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How To Design Workplaces For Neurodivergent Employees

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million disabled people actually use a wheelchair, meaning that the needs of the remaining 92% are potentially not being met by the built environment. Historically, the spaces which make up the built environment have been primarily designed by and for neurotypical people. Acoustic environment.

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Attracting Productivity: Work Environments

Professional Assistant Blog

Home About Me Advertise Attracting Productivity: Work Environments By The Professional Assistant on Tuesday, September 02, 2008 Filed Under: Client Service , Job Seeking , Networking , Productivity D o you think of yourself as a productive person? The work environment is great and I have an amazing boss. Many studies have shown this.

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How the 21st Century office was born in post war Europe

Workplace Insight

As the office starts to function more like an app with a menu of options for its user, so too does the technology absorb some of the characteristics of the physical environment. When people complain about the problems of open plan, it is these models of design to which they are referring. This is nothing new. Dutch courage.

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Dave Cairns SVP of CBRE |Unlocking Urban Potential: Repurposing Office Spaces for Sustainable Development

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His focus on designing sustainable, people-conscious corporate spaces brings to the table fresh perspectives on the future of work environments. His perspective supports the concept of cubic footage– considering the totality of the work environment rather than just the physical space.

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Manage Your Paper With a RAFT

Ian's Messy Desk

If a clean visual environment is important to you, use boxes and folders as you RAFT. Use the RAFT template: refer it, act on it, file it or toss it. Refer it to the correct person, if you’re not the one to handle it. If you prefer a look of activity and busyness, paper piles may be the answer.

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Men Wearing Shorts At The Office?

Professional Assistant Blog

I work in a back office environment, where 99% of our client interaction is via the phone, e-mail or outside of the office, so I can wear jeans and a t-shirt. However, for business casual and business dress environments, Im still a purist. That goes for men and women. No jeans, no shorts, no capris.

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Co-Workers Annoying You?

Professional Assistant Blog

I also work in an environment where it gets a little too loud at times. By The Professional Assistant on Monday, December 31, 2007 Filed Under: Meetings , Office Gossip , Productivity A re your co-workers annoying you at work by talking to loudly? Do you wish you could take a fog horn and toot it around, just so that they would quiet down?