5 Ways to Stay Engaged and Productive at Work All Day
One of the workplace’s greatest enemies? The post-lunch dip. Read how you can avoid a slump in productivity after lunch.
What Makes Biophilic Office Design So Powerful?
Learn why biophilic design, using elements of nature in design, is taking over offices everywhere and how to incorporate it into your own office.
What You Need to Know about Multi-Sensory Office Design
Looking for a way to stimulate your mind at work? Multi-sensory design uses all five senses to create a creative space to engage and inspire.
5 Simple Ways to Fight the Winter Blues in the Office
Combat the physical and mental challenges employees face in winter and update your office so they stay healthy and happy. Here are ways you can help.
This is Why Outdoor Office Spaces Support Success
Working outside leads to healthier and happier employees. Here's how outdoor office spaces work and what to keep in mind when designing one.
How to Choose the Right Office Lighting
There's more to great design than furniture. The right lighting is critical to productivity and reducing eye strain in the office. Here's what to know.
Need to Host an Effective Meeting? Try Standing Up!
We've all been part of meetings that drone on and become an exhausting part of the work day. If you've ever thought there must be a better way of sharing information without sitting around a table for hours, consider standing meetings. Standing meeti [...]
Why Adding Personality to the Office Boosts Engagement
The office does more than providing a place to work — it can also deeply impact your mood and your productivity. Employees who have control over their workspaces are happier, healthier and, ultimately, more productive, says Meredith Wells-Lepley, Ph. [...]
6 Office Design Tips to Increase Employee Wellbeing
There’s an undeniable link between creativity and wellbeing in the workplace. As Steelcase research has shown, "people who are happier at work are more productive – they are more engaged, more creative and have better concentration." In today's compe [...]
6 Tips to Help You Perform Better Under Pressure
Science proves what we already know to be true: nobody performs well under pressure. Performing Under Pressure: The Science of Doing Your Best When It Matters Most by Hendrie Weisinger and J.P. Pawliw-Fry finds that judgment, decision-making, attenti [...]
Want to Be a Better Leader? Give Thanks Year-Round
Giving thanks year-round can lift your spirits now and throughout the year. Because while the beginning of the holiday season is joyful to many, it can jumpstart a season of anxiety and sadness for others. Expressing gratitude and focusing on the goo [...]
Food Is the Way to an Employee’s Heart
Small companies are taking a page out the employee benefit playbook of tech companies by providing free drinks and snacks to employees. Silicon Valley has lots of dough to provide free food throughout the day — including meals— but chances are that’ [...]
4 Surprising Benefits of Coworking Spaces
According to a Global Coworking Survey, the coworking industry has quadrupled during the last 5 years. Coworking spaces now number more than 10,000 globally, allowing people to share equipment, ideas, knowledge, and of course, space. They come in all [...]
“Let the Light In” to Boost Happiness + Productivity
Office workers exposed to more light at the office had longer sleep duration, better sleep quality, more physical activity and better quality of life compared to office workers with less light exposure in the workplace, reports a study by Northwester [...]
Stand Up in the Office To Boost Wellbeing
“Is sitting the new smoking?” asks a headline in Forbes. Martha Grogan, cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic and others think that too much sitting is as bad for your health. Standing desks may or may not be the cure, but these desks have other important [...]