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Looking for inspiration? Curious about a topic? See the industry through our eyes in our blogs and thought pieces.

City view from floor to ceiling windows in a meeting room

What’s the view from your workplace?

With such a huge proportion of us still working from home, our kitchens, living rooms and spare bedrooms have become the new workplace. Teams and Zoom have opened up our homes to the world and I think everyone has enjoyed a wee nosey.

Commuters on the morning bus ride to work

The real value of your commute

Is there a value to what was a daily ritual for many or is the commute just a complete waste of time?

Young man working from home in pyjama bottoms and suit jacket.

Dress to Express, has it ever been more relevant?

“The apparel oft proclaims the man.” This catchy phrase sprang to mind during a group conversation about how we dress for work, or as it stands, how we dress to work from home.

Woman working from home with a SAD lamp during the winter

Coping with SAD during a global pandemic

Take yourself back to when you were eleven or twelve years old. It's wintertime, it's dark, it's cold and you open your curtains to see your street has a blanket of snow. SNOW DAY!

Man sorting through a cramped and messy filing cabinet

Time to cut the umbilical cord

Several years ago, I turned up at a workshop armed with a dozen colour copies of a 27-page PowerPoint presentation. Then I discovered an iPad hidden in a drawer that meant at least I could go paper-free. Baby steps, but still progress.

The Collaboration v Concentration Conundrum

Following the initial flurry of overcommunication at the beginning of the great working from home experiment, where days would disappear on Teams calls, I quickly learned to manage this.

Employee using a magnifying glass to read data charts

You Want Evidence?

Decisions should follow examination of evidence. Evidence should come from analysing data. Data should come from measuring observables.

The Workplace: A Day in the Life

The workplace is used by individuals with a range of characteristics and personalities. It has to support and respond to many different needs, being forced to cope with often competing requirements. Is there a typical user?

Brainstorming with sticky notes on a whiteboard

Is 2020, the Age of Workplace Enlightenment?

We know the days of 1-to-1 desking have slowly been becoming a thing of the past for a number of years. Fast forward to summer 2020 and we have a global pandemic acting as the workplace change catalyst.

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