So much has been said already about this challenging year. We started blogging back in April about the impact of the lack of informal face to face social contact with colleagues that working from home was bringing. We have worked with clients in these last months without meeting them, except via Zoom, and relying on…
I have always been almost pathologically averse to futurology. It’s that smug certainty about the way the world will be that often grates. And right now the ‘future of the office’ is drawing us all in to becoming another of those who claim special insight. However, I have taken heart from listening to Professor Lynda…
Amongst all the comment that already exists out there about the impact of Covid-19 on office design and what office life will therefore be like in the future, I guess there hasn’t been so much written by those people who are actually having to make recommendations for their own organisations. I also guess that this…
COVID-19 lockdown week 8, working from home again and tuning in (is that what you do to a webinar?) to Workplace Trends: What will be the “new normal” for the workplace in 2021? with a panel of three world renowned industry speakers. So as to declare my interest up front, one of the panel members…
Getting endorsement for a new workplace design is time consuming and hard enough, so why waste time on a pilot project? In this blog we look at the benefits that can be achieved by pushing the boundaries of workplace design in a pilot setting, before going for the full expensive roll out. Here at brainybirdz…
brainybirdz are sometimes commissioned to write articles and blogs for other organisations. This is a re-post of a blog written for Open Sensors earlier this month. Some organisations seem to implement Activity Based Working almost as an act of faith but some are very clear about the benefits gained from an Activity Based Working solution and…
brainybirdz co-founder Ros Pomeroy reflects on her recent build project in Sri Lanka and on the lessons this throws up for workplace design. I am fortunate. I know that. I co-own a 5 acre tea estate in Sri Lanka. I have fallen in love with the country; the country where my husband was born. I…
I’ve only met Neil Usher once, but now I’d definitely like to get to know him better. In his new book ‘The Elemental Workplace’, Neil reveals himself as a natural writer with strong opinions – on a soapbox – but always authoritative and speaking to the reader as an adult. As I read the 200…
The run up to Christmas is a timely reminder of the perils of too much choice. I don’t watch much telly, but I have already become aware of the annual barrage of perfume adverts, for brands which I honestly can’t tell apart. And that is before we mention the now traditional cute supermarket ads. All…
In our fourth and final blog in our series, we discuss the organisational reality of workplace data collection. The truth is organisations and businesses of all kinds routinely collect data. The most obvious being financial results. How many products have been sold this week? What is our total revenue for the year? How much have costs…
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