Companies across the US and around the world have been seeking for years to entice top talent to join their ranks as well as engage and empower their existing employees in order to build the best possible workforce they can. As technology advances, the variety of shapes these enticements take differ as much as employee personalities do, leading human resource groups to offer a multitude of benefits not seen before. Between flex time (which has become almost a buzz word…
In the last 20 years, the concept of going to coffee shops or cafés to get some work done as well as hang out and get your morning caffeine fix has…
The pace of business, depending on your industry, can be lightning quick in an economy where instant access has increasingly become the norm. The vendor who can do the best by…
One of the best conferences for commercial office design inspiration is the annual NeoCon. This year was no different: the StrongProject team observed the hottest trends in workplace colors, office furnishings,…
After the news about Apple’s employees threatening to quit their jobs instead of work in their new Apple Park campus, it’s safe to conclude we have reached peak open-office design. But one modern…
Artificial intelligence has always been something we think of as futuristic, the stuff of movies, and far-fetched in the real world, but they’re much closer than we realize. Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s…
On average, we spend 90,000 hours in our waking lives working, so where we spend that time matters for our overall health. Our environment shapes what habits we form, what choices…
The implications of virtual and augmented reality are staggering, and the technology is closer than you think. Estimates show investments in AR and VR will increase from $5.2 billion in 2016…
Your colleagues and employees don’t perform just one task in an average workday, so why should your office chairs? With meetings, planning sessions, time at your desk, and those pull-up-a-chair collaborations,…
The elusive work-life balance. It’s been reported that a typical employee spends between 38-60 hours at the office. Now, with the exponential rise of connectivity, employees feel pressured to check in for…