Autocratic bosses and know-it-all desk neighbours are a classic, but the office complaints chart contains a weird and wonderful assortment of idiosyncrasies. Some people can’t stand corporate jargon in meetings and “thinking outside the box” is the most hated expression. Some people complain about colleagues’ poor bathroom etiquette or even get annoyed about their company’s […]
A chat with the person at the next desk makes the day go by more easily in the office. But chattering that becomes a constant background hum and ceaseless interruptions have now been proven to adversely affect productivity and workplace harmony. In these cases, don’t wait. Here are a few ways to deal with it. […]
What shape or form should an office take for people who don’t have an office? What might sound like a paradox is actually the question du jour for digital nomads. “Where’s my desk going to be today?” Among the cosmopolitan army of office-less professionals, this is often the first question of the day. Being digital […]
Here we go again: new year, new year’s resolutions. Starting with work-related ones. You’re certainly not alone: according to the American Psychological Association, 93% of people set themselves a goal in January. It’s a shame, then, that half of us will have given up by February. An upstanding 19% of people manage to follow through […]
If the boss snaps for no reason or a colleague doesn’t seem to understand instructions, maybe neither they nor we are to blame. The Americans call it the generational divide and this problem affects teams consisting of people of very different ages. Each generation communicates with others in its own style and, as a result, […]
Work is changing and spaces are changing with it. Continuous technological evolution has resulted in a change in the ways we work and in our workplaces. New solutions are being offered with a view to encouraging ever-greater flexibility to allow personnel to do their jobs in any location away from the company office. Remote work […]
There’s no denying our love affair with coffee, and it pretty much goes without saying that coffee is a big part of our everyday lives. What’s interesting, though, is seeing how such an everyday, widely consumed product can have such an effect on our work life, too, and on the spaces we live that work […]
In the most dynamic companies, where employees and managers, rather than playing a role, are called to achieve goals, the office furniture interpret the new working methods, focusing on functionality. Is the executive office dead? No, it’s simply evolved. There’s been a rethink about the way management areas are organized, resulting in spaces that are […]
Are you really able to concentrate in the office? If the answer is no, especially if you work in an open-plan space, don’t worry: you’re not alone. Having trouble focusing in this type of environment is a common problem. Open-plan spaces have been conceived not just to reduce space requirements, but also to improve collaboration […]
We’re living in a historic age where emails, newspaper articles and phone calls are inundated with a disproportionate amount of newly coined terms whose true meanings, more often than not, are a mystery to us. The result? Terms that tend to take on a whole new widely recognized and slightly distorted meaning as time goes […]
