Weeks
12 September 2026 - 27 September 2026
Zurich
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Shoreditch Design Week
15 September 2026 - 20 September 2026

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World of Work
23 September 2026
London
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Human Response to Colour in the Workplace - MillerKnoll Insight Series
23 September 2026
Online
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Vienna Design Week
25 September 2026 - 04 October 2026
Vienna
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The Workspace Exhibition
28 September 2026 - 30 September 2026
Dubai
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Breaking the Echo Chamber: Real Voices, Real Change
01 October 2026
London
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Workplace Design Conference 2026
08 October 2026
Ljubljana
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Destination 2.0 - The playbook everybody needs to master hybrid work - MillerKnoll Insight Series
14 October 2026
Online
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MIPIM - Middle East
20 October 2026 - 21 October 2026
Riyadh
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UNLEASH World - HR Event
20 October 2026 - 22 October 2026
Paris
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Facilities & Estates Management Live
20 October 2026 - 21 October 2026
London
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CoreNet Global North America Summit
26 October 2026 - 28 October 2026
Chicago
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Orgatec Europe 2026 - New Visions of Work
27 October 2026 - 30 October 2026
Cologne
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Tallinn Architecture Biennale
09 November 2026 - 30 November 2026
Tallinn
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The Analog Advantage: Making spaces for humans in the age of A.I. - MillerKnoll Insight Series
11 November 2026
Online
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IFMA World Workplace
18 November 2026 - 20 November 2026
Anaheim, California
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Design Mumbai
19 November 2026 - 22 November 2026
Mumbai
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MIPIM ASIA
02 December 2026 - 03 December 2026
Hong Kong
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From ‘cathedrals’ of interaction to diverse workplace settings - MillerKnoll Insight Series
13 January 2027
Online
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EuroFM Conference 2027 – Kufstein
18 February 2027 - 20 February 2027
Kufstein - Austria
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MIPIM 2027
15 March 2027 - 19 March 2027
Cannes
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About

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.

 

Contact

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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…)

How will delivery processes change as workers return to the workplace?

How will delivery processes change as workers return to the workplace?

As workplaces around the country prepare to adapt to the various social distancing and personal safety measures they will have to put in place, many will be wondering what the typical working day will start to look like. Some of the activities we take completely for granted like commuting, meal breaks and even talking to colleagues, will have to be carefully considered from now on as routines change to avoid any unnecessary human contact.  (more…)

Business needs to do more to address lockdown mental health issues

Business needs to do more to address lockdown mental health issues

Mental health and the pandemicEmployers must do more to support the mental health of their staff during the Covid-19 pandemic, as new research suggests up to 23 million people in the UK could be struggling with poor mental wellbeing as a result of the current situation. The research, carried out by not-for-profit healthcare provider Benenden Health, claims that 35 percent of people are thought to be struggling with their mental wellbeing as a result of the pandemic, with many saying support from employers could help ease the stress they’re experiencing day-to-day. (more…)

Reshaping ourselves to fit in a new era for work

Reshaping ourselves to fit in a new era for work

Making a splash at workThe ethical, practical and philosophical implications of how we live alongside new forms of technology is something we will have to address very soon. It is a point well made in this conversation between Kate Darling of MIT and the neuroscientist Sam Harris. But we’ve had parts of this conversation before. For example, while most people will not have read the book from which it came, those with an interest in work, workplaces and their links with our happiness (or perceived lack of it) will know that the British philosopher Bertrand Russell once famously said that “one of the symptoms of approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important”.

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Digital Twins will change our relationship with buildings post lockdown

Digital Twins will change our relationship with buildings post lockdown

Digital Twin technology will be catalysed in the wake of the coronavirus, transforming the way we construct, design manage and occupy buildings. That is the key finding of a new white paper from Cityzenith, which includes contributions from a number of global practitioners and technology experts. (more…)