May 18, 2020
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…)
May 18, 2020
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.
May 18, 2020
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…)
May 18, 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…)
May 17, 2020
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.
IFMA Global Middle East Forum
26 November 2025 - 27 November 2025
Dubai
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AIIRIA Inflatable Acoustic Landscapes Launch London
NaughtOne Showroom15 Northburgh Street, London, EC1V 0JR 27 November 2025
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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Evolving Workplaces: Planning The AI-Enabled Workplace
09 December 2025
San Francisco
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'Truth in the Tangle: Navigating the Complexity of Sustainability'
10 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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A new role for technologies in workplace change
21 January 2026
Online
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Space Plus
27 January 2026 - 28 January 2026
London
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High-Tech Spaces, Low-Touch Signage: With Kirsty Angerer and Chanel Dehond
29 January 2026
Online
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Designing for Menopause
18 February 2026
Online
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Workplace Futures Conference FM – a roadmap for the future
26 February 2026
London
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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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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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Interior Design Exhibition in Leeds - Design Festival North
11 March 2026
Leeds
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World Workplace Europe
11 March 2026 - 12 March 2026
The Hague
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Evolving Workplaces: Planning The AI-Enabled Workplace
18 March 2026
Online
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Future of Work Canada
31 March 2026 - 01 April 2026
Toronto
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2026 Neurodiversity in Business Annual Conference
08 April 2026
London
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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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BCO ANNUAL CONFERENCE
17 June 2026 - 18 June 2026
Edinburgh
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Facilities & Estates Management Live
20 October 2026 - 21 October 2026
London
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Orgatec Europe 2026 - New Visions of Work
27 October 2026 - 30 October 2026
Cologne
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May 17, 2020
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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.
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May 15, 2020
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…)
May 15, 2020
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…)
May 14, 2020
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…)
May 14, 2020
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…)
May 13, 2020
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…)
May 19, 2020
Getting beyond the hype of technological innovation and productivity
by Prof Henry Chesbrough • Comment, Technology