Normally, I am not one to speculate on the future of the office. Too many self-acclaimed futurologists announce workplace trends in regular intervals, often with little scientific underpinning. When someone would have asked me in the past to comment on the future of the office, my standard reply would have been, sorry, my crystal ball…
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…
It is three months now that offices in the UK have been closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic and we are slowly reaching the stage where lockdown restrictions are being eased and organisations are pondering and planning their return to the office. Throughout the past weeks, we have blogged about various Covid-19 related issues and…
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…
In our last blog we reported on a webinar that considered what we had learnt from an enforced period of working without an office. In this blog we look forward to some of the variables that organisations will need to consider as Covid-19 lockdown restrictions are relaxed around the world. We have called the office…
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…
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…
This article, co-authored by Dr Kerstin Sailer and Ros Pomeroy, was first published on 22 June 2018 by Instant Offices in their UK Market Summary Research Report – The evolution of flexible workspace. The co-working phenomenon is spreading fast. In addition to general growth, the sector is also diversifying. There are countless variations of co-working spaces…
When it comes to moths, the scientific evidence is very clear: moths are attracted to light and tend to fly towards a source of light (such as the moon), especially when in danger. But what about humans and their relationship with light – specifically, their attraction to daylight? Intuitively, most of us would agree that…
What happens when 21 people volunteer to take part in a live workplace experiment? An experiment that tests what factors govern the choices people will make when asked to find a work setting for a collaborative team task? A couple of weeks ago we embarked on what was in itself an experimental formula: a kind…
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