The World of Work in 2024: top trends for the year ahead

From a ‘flight to character’ to the envy office and the orange economy, WORKTECH Academy’s report, The World of Work in 2024, presents 20 new directions to spot as the year unfolds

What’s in store for 2024? Forecasts focus on transition

If 2023 was a year in which attempts to establish a new normal in the workplace were undermined by uncertainty, 2024 promises a keener focus on key themes, say forecasts for the year ahead

Review of 2023: the struggle to make hybrid working happen

The big future-of-work story of 2023 was the move to adopt hybrid working across a variety of business sectors. Here we recall some of WORKTECH Academy’s key stories on an unfolding drama

Digital directory of products aligned to WELL standard launched

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) has introduced a directory to assist users looking for products or solutions that fit with various features in the WELL Building Standard

Health and work: can we design a more interconnected approach?

Workplace wellbeing has moved up the agenda since the pandemic, but are we addressing the issue in sufficient depth? Adrianse explores a more holistic framework for health and work in new article series

Japanese consortium calls for more creativity in the workplace

The Japanese workplace has been better known for hierarchy than creativity in the past, but now a group of ten leading Japanese firms plans to enhance the creative potential of workers

The changing real estate landscape for technology firms

The trajectory has shifted for tech companies who expanded rapidly amid the pandemic but are now re-sizing and reconsidering their real estate options, according to new report by JLL  

Five top trends in coworking: what’s next for flexible space?

While companies struggle to bring people back to the office, coworking is flourishing. A new report with Zapfloor looks at why coworking is on the up and the implications for corporate space