Change management
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Case study: how the refurbishment of an office shouldn’t disrupt your business
The refurbishment of an office is always a critical time for any organisation. Not just in terms of getting the right results, but in ensuring that the work is carried out in a way that does not disrupt operations. And for an organisation that is essential for the lives and wellbeing of millions of people, […]
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Change is a fact of modern working life and design can help us embrace it
When people talk about the pace of change in the modern world, they often refer to the speed at which technology develops. In fact, almost every aspect of the world in which we live is subject to near continuous change. In the case of workplace design, the world is shifting very quickly indeed, often as […]
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How small can be beautiful in office design, even in major industries
When it comes to the world’s most fast-moving industries, information technology firms tend to grab most of the headlines. Yet some of the world’s most advanced and innovative companies don’t work in the information technology sector. One of the world’s leading life sciences firms is also one of its most successful. Sigma-Aldrich as part of […]
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When it comes to creating environmentally friendly offices, we need to exceed legislation
Greenwash is one of those terms that has gone from needing an explanation to common usage in the space of a few years. It’s a term that reflects a certain cynicism about the claims of vendors based on a few examples of bad practice. Sometimes this can be doubly unfair on sectors in which manufacturers […]
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Reports of the death of the office have been greatly exaggerated
People have now been talking about the death of the office for over twenty years. This talk always was premature because, although it rightly acknowledged the profound impact of new technology and new working cultures on office design, it also ignored the true nature of the office. If workplaces were just work-places as some of the more […]
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Intelligent office design and fit-out can help facilities managers harness change
The workplace revolution we foresaw twenty odd years ago was supposed to have eradicated some of the oldest challenges known to facilities managers. The most prominent amongst these was churn, described in the Facilities Design and Management Handbook by its author Eric Teichholz as “the basic driver of the facilities management workload.” Defined as the […]
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How office design can help elephants and smaller beasts to dance
The challenge for most large organisations nowadays is often likened to being something akin to making an elephant dance. This metaphor has become a bit of a cliché in its own right since the American businessman Louis Gerstner used it as the title of his memoir describing how he had turned round the fortunes of IBM in […]
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A well designed office forms a firm foundation for a growing business
Whether you are refurbishing your existing workplace or moving to new premises, how you plan and equip your offices can have a profound effect on your business, no matter what its size. Indeed, in many ways, office design is a more important consideration for small firms than it is for larger ones purely because small […]
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How intelligent office design and fit-out can help to foster and facilitate change
The central challenge for the owners, occupiers, managers and designers of any office building in a fast moving world is how best to use office design and fit-out to help them create a working environment that meets their needs today, while anticipating those of tomorrow. The conundrum they must resolve is how to square the […]
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How to manage change when you are relocating your offices
They do say that moving house is one of the most stressful experiences that many of us will go through in our lives. It’s equally true that workplace relocations can be equally traumatic for many people. What is important is that organisations develop an enlightened approach to managing change if they are to carry the […]
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