Dunder Mifflin’s Reimagined Office: 6 Concept Spaces

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NBC’s hit comedy show The Office features the everyday lives and work interactions of employees at Dunder Mifflin Paper Company in Scranton, PA. Inside the Scranton branch are several outdated, dull, and dreary work settings. Since the first episode aired in March of 2005, we’re looking back on its 16th year anniversary to see how […]

New Office Settings for 5 Workplace Personas

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Are you supporting employee needs and different workplace personas? Steelcase’s global Work Better report proves people have had vastly different experiences while working from home, which means business leaders planning new office layouts will need to accommodate different employee needs, represented as workplace personas. Conducted between April and September of 2020, the report was designed […]

Is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs included in your return to office strategy?

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Derived from Abraham Maslow’s 1943 paper “A Theory of Human Motivation,” Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a psychology theory comprising a five-tier model of human need. From the bottom of the hierarchy up, those needs include physiological, safety, love, esteem, and self-actualization. As companies continue moving to a hybrid work model, leaders must consider the […]

Hacking your home office

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Many of us around the world are entering new territory when it comes to working from home and creating an ergonomic home office. Rather than jump from space to space based on the activity at hand, most people are limited to what’s available in their home and trying to make do with what they already […]

Reflections on female leadership for International Women’s Day

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With International Women’s Day (IWD) approaching this Sunday on March 8, we’re celebrating by sharing reflections from female leaders at our company about work-life balance and achieving leadership positions. The first IWD gathering dates back to 1911, but the day is not country, group or organization specific – it belongs to all groups collectively everywhere. […]

It’s time for leaders to tackle loneliness in the workplace

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Did you know loneliness in the workplace is on the rise? According to Cigna’s recent 2020 Loneliness Index, three in five Americans (61%) report that they are lonely. Because loneliness happens both at home and at work, organizations should be paying closer attention to employee wellbeing. Additional findings from the Cigna research also reveal: Lonely workers […]

Three ways to drive great collaboration

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If you’re spending more time in a collaborative workspace, you’re not alone. Anyone who studies teamwork will tell you, it’s on the rise (Microsoft). In fact, we’re on twice as many teams as we were just five years ago. And, we spend 50% more time doing collaborative work than we did 20 years ago (HBR). […]

Is the future of work flexible? Workplace wishes for 2020 and beyond

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This article originally appeared on Forbes.com as part of the Forbes Business Development Council.  The future of work, evolution of leadership and changing nature of work are things I put a great deal of focus on in my everyday life. With the way technology is constantly disrupting and driving the way we approach our places […]

Hidden secrets on timing your to dos

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Larks. Owls. Third birds. Which one are you? Believe it or not, “morning people” and “night owls” are real and knowing which one you are could potentially streamline your entire to do list. When we understand our own chronotype and match it to the pattern of the day, we can do the right tasks at […]