Fast Forward

Fast Forward

Perhaps you’ll recognize this familiar, if less than perfect, scenario. You’re teleconferencing with your friend whom you haven’t seen in

The Privacy Crisis

The Privacy Crisis

Although workplaces today make it seemingly easy for people to collaborate, most leaders remain dissatisfied with the pace and frequency of breakthroughs.

How Classroom Design Affects Student Engagement

How Classroom Design Affects Student Engagement

New data from ongoing Steelcase Education studies shows that classrooms designed for active learning—i.e., where physical space supports a focus on engaging experiences for students and faculty— have a significant effect on student engagement.

Making Distance Disappear

Making Distance Disappear

In today’s economic landscape organizations can’t allow distance to be a barrier to effective teams. As distributed teams become pervasive, the challenges they face become more evident.

Power of Place: The Office Renaissance

Power of Place: The Office Renaissance

A 2014 Steelcase-commissioned survey in 14 countries around the world confirms that people who are the most satisfied with their work environment are also the most engaged. These employees are not looking for the paradigms of the past.

Too Much Noise

Too Much Noise

In offices, irritating noise can come from all kinds of sources: air conditioning, obnoxious ringtones, traffic, nearby construction, unsophisticated sound-masking systems and—especially—from other people’s voices.

Creating the Link Between Learning and Innovation

Creating the Link Between Learning and Innovation

The Steelcase Applied Research and Consulting (ARC) team, which translates insights from extensive Steelcase research into meaningful actions and measurable

Creating the Link Between Learning and Innovation

Creating the Link Between Learning and Innovation

Today, learning is a fundamental business skill. The ability to continuously learn and adapt is critical to innovation and growth.

Creating the Link Between Learning and Innovation

Creating the Link Between Learning and Innovation

At Steelcase, all spaces are working prototypes–experiments in which the organization implements its latest thinking, learns what works and what

Creating the Link Between Learning and Innovation

Creating the Link Between Learning and Innovation

Visitors who come to the Learning and Innovation Center (LINC) in Munich are invited to actively participate in experiences designed