Performance
From mandates to magnets: redefining the workplace experience
As hybrid norms clash with return-to-office demands, workplace experience is emerging as a powerful alternative to policy-driven mandates
Breaking the banking box: how financial workplace is busting boundaries
From AI-powered office planning to hospitality-driven employee experience, the Future Financial Workplace event in New York highlighted where the banking industry is heading next
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
Why too many meetings could damage real connection at work
Company leaders are demanding more office time for employees but doing nothing to stop a damaging proliferation of pointless meetings. Will redefining ‘presence’ fix this culture problem?
Against the grain: research reinforces message that wood is good
What is the effect of introducing wood finishes in your workplace? New research from Finland builds on a wealth of positive scientific evidence showing that worker stress levels can be reduced
Chicago’s top workplace professionals get down to business
Speakers at the WORKTECH Chicago 2023 conference were in no doubt: making well-informed commercial decisions depends on a practical plan of action for space, technology and people
Is higher work intensity driving low employee wellbeing?
The working world has become obsessed with where we work, but it’s the increasingly frantic process of work that we should worry about, according to a new UK report on ‘work intensification’
What is a workplace super app and how does it improve experience?
What is a super app and how are they poised to transform the world of work? CXApp explores the impact of super apps on worker wellbeing and efficiency
