What’s behind the positive academic research verdict on virtual reality?
New research sheds further light on the need to manage virtual reality simulations with great care. But academic studies suggest that when VR is done right, there are plenty of positives
Can we tailor workplace design more closely to personality types?
New research shows that exposure to nature in the workplace benefits the creativity of employers who are more open to experience. Can we make the personalities of users really count in office design?
New research supports power of proximity in the workplace
A US study of software engineers in a Fortune 500 company has revealed the value of being physical co-located with team-mates – feedback and mentoring increased significantly
Perceptions of privacy may depend on where you worked before
Our perception of privacy levels in the activity-based workplace may simply be rooted in which type of office we worked in previously, according to new Swedish case-study research
New research confirms that poor acoustics affect wellbeing
Facility managers know from experience that employees like to complain about noise. The latest scientific evidence based on research with the US federal government validates their complaints
How the work environment supports our ability to remember
Memory is essential for knowledge work and depends on contextual clues to aid recall, according to new psychological research. Is this another reason to support a return to the office?
Assigned desks are history but are compensations needed ?
Employees returning to the office in the hybrid era will be compelled to share a desk. Research suggests a lack of personalisation and ownership may contribute to a reluctance to return
Conflicting views: why the return to office is proving so hard
Despite sharing the same organisational goals, when it comes to making decisions on whether to stay at home or return to onsite work, employers are from Venus and employees are from Mars
