Just about a year ago, I wrote about Square’s new offices in San Francisco, which were designed to be more like a city than a traditional office (see Another take on offices: something… Read more »
I am involved in a medium-term research push on the workplace and the rise of the open office plan, and so I was eager to look at the results of the… Read more »
I encountered James Dellow because of a twitter comment he made on a recent discussion I had with Lee Bryant, a friend who founded Headshift years ago, and then merged with… Read more »
I have read dozens of articles in recent months about office design. Some advocating the open workplace as a source of inspiration, cameraderie, and social workology. Others arguing a return to… Read more »
I confess, I was surprised to read that there is a workplace revolution for men starting in — of all places — Germany, where traditional roles for men and women have… Read more »
I had the opportunity yesterday to speak with Jeff Avallon, vice president of business development at IdeaPaint, the company behind the dry erase paint that turns any surface into a whiteboard. The company… Read more »
Between the second quarter of 2008 and the second quarter of 2009, 51% of the global smartphone market share was in the residential sector, while 35% was in the public sector. Read more »
“Solitude is out of fashion,” declared author Susan Cain in the New York Times Sunday Review, arguing that our fetishization of collaboration is bad for introverts and innovation. Is coworking a… Read more »
Salary and benefits aren’t enough to guarantee that your best and brightest creatives will remain engaged. Rypple’s Daniel Debow presents some best practices about what does motivate your top employees and… Read more »
Whether it’s establishing new rules or using employee monitoring software, businesses are always looking for new ways to get more “productive time” from their employees. Some companies ban access to Facebook… Read more »