Work Design

Little Diversified Architectural Consulting transforms a historic Durham building into a flexible co-working hub that fosters collaboration, creativity and connection View the project here: workdesign.beehiiv.com/p/ame…

New episode! 🎙️ We recently sat down with Becca Landwehr, a strategic planner and workplace strategist. Her first question about any space is simple: Does it actually work for the people using it? See the full convo here: workdesign.beehiiv.com/p/wor…

For decades, organizations have measured workplace success through occupancy, utilization, and efficiency. Today, workplace and commercial real estate leaders are asking a different question: Why do people come to the office at all? Read more: workdesign.beehiiv.com/p/why…

New episode coming soon 👀 The office was built for nine-to-five at an assigned desk, and most of us don’t work that way anymore. We sit down with strategic planner and workplace strategist Becca Landwehr to talk about how work doesn't just happen in the office anymore.

In this episode of What the F* is Happening to the Office?, Dr. Yasmeen Coning shares the importance of collective organizational identification, or how strongly people connect their work to their own self-concept. See the full conversation here ➡️ workdesign.beehiiv.com/p/eng…

How organizations can address workplace gossip, ensure consistent return-to-office policies and build a culture of trust, fairness and accountability ➡️ workdesign.beehiiv.com/p/ret…

Everyone's fighting about where people work. Almost nobody's asking the question that actually matters: why would anyone want to come in at all? 🎙️ See the latest episode: workdesign.beehiiv.com/p/the…

Speed has become one of the defining pressures shaping office projects today. The irony is that moving too quickly at the beginning of a project can ultimately make the project take longer, increase costs and impact design. ➡️ workdesign.beehiiv.com/p/why…

Coming from a finance background, Adam Morgan thinks about the office as a performance system — and the data he’s seeing tells a clear story: Workers aren’t broken. The spaces are. ➡️ workdesign.beehiiv.com/p/why…

MEAVO Booths is creating flexible, sensory-aware environments that give employees the freedom to work, focus and recharge in ways that suit them. Read more ➡️ workdesign.beehiiv.com/p/des…

Every office has that one person who's freezing while everyone else is fine. In this episode, we take a look at the the science behind thermostat wars with Dr. Nicola Gerrett See more ➡️ workdesign.beehiiv.com/p/the…

Connected meeting rooms are only the beginning. The next generation of workplaces will connect technology, experience, and intelligence to drive performance. Read more ➡️ workdesign.beehiiv.com/p/why…

New episode! 🎙️ We sat down with Beth Goff-McMillian, CEO of SKG, one of the largest woman-owned businesses in Texas, and founder of FOLIO, to go past the return-to-office debate and into the business that actually supplies the modern workplace. Watch: workdesign.beehiiv.com/p/the…

How architectural metal mesh creates human-scale spaces within massive, open-plan skyscrapers—balancing transparency, natural light, comfort, durability, and performance. Read more: workdesign.beehiiv.com/p/man…

Dr. Yasmeen Coning breaks down the science behind identification, how it differs from engagement, and how to look at patterns around actual human behavior instead of guesswork. As Yasmeen puts it: “Workforce is the new workplace.” 🎙️ Watch or listen: workdesign.beehiiv.com/p/eng…

The costs of running an office are going up. Yet there is another insidious culprit undermining office costs and the profitability of tenants: the spatial intelligence gap, the ability to understand how the workforce uses the office. ➡️ workdesign.beehiiv.com/p/the…

New episode coming soon 👀 We're sitting down with Beth Goff-McMillan for a straight-talk conversation about how COVID, RTO, and hybrid work rewired the furniture business behind every office. Stay tuned!

A hospitality-inspired workplace gives employees greater choice, supports hybrid work, and creates a more connected, wellness-focused experience across 40,000 square feet. See more of this new space: workdesign.beehiiv.com/p/mag…

In the latest episode, we talk with Dr. Yasmeen Coning about why engagement, the metric most companies lean on, may be too sentiment-driven to actually predict revenue, retention, or performance. The real driver, she argues, is something deeper... ➡️ workdesign.beehiiv.com/p/eng…

What will happen when we admit the gimmicks aren’t enough to foster connection and community in the workspace? Read more ➡️ workdesign.beehiiv.com/p/why…