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The Future Of Commercial Real Estate In The 21st Century City

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If we can move past that idea and create cities, downtowns, and neighborhoods where people want to live and have access to their offices, open space, fun space, and retail space, it will breathe new life into the commercial real estate market and to the very fabric of our urban environments. Image: Wharf Street, Washington, D.C.

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How Can Office Design Help To Rebuild Working Relationships?

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The built environment shapes behaviors. Unfortunately, getting back to “normal” isn’t as simple as reinstating pre-COVID work policies. The built environment is a stage for human activity, but it also shapes behaviors. © Copyright Andrew Rugge. Courtesy Perkins Eastman. What is rapport?

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How Designers Can Set The Stage For A Flexible Future

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These surveys give the firm real-time insights to shape future policy and space design. Copyright James Ewing. Copyright David Pires Photography. Copyright Jason Robinson. While so much has changed in the last 27 months, we believe that the office environment is a valuable strategic asset hasn’t wavered.

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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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It’s one thing to read a definition of racism in a book, and quite another to know if you currently work in an environment that is racist. Structural racism refers to the system of policies, cultural practices, institutions and ideologies that work together to create and reinforce racism. Copyright © 2022 by Y-Vonne Hutchinson.

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Another Christmas Planning Checklist

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The Mind Mapping Manifesto The Bubble Planner GoalPro Goal-Setting Software unique christmas presents - Buy one share of stock: Disney, Harley Davidson, Target, eBay, etc shipping furniture Atlanta Leather Furniture www.spacify.com/family-room-furniture.htm - for any room of the house.

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How to stop procrastinating

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I conquer procrastination by working on tasks and my environment. Fight procrastination by eliminating distractions – Some of the ways you can adjust your environment to minimize the effect of distractions. As with any bad habit, I need to replace it with good habits. How do these three steps play out in practical ways?

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Manage Your Paper With a RAFT

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If a clean visual environment is important to you, use boxes and folders as you RAFT. You don’t want papers to build up to the point where you look at it and you get discouraged. The easiest way to avoid that is to keep up to date. Files can be kept in open piles on a desk or in folders, according to your style.