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New Normal? It’s Time to Embrace the New Abnormal!
We’re hearing a lot these days about “the New Normal” to refer to future ways of working. The funny thing is, it sounds an awful
Being Smart about Flexibility – and how to put it into practice
Is your organisation wrestling with how to implement “hybrid working” as they approach an end to the lockdown? If so, it’s worth noting that most
Why the Workplace industry should think outside its ever-shrinking boxes!
Andy Lake interviewed by Marcus Bowen for the Work & Place Podcast, about his article on The Emerging Social Infrastructure of Work and Why the
The Smart Work Network – sharing experience and ideas on Smart Working
It’s good to share knowledge and experience about Smart Working, isn’t it? That’s what the Smart Work Network is all about. It’s a free-to-join network
Rethinking public policy to embrace 21st century working
This is the third of three linked articles examining the implications of the emerging world of work and the need to harness potential benefits from
The office isn’t dead, but its future is smaller
The evidence is overwhelming, and it pretty much all points in one direction. The post-pandemic future will see a substantial reduction in office space as
After the Pandemic – What’s next for Smart Workplaces?
‘Smart Working’ describes that combination of flexible working practices, digital technologies and ‘activity-based’ workplaces that support more choice and mobility. Organisations already on the Smart
What are homes for in the 21st century?
An exploration of the future home in the new world of work This is the second in a series of 3 articles on the rethinking
Rethinking the social infrastructure of work after the pandemic
What kind of houses should we build when home is also the workplace? Over the past few years there has been a constant stream of
The uses and limitations of role profiling for Smart Working
It’s useful for planning, but don’t let it get in the way of more dynamic flexibility I’m sometimes brought into help with Smart/Agile working projects
The Smart Working Handbook points the way
(Probably) the world’s most influential guide to Smart Working Our Smart Working Handbook has been enormously influential in helping to shape the way that organisations
Biophilic design for more natural offices – is there an elephant in the room?
The quest for more natural and humane workplaces raises some fundamental questions about the what and where of work There was sharp growth in interest
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