Signal File: the connective tissue of workplace culture
From career-defining visibility and office friendships to unheard feedback and fragile trust in AI, this week's signals explore what holds workplace culture together, and what wears it down
The return of the cubicle? How open-plan offices lost the plot
The concept of the office cubicle is re-emerging in workplace discourse as workers and companies reject noisy, open-plan layouts in favour of privacy, focus and personal comfort
Signal File: why location is the real RTO lever
From emerging talent hubs to sustainable builds, this week’s signals show how where work happens is becoming as strategic a decision as how it happens
Does the workday leave us room to be curious?
New research from SurveyMonkey finds that curious workers take on more challenging work and advance faster than their less curious peers, but does the workday allow time for curiosity?
Signal File: design finds its purpose in movement
From record office utilisation and behavioural science in space planning furniture built for a more mobile life, this week's signals show design responding to how people live and work
Signal File: the human factor in the future of work
From AI-dependent bosses and a cooling job market to Gen Z quietly returning to the office, this week's signals show how personal behaviour is shaping the future of work
Signal File: the culture that leaders are not seeing
From the narcissism behind return-to-office pushes to the mental toll of remote work, this week's signals show how culture is shaped from the top down
Signal File: how extreme heats tests commuting to its limits
From heatwave disruption in Europe to the economics of place, this week's signals show how the physical location of work is reasserting itself as a strategic question
