Q+A: A Look Into Lenovo HQ Design
Perkins+Will shares beautiful photos, design and research behind Lenovo’s North Carolina headquarters.
Five Things We’re Thankful for at Work
In a 40 hour week, you spend nearly 2,000 hours a year working. What do you look forward to?
Netflix vs. Blockbuster: Striving for Resiliency
What does it mean to be resilient and how can organizations support a resilient culture?
Use Mindfulness to Think Better
Work shorter hours. That’s part of the message from Steelcase senior design researcher and environmental psychology Beatriz Arantes. She discusses how to maintain attention at work and why working shorter hours is key to keeping pace with work demands today.
Traditional Leadership Under Pressure
A first-hand perspective on why pressure at the executive level is mounting.
Design Q+A: Firm Reimagines Aging Building
LPA Architects shares stunning photos and the design inspiration behind their new workspace in San Jose, California.
Engaging the Five Senses
It turns out workplaces that focus on the intangibles —sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch—are workplaces better equipped to boost employee wellbeing.
A Revised Lesson Plan for Student Success
For too long, student success has mostly meant getting good grades and graduating on time. Now educational reformers throughout the world are formulating more individualized and relevant perspectives on what student success is and how to achieve it— within the classroom and beyond.
Supporting Your Need for Office Privacy
Three design strategies for supporting privacy in the workplace give choice and control back to workers.
3 Reasons for the Privacy Crisis at Work
There are five personal privacy strategies we can all use at work. Melanie Redman, a senior design researcher for WorkSpace Futures at Steelcase, describes these five strategies derived from her team’s research project.
How Multiple Monitors Affect Wellbeing
Less is not always more. For many tasks, multiple monitors offer definite advantages over a single screen. However, the ability to arrange monitors and easily control their position greatly affects productivity, comfort and wellbeing.