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Why we need more walking routes in and around the workplace
New research from Stanford University shows that walking can improve the quality of negotiations – and it’s just the latest in a line of academic studies explaining why we need to get up and walk about
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
Mastering the changing workplace: what we need to accept
Brad Stulberg’s new book Master of Change offers fresh wisdom for workplace leaders. Its key message: first we need to study and understand the concept of change itself
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 nine personas that sum up worker behaviour in the flexible era
As employers offer different configurations of remote, hybrid and office-based work, workers are behaving in many different ways too. New US research presents a set of personas that help figure out the puzzle
Japanese study quantifies benefits of having a high-quality office
A better-designed workplace not only supports work efficiency and worker health but also drives a company’s economic performance, according to novel research carried out in Tokyo
Is the time now right for a ‘structured hybrid’ approach?
As organisations struggle with lost collaboration after the pandemic, a University of Toronto research study is seeking participating companies to explore the potential of a new model
Psychology as a tool to manage mental resilience in the workplace
Just as people get given a computer to facilitate their work, so they should also receive tools to manage their mental health in the workplace, argues psychologist Sofia Viotti
