Is hybrid working in danger of getting bogged down in the mud?
The flooding out of this year’s Burning Man Festival provides an apt metaphor for company work policies getting stuck, but also highlights the benefits of intrinsic motivation and inclusion
Is flexible workspace on the brink of crisis or set for coworking 2.0?
The financial troubles of WeWork have obscured the underlying strengths and bright prospects for the coworking sector as a whole, as new analysis from architectural firm HOK suggests
Is higher work intensity driving low employee wellbeing?
The working world has become obsessed with where we work, but it’s the increasingly frantic process of work that we should worry about, according to a new UK report on ‘work intensification’
The growing rift that could tear the working world apart
A new global survey on working from home in 34 countries reveals a growing and potentially damaging divide between what employees desire and what their companies intend to provide
The Great Inversion: why the workplace feels upside down
Standard practices and long-held assumptions about the future of work are being overturned, according to an array of speakers and projects at the WORKTECH Berlin conference 2023
Office as social hub? Stick to serving soft drinks only
A sobering survey from the Chartered Management Institute in the UK suggests that lacing the office as a social destination with lashings of booze could be asking for trouble
Where is the employee ‘sweet spot’ in creating hybrid work model?
Companies experimenting with hybrid models tend to put productivity above all else. A new study suggests happiness, connection and coordinated hybrid work count just as much
What does sudden halt to Amazon’s HQ2 showpiece signify?
It was lauded as an exemplar of sustainable and community-oriented office design. But now construction of Amazon’s Helix tower near Washington DC has been put on temporary hold
