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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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How to Talk to Your Boss About Race: A New Book Explores Language Used in the Workplace and How We Can Improve

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For them, racism wasn’t a taboo construct but a real aspect of their daily lives that impacted the way they navigated their workplaces. These slights can take the form of offhand comments, jokes, backhanded compliments or insults. It can take the form of microaggressions or just plain aggression. It can be overt or subtle.

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Paying Candidates for Interviews: What Should Be Covered and Why?

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But as all eyes are on mental health and wellness improvements in the workplace , employers are facing a new ethical dilemma: Should they pay candidates who interview? She saw it as imperative that a company asking her to move across the country to an in-person position should pay for her to visit the workplace being considered.

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Living Buildings Are On The Way — The Future Office Will Breathe, Digest And Grow

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The idea was to think outside of existing construction conventions to imagine a space that could form part of nature’s ecosystem. They proposed that the structure of the living building be formed by enabling native trees to grow over a CNC (computer designed) plywood scaffold.

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Camira announces first printed wool collection using digital print technology

Workplace Insight

We focused sharply on the natural beauty of fabric, staying sensitive to the original art form of woollen cloth – the timeless printed designs allow for the classic weave of Camira fabric to shine through.” Each design from the Patternmaker collection works as a stand-alone piece to bring chic and sophisticated style to a space.

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4 Ways to Get More Respect at Work

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Whether you're the lowest ranking person in your workplace or the top boss, here's one of the easiest ways to garner respect by others: Show respect to them. Wear clothes and hairstyles that make you feel put together -- this can take on a variety of forms during these days of Zoom, but the key is to feel strong and confident.

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Debrett’s unveils etiquette guide for hybrid working

Workplace Insight

Try to eliminate chaotic bookshelves, discarded clothing, empty take-away containers and distracting artwork. It is also very bad form to carry on working while on a call; everybody will realise your mind is elsewhere and hear the incriminating clatter of your keyboard. Evaluate your video background. Nobody will applaud your stoicism.