I think at this point everyone has heard “sitting is the new smoking” or “your chair is killing you“. We sit during our morning commute, we sit at our desk, we sit in meetings, we sit at lunch, we sit driving home, we sit at the dinner table, we sit and watch TV… the list…
Wellbeing: A Bottom Line Issue Steelcase Research How Feeling Good at Work Drives Business Performance When IBM asked CEOs around the world to identify the most important leadership traits needed today, their answer was resounding: collaborative, communicative, creative and flexible. CEOs are seeking “employees with the ability to constantly reinvent themselves. These employees are comfortable…
WORKCAFÉ: THE NEW CONFERENCE ROOM? Some meetings are “let’s book a conference room”-type discussions. They require a level of formality or privacy that only a conference room can give. But increasingly workers are ditching the conference room in favor of the cafeteria, lounge or café. These “let’s grab a cup of coffee” meetings have become part of…
Each year on the fourth Thursday of November, Americans gather for a day of feasting, football and family. In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. While today’s Thanksgiving celebrations would likely be unrecognizable to attendees…
Wow, what an amazing education event! It was great to have all the educators here to collaborate about how we can create better learning spaces for students. Thank you to all of our speakers who were able to come and inform us about how to create spaces to inspire students. Check out our facebook page…
“The future will be powered by ideas,” says Ludwig. “How we create, identify, foster and make ideas tangible – that’s how value is created. Our spaces and technologies need to help us solve problems, not cause friction or get in the way. When space and technologies come together to really support people’s work and really…
“Creativity isn’t a linear process. It’s not even a predictable process. It has a rhythm of different activities and requires both convergent and divergent thinking.” JAMES LUDWIGVice President, Global Design, Steelcase New pressures to compete and grow businesses shifted organizational emphasis toward work that requires creativity and a new innovation process. “Breaking rules and breaking patterns is…
Stress can be a big issue, both in the workplace and in our day to day lives. Stress serves a solid purpose in human biology, but our modern lives have brought about a surplus of causes that haunt us from day to day. When we are faced with a challenge, or a threat to our…