Category Archives: Office Environment

RTO in 2024: Fast Company’s 8-point guide for designing an office your workers actually want to return to

  By Liz Stinson The office has become a place of contentious experimentation. It’s never been harder to know what the office means to workers today, and what it might mean in the future. Companies’ return-to-office mandates have created rifts between employers and employees, who are often at odds when it comes to where the … Continue reading RTO in 2024: Fast Company’s 8-point guide for designing an office your workers actually want to return to

FlexiSpot Ergonomic Office C7 | Full Review

FlexiSpot Ergonomic Office C7 | Full Review Brad Anderson / Sep 12, 2023   If you spend long hours sitting at your workstation, your office chair’s quality, comfort, adjustability, and ergonomic functionality can be the difference between a productive, painless day and countless distractions and discomfort. This guide discusses an ultimate solution – the Premium … Continue reading FlexiSpot Ergonomic Office C7 | Full Review

The office is dead. Long live the office (at least some of the time)

  By Lydia Dishman July 16, 2023 The pendulum on return-to-office (RTO) has swung wildly in the last three years, so it’s no wonder that employees feel bewildered and stressed out. In the RTO debate, we’ve reported on extremes from the viral video of a CEO accusing employees of secretly working multiple jobs while logged … Continue reading The office is dead. Long live the office (at least some of the time)

The office-as-playground is dead. You might prefer what comes next

  By Nicole Gull McElroy Daniel Zimmer’s job at legacy tech company SAP is to improve the experience of the developers and engineers working there. When the pandemic hit, Zimmer was in the middle of reimagining SAP’s Bay Area footprint, which included leases in San Francisco, San Ramon, and Palo Alto. The 50-year-old tech company … Continue reading The office-as-playground is dead. You might prefer what comes next

Dartmouth mathematicians have discovered a formula to help you beat the office bully

  By Sam Becker June 30, 2023 Don’t bend, don’t break: That may be the winning strategy to defeat office bullies, according to new research. Researchers from Dartmouth College have found that there may be some surprising ways to fight back against workplace bullies, uncovering an “Achilles’ heel” that can help equalize the playing—or working—field. … Continue reading Dartmouth mathematicians have discovered a formula to help you beat the office bully

Introducing the most bikeable office building in the world

  By Nate Berg June 08, 2023 Bicycle commuters in Bentonville, Arkansas, can now ride their bikes directly to their office doors, even if they’re five stories up. Ledger, a new flexible office, coworking, and events space in the city’s downtown, was designed with a bike-friendly ramp up its entire side. The 3,900-foot-long switchback allows … Continue reading Introducing the most bikeable office building in the world