health & wellbeing

Workplace noise

The unheard productivity crisis: why noise is the next workplace metric

As the soundtrack of the office grows increasingly noisy, organisations must learn how to fine-tune their spaces for productivity

Sound as a structure: why workplace wellbeing needs to be felt

What if workplace wellbeing wasn’t something you downloaded, but something you leaned on? As stress and disconnection become more common features of work, organisations are rethinking how wellbeing is delivered

GSK’s London HQ named healthiest workplace in city award scheme

The 2025 design awards of the Healthy City Design Congress have given top marks for wellbeing to healthy and sustainable office projects for GSK, Arup and Lenovo

Humanscale joins WORKTECH Academy as global furniture partner

Leading design manufacturer Humanscale have become global research partners of WORKTECH Academy, furthering its knowledge into ergonomic furniture, sustainability and wellbeing 

Could your healthy workplace be an international award winner?

The annual award scheme of the Healthy City Design Congress is on the hunt to find the world’s healthiest places – including workplaces, homes, neighbourhoods and communities

The light that connects: highlights from Signify’s podcast series

A podcast series from Signify tackles key topics in lighting from the history of lighting design to the intricacies of how your lights stay connected

Demographic divide revealed with legal rulings on desks and tech

Two UK employment tribunals have punished companies for discrimination against older employees. But new research suggests that the youngest cohorts are the ones really struggling with wellbeing

Do firms focused on healthy work perform better commercially?

A portfolio of 100 companies with the highest scores for wellbeing outperforms the market, confirming the message of a key report from the World Economic Forum and McKinsey