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More Companies Are Adopting Sensory-Friendly Practices—Here’s How Your Business Can Follow Suit 

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There can be large, crowded rooms full of cubicles and equipment, disturbing fluorescent lighting and bombardment with a wide variety of noises—coupled with less access to sensory-friendly resources and environments. Numbers vary, but research estimates that up to 16.5% of people have sensory processing challenges.

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Au Revoir U.S.: How to Make the Most of Working Abroad

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Ahh, Emily in Paris : the delightfully sinful binge-watch with fabulous fashion and sweeping romances (and occasional broken hearts) amid stunning international locales. For anyone who’s ever “luxuriated” in a cubicle in flyover country, life in Paris (even with Emily’s dramatics) and working abroad in general starts to look #perfect.

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Instead Of Trying To Compete With The Home Office — Work With It

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It’s not one size fits all, it’s not prescriptive, and it’s not any one solution à la “replace all the open space with cubicles,” or “tear all the cubicles out.” It’s finding the right mix of spaces and sizes so that when people come into the office, the space they need is available and they can pick how best to work.

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Google’s Myth Of Losing Social Capital In Hybrid Work

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A survey of over 1,000 Google employees showed that two-thirds feel unhappy with being forced to be in the office three days a week, with many threatening to leave in internal meetings and public letters, and some already quitting to go to other companies with more flexible options. Are they giving up on social capital? Not at all.

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Remote Work And Rising Interest Rates Are Changing The Landscape Of Commercial Real Estate

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William Patterson, the head of real estate research and strategy team at MetLife Investment Management (MIM), stated in a podcast that long-term investments are still trending up. These enterprises play a significant role by providing market liquidity through the acquisition or guaranteeing of loans from the regional banks.

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What Can Young Lawyers Teach Us About The Future Of Workspaces?

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The fundamental thing in law school is that you’re sitting at a long table with colleagues talking through challenges, not sitting alone in a cubicle or an office. However, when employees were required to work from home, they also learned the comforts that come with it, which can be difficult to give up when going to the office.

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How Physical Spaces Shape Human Relationships and Emotional Well-Being

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A cursory google search will pull up dozens of studies proving that access to daylight makes people feel better—and yet, many workplaces are still relegating receptionists and junior staff into gloomy cubicles under harsh fluorescent lighting, while reserving the bright and airy corner spaces for partners and executives.