commuting/transport
Utopia or dystopia? How work shapes health in our cities
As our polluted urban centres struggle to be great places to live and work, public health policy is now turning its attention to what happens in the workplace
What we learnt from New York: dominant ideas will be disrupted
NYC’s notoriously transactional real estate industry is braced for experiential change as disruption arrives from every angle, according to the tenth anniversary edition of WORKTECH New York
Dateline New York: what makes a city a great place to work?
The tenth anniversary edition of the WORKTECH New York conference featured an expert panel discussing how the city has changed in the past ten years –revealing four pillars of the urban experience that shape work and life
Japan charts upturn in local fortunes as Tokyo turns to teleworking
The second WORKTECH Tokyo conference didn’t just rely on new ideas from elsewhere – after years of stagnation, the local market is showing positive signs of adopting new ways of working
Designing healthier cities: why the workplace is now the pivotal issue
Public health experts are increasingly looking at change in working practices as the key to unlock the potential for urban wellbeing - as the 2018 Healthy City Design Congress will explore
Japan’s low growth predicament – and what can be done about it
The inaugural WORKTECH Tokyo conference set out the challenges facing the Japanese workplace – and potential solutions from elsewhere to raise productivity. But could the seeds of Japan’s revival be found in its own past management successes?
Sydney sets out its stall to rethink the way the city works
On the occasion of the WORKTECH Sydney 2018 conference, Linda Chandler, founder of Hyperlocal Cities, explains why Sydney could become the first Anywhere Working City
Theatre of Dreams: what the workplace can learn from sports stadia?
From getting to the venue to the experience when you arrive, what can the corporate office learn from a major sporting arena like Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium? Aramark looks at how companies can make their own workplace ‘venue’ more attractive
