The utopian image of productive, social employees that open office once conjured has not met expectations. While the elimination of private offices in favor of communal workstations has cut costs, in ...

Workspaces influence employees’ feelings, how they communicate and their level of trust. Open workspaces can encourage collaboration and accountability but may reduce privacy and autonomy. Cubicles ...

The modern open-plan office and the cubicle have origins in historical periods such as ancient Rome and 18th-century London. We’ve managed to invent something even worse than open offices I thought a ...

A large national study suggests that the layout of your office may shape workplace relationships, with traditional open-plan designs linked to a higher risk of bullying while more flexible ...

The modern workplace has shifted from traditional cubicle workstations to open-plan offices. Although this transformation was intended to improve cooperation and engagement, it has created complex ...

Since the pandemic, offices around the world have quietly shrunk. Many organisations don’t need as much floor space or as many desks, given many staff now do a mix of hybrid work from home and the ...

Since the pandemic, offices around the world have quietly shrunk. Many organizations don't need as much floor space or as many desks, given many staff now do a mix of hybrid work from home and the ...