15 Reasons Why The Office Matters
After working from home and collaborating at a distance, the importance of the...
INVEST IN YOURSELF
INVEST IN YOURSELF! What else do you spend 10,000 hours on a year? Invest in a Steelcase high-performance chair. GESTURE INSPIRED BY THE HUMAN…
Going Carbon Neutral Now
Steelcase has announced new science-based targets that position them to become carbon negative...
Competing in the post COVID era
People have been predicting the end of the office since the invention of Wi-Fi...
WFH – how to stay productive
For some people, WFH - working from home is a regular practice but for most of us, it’s a new way of working and presents new challenges - especially if you are…
The hot desk has turned into a hot mess
Hot desking, the idea that a desk in an office is used by many people whenever they find it free, has mushroomed in use over the past decade despite growing evidence…
Why The Latest Office Design Trend Delivers Lukewarm Results
To attract the best and the brightest, many companies are creating an “anti-office”...
How the shifts in leadership attitude is altering traditional offices
The speed and ever-changing disruption to the global business environment has leaders rethinking...
Video collaboration & privacy boosting popularity of booths in SA offices
The rapidly growing trend of video collaboration at work – as well as...
Brain performance in the workplace
The key to better brain performance in the workplace It’s been well documented...
Office workers can learn from successful soccer teams
The business case for increased collaboration in the workplace keeps getting stronger, according...
What is office agriculture, why is it a worldwide trend?
“Office” and “Agriculture” are two words that are hard to imagine together...
Can the workplace actually make you healthier?
For many, wellbeing in the workplace means physical health: ergonomic furniture, a...
5 ways to make work more meaningful
Isla Galloway-Gaul, Managing Director of Inspiration Office, an Africa-wide office space and furniture consultancy said: ”When people are engaged, they…
Turns out there is an ‘I’ in team: why today’s offices need a reboot
The notion of teamwork is not new, and for most of the twentieth-century teams functioned like an assembly line, focusing on areas of expertise and the division…
The four megatrends that affect our way of working
During the last decade, the workspace has undergone a dramatic change but it pales in comparison to how new organisational structures will impact the way of working…
How Artificial Intelligence is growing in the workplace
So far the effects of Artificial Intelligence (AI) have been slow to reveal themselves in businesses in South Africa but the scale of the oncoming change is starting…
Why the pod is popping up everywhere in offices in South Africa
The pod — a small, free-standing box or space that is typically soundproof and designed to fit just one or two people — is taking over offices in South Africa…
Meet your new team member - the room
Digital assistants and smart rooms with environmental systems will soon be so sensitive to our workplace needs that they will feel like conscientious colleagues…
Want to be really productive at work in 2018? Here’s how
Richard Andrews Director at Inspiration Office (Pty) Ltd Productivity is the combination of intelligent planning and focused efforts. But staying productive…
6 innovative ways companies are changing the workplace
Richard Andrews Director at Inspiration Office (Pty) Ltd Increasingly companies are seeing the workplace as a strategic tool for productivity and collaboration…
Idea centric offices with homestyle comforts expected to be amongst SA office trends of 2018
Ideas are the new currency of modern economies and it is no more evident than in recent billion dollar idea success stories like Airbnb and Uber which are now disrupting,…
From unequal pay to robots - the hot button workplace issues likely to dominate 2018
Richard Andrews Director at Inspiration Office (Pty) Ltd Workplaces the world over are changing rapidly thanks to the way we prefer to work, social…
6 ways your company can adapt to an ageing workforce
Richard Andrews Director at Inspiration Office (Pty) Ltd Many of today's 10 year olds will live to be 120 and it's not a stretch therefore to expect…
How lighting affects office productivity
Richard Andrews Director at Inspiration Office (Pty) Ltd There are certain factors that everyone knows affects workplace productivity, but there is…
More SA companies following Apple's sit / stand approach to work
Richard Andrews Director at Inspiration Office (Pty) Ltd Recently, it was widely reported in the media that all employees at Apple's new spaceship-style…
Biophilia takes root in SA offices as trend grows worldwide
It’s an odd sounding word that’s often mistaken for something illegal or someone who likes books, but biophilia is simply humankind’s innate connection with…
What do Millennials want at work? Surprise, the same as what we all want!
Analysing and interpreting Millennials is an industry in itself but are they really as different as experts would have us believe, especially when it comes to the…
How to make working on your laptop better for your body
Laptop computers are lightweight, portable and convenient, allowing us to work anywhere. But with many people now using laptops as their primary computer, even though…
What is agile working and why is it taking off in South Africa?
