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How Can We Foster Emotional Connections At Work In The Post-Pandemic Era?

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Let us reimagine the workplace as a vibrant and magnetic space filled with meaning where people gather, connect, learn, collaborate, and create. Exposure to natural elements like plants, natural light, and views of greenery reduces stress, enhances creativity, boosts cognitive functions, and improves overall well-being.

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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. No two days are the same for employees; sometimes they will need to do focus work, while other times they will need to collaborate. Fixed Technology exceeds mobile by 2:1.

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Embrace the chaos: the office must find a new purpose, conference concludes

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It’s time we do the same with the employee experience, stressed many of the speakers. For those that don’t get the link, journalists are often the first to bash their awful offices if media headlines like this Guardian one back in 2013 are anything to go by – Open-plan offices were devised by Satan in the deepest caverns of hell ).

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FAANGs for the memories: how tech palaces lost their lustre

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Designed in close collaboration with Norman Foster and his practice, Jobs eschewed the idea of a business park and instead emphasised the idea of a nature refuge with green spaces to the fore and an artificial pond in the centre of the circle-shaped building.

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5 Whole-Brain Design Strategies To Make Your Workplace More Innovative And Efficient

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Designing for people with neurodiversity requires a slight shift in our approach to a workplace design process Organizing workplaces into distinct zones can alleviate stress for people with neurodivergent conditions. Whole-brain design addresses the rich and varied ways people’s brains process, retain and utilize information.