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From the archive: The role of workplace design in employee engagement

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This means they can manage their need for privacy, concentrate more easily and collaborate with their teams without disruptions. The vast majority of workers report that they are equipped with landline telephones (86 percent) and desktop computers (80 percent). Fixed Technology exceeds mobile by 2:1.

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Tim Leberecht of The House of Beautiful Business | Making Business More Human

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From 2006 to 2013, he was the chief marketing officer of product design and innovation consultancy Frog Design. So super flexible ways of collaborating. Previously, Tim served as the chief marketing officer of NBBJ, a global design and architecture firm. million times to date. 00:06:16:17 – 00:06:32:02. Jo Meunier. Tim Leberecht.

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Workplace and property firms must wake up to the new era of networked businesses

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A more academic explanation of companies was provided by a little-known UK Nobel prize-winning economist, Ronald Coase (1910-2013). In the past new businesses had to invest in fixed assets such as the physical workplace and equipment; today they can attain global reach with no assets. Firms will be permeable and fluid.