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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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Majority of UK businesses now automating key processes

Majority of UK businesses now automating key processes

The UK is making great strides in adopting process automation technologies like robotic process automation (RPA) and process mining, according to new research from digital intelligence company ABBYY. The research report, The State of Process Mining and RPA (registration), claims that 64 percent of UK businesses are already using process mining technologies, with almost 3 in 10 (28 percent) currently using RPA and a further 34 percent intending to start in the next year. This comes as no surprise, since a vast majority believe that process mining (91 percent) and RPA (87 percent) are, or would be, useful to their business. (more…)

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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"Designing Neuroinclusive Workplaces": Book Signing and Panel Discussion
02 September 2025
Washington DC
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State of Flex | September 2025
03 September 2025
Online
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Paris Design Week
04 September 2025 - 13 September 2025
Paris
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Future Workplace & Office 2025
16 September 2025 - 17 September 2025
Dusseldorf and Online
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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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ORGATEC WORKSPACE Saudi Arabia
16 September 2025 - 18 September 2025
Saudi Arabia
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The Circular Economy imperative
17 September 2025
Abu Dhabi
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London Real Estate Forum
17 September 2025
London
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Empowering Menopause Support in the Workplace
17 September 2025
Los Angeles
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WorkSpace_Meets
23 September 2025 - 26 September 2025
Mykonos, Greece
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Wellbeing at Work UK Summit 2025 – London
23 September 2025
London
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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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Workplace Design Conference - Madrid 2025
24 September 2025
Madrid
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WORKTECH Zurich - Explore the future of work and the workplace
25 September 2025
Zurich
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Wellbeing at Work UK Summit 2025 – Manchester
25 September 2025
Manchester
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Clerkenwales
01 October 2025 - 02 October 2025
Cardiff
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Workplace Design Conference - 2025 - WORKPLACE MAGIC
02 October 2025
Ljubljana, Slovenia
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WORKTECH New York - Explore the future of work and the workplace
06 October 2025
New York
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Gartner HR Symposium/Xpo™ 2025
07 October 2025 - 09 October 2025
London
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Wellbeing at Work Canada Summit 2025 – Toronto
07 October 2025
Toronto
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Facilities & Estates Management Live
07 October 2025 - 08 October 2025
London
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The Global Coworking Unconference Community Conference
08 October 2025 - 09 October 2025
London
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10th Smart Workplaces Summit
09 October 2025 - 10 October 2025
Berlin
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Menopause in the Workplace Conference
09 October 2025
Online
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Wellbeing at Work Canada Summit 2025 – Calgary
09 October 2025
Calgary
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MAD World Leaders Summit
09 October 2025
London
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Optimizing Real Estate for Wellbeing and Change In person event Co-hosted by MillerKnoll and Tango
14 October 2025
London
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Future of Work APAC
15 October 2025 - 16 October 2025
Singapore
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Wellbeing at Work Summit Africa 2025
21 October 2025 - 23 October 2025
Cape Town, Johannesburg and Online
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Designing Neuroinclusive Spaces: A Webinar with Kay Sargent
21 October 2025
Online
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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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ED Spaces - Designing the Future of Education
05 November 2025 - 07 November 2025
Columbus, Ohio
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17th Global Peter Drucker Forum
06 November 2025 - 07 November 2025
Vienna
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Wellbeing at Work Summit Australia 2025 – Sydney
11 November 2025 - 12 November 2025
Sydney
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Gartner IT Symposium
11 November 2025 - 13 November 2025
Barcelona
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Wellbeing at Work Summit Australia 2025 – Melbourne
13 November 2025
Melbourne
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Biophilic Design Conference 2025 - London
17 November 2025
London
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The Smart Workspace Design Summit
18 November 2025 - 20 November 2025
Berlin
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The 8th Lab Asset & Facility Management Summit
19 November 2025 - 21 November 2025
Boston
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Shared Services Summit
19 November 2025 - 20 November 2025
Kuala Lumpur
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(Y)OUR SPACE - Identifying the challenges shaping corporate real estate over the next cycle
19 November 2025
Online
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ElementalLondon
19 November 2025 - 20 November 2025
London
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London Build Expo 2025
19 November 2025 - 20 November 2025
London
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elementalLONDON
19 November 2025 - 20 November 2025
London
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Conceptualising Environment(s) Continuity and Change
22 November 2025 - 24 November 2025
Liverpool
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Future of Work - Europe
25 November 2025 - 26 November 2025
London
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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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Neurodiversity at Work 2025 Conference
04 December 2025
Online
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Wellbeing at Work Summit Middle East 2026
20 January 2026 - 29 January 2026
Cairo, Riyadh, Muscat and Dubai
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Space Plus
27 January 2026 - 28 January 2026
London
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CoreNet APAC Summit -Innovate to Thrive: Driving Strategic Growth, Empowering Real Estate Leadership
03 March 2026 - 05 March 2026
Kuala Lumpur
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Wellbeing at Work Summit US 2026
03 March 2026 - 05 March 2026
New York, Austin and Online
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World Workplace Europe
11 March 2026 - 12 March 2026
The Hague
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Future of Work Canada
31 March 2026 - 01 April 2026
Toronto
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Watercooler Event
15 April 2026 - 16 April 2026
London
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Wellbeing at Work Summit Asia 2026
16 April 2026 - 23 April 2026
Hong Kong, Singapore and Bengaluru
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Wellbeing at Work US Summit 2026 – Chicago
05 May 2026
Chicago
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Wellbeing at Work Summit Europe 2026
19 May 2026 - 21 May 2026
Zurich, Amsterdam and Stockholm
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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…)

Lockdown drives shift in attitudes to environmental issues

Lockdown drives shift in attitudes to environmental issues

Almost two-thirds of workers (64 percent) have evaluated their environmental impact during the coronavirus pandemic, and the majority (53 percent) are seeking permanent changes to their working week once lockdown restrictions ease, according to a new survey. (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…)

Building systems must be rethought before a return to the office

Building systems must be rethought before a return to the office

Preparing an office for safe re-occupation is about much more than turning on the lights.  Once it is agreed who will be working and when, there needs to be a thorough re-evaluation of air conditioning and ventilation systems, according to the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE). The Institution, whose membership includes the UKs leading experts on ventilation and air quality in buildings, has produced a series of guides for businesses looking to understand how their workspaces can be re-populated while minimising risk to their staff. (more…)

Pandemic threatens the transition to clean energy

Pandemic threatens the transition to clean energy

The coronavirus pandemic risks cancelling out recent progress in transitioning to clean energy, with unprecedented falls in demand, price volatility and pressure to quickly mitigate socioeconomic costs placing the near-term trajectory of the transition in doubt. Policies, roadmaps and governance frameworks for energy transition at national, regional, and global levels need to be more robust and resilient against external shocks, according to the latest edition of World Economic Forum’s Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2020 report published today. (more…)

Firms should pass three tests before bringing their people back to work

Firms should pass three tests before bringing their people back to work

commercial propertyA statement from UK HR body the CIPD says that as well as being aware of official advice, employers should not bring their people back into the workplace until they have taken all practical steps to ensure employees feel safe. In light of the government guidance on working safely published this week, the CIPD is urging businesses to ensure they can meet three key tests before bringing their people back to the workplace. (more…)