Learning To Love Open Plan blog

Learning To Love Your Open Plan Office

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Learning to love your open plan office takes some ingenuity and willingness to set some new goals for yourself and how you work. If you are still struggling with the shift from traditional to open plan office, you may think there is just no way out. But there are some creative things you can do to make it work for you. Open plans work very well for extroverts and creative teams that thrive on social interaction and idea-sharing to get things done. But the introverts in the accounting department, who can be easily overwhelmed by stimuli and who need alone time to recharge and stay focused, might be silently struggling with the free-range workplace.

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sensory perception blog

Extra Sensory Perception In Office Design

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With a little bit of sensory perception, Herman Miller has come up with an intuitive way to understand the metrics of how your team utilizes the technology of a well-designed office space. Innovative office furniture manufacturers are always looking for ways to improve the user experience and gather data on what works and what doesn’t within the framework of office design and user experience.

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Personal Workspace & The Return of the Cubicle

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In a sea of open office design, personal workspace has been the most affected commodity. Amidst all the innovative furniture design that supports employee health and wellness goals, there was one trend that significantly stands out among the rest: the return to privacy. As companies continue to monitor big shifts in office design that foster taking better care of their employees through better office design, the adaptable, dependable cubicle is clearly making a comeback with some surprising adaptations.

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Rethinking Office Desks

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Rethinking how your team uses office desks and seeking alternatives that enhance a more modern workflow is a vital part of today’s office design. As more employees reconfigure their work days to include telecommuting, remote-based work, and collaborative meetings, the number of dedicated office desks is diminishing. It might be worthwhile to ask your employees if their personal workspace meets their productivity and comfort levels.

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Top 5 Reasons To Rent Office Furniture

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The many advantages of renting office furniture reside in the vital impact furniture can play on every aspect of your office space. It is the first impression you give to a potential employee or client. Not only is it utilitarian, it plays a significant role in the look and feel of your overall office design and the business acumen you project. Whether you’re just starting up or rapidly growing, the flexibility of renting can free up your cash flow and simultaneously allow you to create an impressive contemporary office design on a budget. Office furniture is often the biggest initial investment in your business. It plays a key role in your image branding and the way your work culture is formulated.

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WATER COOLER CHAT: Workbench Technology, An Idea Whose Time Has Come…Again.

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Workbench technology is an enduring workplace tradition, for many good reasons. Benching systems are a simple, efficient, straightforward and adaptable. From the crude wood tables used for centuries by artisans and craftspeople to today’s sleek and technology-infused versions for knowledge workers, benching is a concept that’s continuing to evolve to meet a wide variety of workplace needs. In North America, the trend toward benching has been catching on fast because it’s a hard-working solution that addresses converging business realities.

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Workplace innovation blog

A Workplace Of Innovation Begins With Great Design

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The best office layouts support the interaction of your team. Providing the right tools for them to function seamlessly with each other and still perform their individual tasks is an office design challenge that is in a constant state of evolution. In a 2016 workplace innovation survey conducted by Gensler, a statistical link was discovered between the functional design of the workspace and the quality of work and innovation ascribed to it by the employees. Creating a high-performance workplace creates an ecosystem of innovation that is a direct predictor of your staff performance.

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Adaptable Workspaces

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The absolute certainty in life and worklife is change. Finding inventive ways to adapt to the demands of the evolving workspace starts with a flexible design. Setting a foundation for the adaptable workspace will give your office an edge and allow you to continue evolving along with your team. Designing ahead of the change will give you longterm flexibility.

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WATER COOLER CHAT: Understanding Collaborative Work

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Collaborative work has inspired most of the office furniture and workplace design changes for decades. For years, business leaders have understood that teamwork improves corporate success. More than a decade ago, nearly 80 percent of senior executives surveyed were already indicating that effective collaboration was crucial for growth. Today, the stakes are even higher. More and more organizations rely on the innovative thinking of their high-performing teams for collaborative work that makes a difference. But leaders struggle to create workplace environments that help people think and work together.

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It’s Complicated: Finding A Balance With the Sit-Stand Work Ethic

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We’ve all heard that sitting has been called the new smoking. Standing all day causes a host of other issues including leg and back fatigue. Striking a balance between excesses of the two is leading employers to realize that they need to take measures to address how too much of either contribute to stress in the office work environment. The solution is creating movement throughout the office, it is essential for the overall health of your employees. Sit-Stand desks have entered the workforce with renewed focus on the physical ramifications of the sedentary nature of desk jobs.

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