workplace strategy

The WORKTECH Index: new survey tool to help firms improve experience

Companies recognise the challenge of boosting employee experience but often struggle to marshal the right data insights to effect change. A new survey tool aims to bridge that gap

How the neuroscience behind wayfinding can build belonging

Our brains work the same whether finding our way around busy offices or bustling cities, according to Tim Fendley, keynote speaker at WORKTECH London

After the return: can the office really raise levels of performance?

Bringing people back to the office is one thing. Improving productivity once there is another. A new report looks at the evidence for and against in-office working as a lever for productivity

GSK’s London HQ named healthiest workplace in city award scheme

The 2025 design awards of the Healthy City Design Congress have given top marks for wellbeing to healthy and sustainable office projects for GSK, Arup and Lenovo

Is misplaced faith in mandates making things worse for the RTO?

Company bosses are doubling down on the return to office but all the evidence on mandates suggests that they repel talent and wreck morale without really raising levels of performance

Talking point: can the office rise above the doom and gloom?

It’s easy to feel down about prospects in the workplace sector. But as we gear up for final quarter of 2025, emerging trends in real estate, technology and design point to a brighter future

Flight to quality: the strategic divide in global real estate

A global ‘flight to quality’ is continuing to transform real estate as organisations chase prime, sustainable, tech-enabled spaces to stay competitive

Why is full-time office work flatlining despite strict mandates?

Evidence suggests that the return to office is stalling, but leaders will miss a trick this autumn if they obsess on RTO policies and not on practices that really improve the work environment