In the last few years there has been a lot of talk about how crucial collaboration is to business success. In turn, it has led to the popularity of office design that encourages collaboration. Open offices was a natural response. But lack of privacy was a serious issue, resulting in more anxiety and stress. Unfortunately, [...]
Do you consider your company innovative? Do you want to encourage innovation in your employees? A new survey from Capital One Work Environment shows that you can do neither if your workspace is not up to the task. Innovative office design is critical to professionals as it drives both productivity and creativity. The survey [...]
How to Design a Classroom that Encourages Learning and Looks Amazing It is that time of the year: the kids are going back to school and the teachers are setting up the classrooms to make sure everything is ready for their arrival. This task can be exciting but also a little bit terrifying, especially [...]
The Latest Office "Must-Have": Writable Decorative Walls Writing on the walls can be dated back to 3100 BC - ever since the earliest concept of written language. From these wall paintings to the famous tomb paintings and hieroglyphics of the ancient Egyptians, writing on the wall has been of extreme importance throughout history. [...]
1 Set Goals – Collaboration works best if everyone has a clear end goal in mind. While encouraging creative thinking is vital to the collaborative process, it’s easy for unstructured meetings to veer off topic into unrelated tangents. Setting goals keeps discussions and ideas more focused and therefore more helpful to everyone involved while [...]
In the corporate world, employees are the engine that keeps companies growing and innovating. Smart organizations know that their most important goal is to provide their employees with the tools that help spark creativity, stimulate communication and increase productivity. Office designs can be a very important tool for managers to support employee activity. When [...]
