PepsiCo Hierarchy of Needs
In Sydney, Australia, the multinational food and beverage company has designed a workplace that puts its people first. Developed by psychologist Abraham Maslow in 1943, Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs posits…
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Going to work on an egg
Our sense of personal space is elastic, but are the anxieties imposed by modern working expanding the circumferences of our personal bubbles? Are you accommodating work, or driving it away?…
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Putting Patients First
Can the workplace industry ever embrace evidence-based systems? In 2001, the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, USA, announced that a five-point checklist had virtually eradicated central line infections in intensive…
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Human-Centred Workplace Design
Human beings are complex and our work life is complex; our emotions relating to work, recognition, reward and control are complex; and so too is the culture that binds us…
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Why is it so important to be an effective zookeeper?
Imagine if every day you looked after a zoo. You have a variety of animals in different cages and one day you decide it’s time to rearrange the layout. Would…
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Designed for people
Acclaimed property developer Sir Stuart Lipton has spent his entire career redefining the way we think about buildings – and the people inside them. And his latest project, Twentytwo, on…
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Catalyst, enabler and obstructor workplaces
The past few years has seen much focus placed by our industry on the importance of collaboration and the resultant spatial needs for people to meet and interact. Based largely…
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Global strategy, local values
Morgan Stanley is wrestling with a complex set of regional and international challenges as it sets out to create a workplace strategy for its global financial services business. Financial services…
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One Giant Leap
In the Netherlands, global headset manufacturer Plantronics is finding novel new ways to counter noise pollution in its new flagship smart workspace. When Neil Armstrong stepped off the Apollo Lunar…
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Unlocking the matrix
When you are widely considered to be one of the most prestigious management consulting firms in the world, the announcement of a bold new workplace relocation project for your New…
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