Agile working, where employers offer fewer constraints and plenty of flexibility to an employee, is increasingly popular in South Africa. But how should businesses…
No more psyche-ward green: how to make your office so much better in 2019
If looking around your office at motivational posters from 1988, psyche-ward green walls and rows of people slumped at rows of desks makes you want to run screaming…
Height adjustable desks: a boost to health, comfort and productivity
Richard Andrews Director at Inspiration Office (Pty) Ltd Spending those long hours sitting in the same fixed posture at a desk is doing your body no good and…
Don't just sit there: how to beat the silent killers from sitting all day
Richard Andrews Director at Inspiration Office (Pty) Ltd Research has linked sitting for long periods of time with a number of health concerns including…
How to sweat office space in uncertain economic times
Richard Andrews Director at Inspiration Office (Pty) Ltd South Africa is facing severe economic headwinds and many companies are hesitant to move…
6 office hacks to enhance productivity in the workplace
Richard Andrews Director at Inspiration Office (Pty) Ltd Great offices are not merely well decorated and thoughtfully designed, but also have a profound effect…
Work related back disorders driving absenteeism
Richard Andrews Director at Inspiration Office (Pty) Ltd Work-related back disorders are a significant and increasing problem in office workplaces…
The office isn't dying, it's going through a renaissance!
Richard Andrews Director at Inspiration Office (Pty) Ltd It wasn't long after smart phones, tablets and ubiquitous Wi-Fi that workplace experts predicted…
Offices would be better places to work if they were more like cars
Richard Andrews Director at Inspiration Office (Pty) Ltd Offices would be much better places to work if they were more like cars says the Managing…
Small office changes to boost workplace productivity every day
Richard Andrews Director at Inspiration Office (Pty) Ltd Post holiday gloom, the 3pm slump, stiffness from sitting down all day, annoying colleagues...…
Hot desking is on the wane, say hello to flexible working
Richard Andrews Director at Inspiration Office (Pty) Ltd Savvy businesses are rapidly moving beyond shared desks to flexible work spaces, which is…
10 tips for a healthier & happier workplace
Richard Andrews Director at Inspiration Office (Pty) Ltd The new working year is now in full swing and some people will be back at work in less than…
The office gobbledegook we hope to never hear again in 2017
Richard Andrews Director at Inspiration Office (Pty) Ltd Anyone who has ever worked in an office will be familiar with the nonsensical 'corpspeak'…
Collaborative workspaces a global trend to watch in SA offices in 2017
Richard Andrews Director at Inspiration Office (Pty) Ltd Despite the well worn mantra of group work being central to success, businesses often struggle…
SA's office workers now spend an hour a day on mobile devices, preference for smartphones
Richard Andrews Director at Inspiration Office (Pty) Ltd South Africa's office workers spend nearly an hour a day working on their mobile devices…
Innovation Hubs grow in popularity in SA with the likes of Google, GE and Standard Bank
Richard Andrews Director at Inspiration Office (Pty) Ltd Working ways are changing globally Hubs seen as drivers of business innovation 70%…
Workplace ergonomics - a bottom line issue
Richard Andrews Director at Inspiration Office (Pty) Ltd *Office workers increasingly prone to work injuries *Only 40% of SA workers feel their…
SA businesses hop onto global furniture leasing trend as office spaces get smaller & cash becomes tighter
Richard Andrews Director at Inspiration Office (Pty) Ltd * Leasing growing faster than sales in many G7 countries * In US value of furniture…
Winter is coming -and so are hundreds of millions of germs to the workplace
Richard Andrews Director at Inspiration Office (Pty) Ltd * Shared office space trend giving rise to greater infection rate * 72% of people go…
Poll reveals South Africans' workplace likes, loathes and wants
Richard Andrews Director at Inspiration Office (Pty) Ltd Caffeine more important than safety Loud colleagues top list of annoyances Social…
Is Sitting the New Smoking?
It is becoming painfully clear that sitting with limited movement throughout a 9 hour working day is terrible for one’s health and is a lethal activity. It…
Ergonomics VS Economics: Today's Workplace Debate
More than adjusting one’s workstation or chair to reduce risk of injury, ergonomics is a strategic business initiative with financial, managerial, technical…
South Africa’s Next Pain In The Neck Epidemic
Fact: there are 37.2 million adults in South Africa and 97% of them have a cell phone. It’s not surprising that texting is a popular form of communication for…
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