Workplace Design

Ten workplace design strategies that support innovation and creativity

Research suggests workplace design can play a direct role in supporting creativity, with factors such as movement, greenery, lighting and flexibility helping shape more innovative environments

Signal File: the new frontiers of workplace wellbeing

Workplace wellbeing is expanding beyond traditional benefits as organisations are pushed to rethink how to support health, focus and resilience

Signal file: what this week’s signals reveal about AI’s workplace maturity test

From cost-cutting claims to cognitive companions, AI is reshaping work across trust, pace and preparedness

Signal File: how organisations are absorbing AI into everyday work

As AI moves deeper into everyday work, organisations are confronting redesign, fear, governance and experience in parallel. This week’s signals show why the next phase of change will be organisational 

Nordic mindset: Scandinavia sets a blueprint for human-aligned workspaces

From Copenhagen to Stockholm, the Scandinavian WORKTECH events redefined workplace innovation around the mind, offering a clear vision of a truly human-aligned future

Designing for a living planet – lessons from Humanscale’s sustainability journey

Often reduced to reporting and regulation, sustainability can be far more dynamic. Humanscale’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Jane Abernethy, illustrates how design-led thinking turns responsibility into opportunity 

Building the ROI case for ergonomic workplaces

New data shows investing in ergonomics delivers a measurable return – from cutting absenteeism and turnover to unlocking productivity and talent retention. 

How office design must catch up with the post-hybrid workplace

Hybrid work has outpaced the furniture built to support it. From inclusive seating to sustainable materials, office products are evolving to meet new patterns of use and expectation