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Sustainability, Well-being, and the Building Blocks of a Biophilic Workplace

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Incorporating biophilic design principles into workplace environments can have far-reaching benefits, both for individuals and for the planet. Providing a range of spatial, thermal, formal, and acoustical environments that prioritize health and well-being can make a workplace more attractive, making it commute-worthy.

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Deconstruct Your Office Into Core Resources To Rebuild Productivity

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This article was written by Shuli Steele for Work Design Magazine. Fast forward to 2020 when office workers in every industry scrambled to figure out what to bring home and how to create a similar office environment. Give employees agency and then hold them accountable for the results.

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How Healthy Is Your Building?

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This article was originally written by Allison McKenzie for Work Design Magazine. The new space needed to be on-brand, aesthetically pleasing and a functional environment for gyro’s team of creatives and strategic leaders — but with some intentional design choices.

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Breaking The Employee Burnout Cycle With Workplace Strategy

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This article was written by Kari Smith and was originally published on Work Design Magazine. Flexible schedules, hybrid work models, health and wellbeing-focused office environments, and hiring frenzies are just a few. Designing an office that provides different environments to support different activities is another.

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How Discrimination in the Workplace Impacts Black Women’s Health & Well-Being

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Her manager, she said, would make sexualized jokes, resulting in what Watson felt was a hostile work environment. “It Watson, a licensed social worker who works for a federal agency, was diagnosed with clinical depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. I was like an outsider in my department.” It was a job that she liked.

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Modern Mentorship Is Changing, But It’s Still About Relationships

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One day she was lounging by the pool with a good magazine while her daughter practiced diving. Yet like a legendary football coach, the founder of the public relations and marketing agency, Juice Consulting, has a “tree” of mentees that spans cities, generations and even industries. ue Keever Watts has a simple story she likes to tell.

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Jamie Fiore Higgins on Workplace Toxicity, Gender Discrimination and Why She Left Wall Street

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When was your first epiphany that your work environment was not normal? It was such a very punitive environment, so that made me feel a little bit off. I want my four kids to have their own sense of agency. And that environment brings out the worst in everyone. JFH: The first day, when they locked the doors.

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