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Working From Home in the COVID-19 Pandemic

March 31, 2020 by Katy Lawn Leave a Comment

Have you, like so many others, found yourself suddenly jolted into the world of remote working?  Are you wondering how to make the most of working from home? Do you need some advice on how to stay connected, boost your productivity and deal with the common problems that remote workers face? …and how does all […]

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When we design workplaces as lifestyle packages… who are they for?

March 10, 2020 by Katy Lawn Leave a Comment

This think piece considers the implications of offering workplaces as total lifestyle solutions. When we design these spaces, who are they actually for? Do we need to consider diversity and inclusion? How does this impact corporate culture and work life balance? And… are we working to live, or living to work?    Conversations about work-life balance are […]

Filed Under: Agile Working, Evolution of the Workplace, Wellbeing, Wellness, Workplace Analysis, Workplace Design Tagged With: Agile Working, lifestyle, office design, wellbeing, work life balance, workplace perks, workplace wellbeing

The true cost of office storage: How a filing and storage audit can benefit the environment and save you money

February 5, 2020 by Colin Stuart Leave a Comment

The True Cost of Storage

Office filing and storage doesn’t just take up valuable space it is damaging the environment – is it time to reduce our storage footprint and dump the junk? We love our filing cabinets There’s no getting round it. Our office filing cabinets are full of lovely tangible, paper which can’t delete itself and doesn’t need […]

Filed Under: Agile Working, Filing and Storage, Workplace Design Tagged With: Filing, Filing Audit, Storage, Storage Audit, Workplace design

Why Rudeness at Work is Contagious (and difficult to stop)

October 16, 2019 by Katy Lawn Leave a Comment

Most people can relate to the experience of having a colleague inexplicably treat them rudely at work. You’re not invited to attend a meeting. A co-worker gets coffee – for everyone but you. Your input is laughed at or ignored. You wonder: where did this come from? Did I do something? Why would he treat […]

Filed Under: Change Management, Wellbeing, Wellness, Workplace Analysis Tagged With: emotional wellbeing, employee engagement, Social Cohesion, teamwork, wellbeing, workplace culture

Q&A with Hotbox Founder, Jamie Rothwell

October 9, 2019 by Katy Lawn Leave a Comment

With the Hotbox brand going from strength-to-strength, founder and general agile working expert, Jamie Rothwell, answers questions about why he created these stellar products and the challenges he faces; imparting some useful advice on how important it is to take the leap of faith to make your business dreams a reality. Q: How and when […]

Filed Under: Agile Working, Evolution of the Workplace, Wellbeing, Workplace Analysis, Workplace Design Tagged With: Activity based working, agile, Agile Working, agile workplace, Flexible working, Hotbox, Productivity

Hot desking as an introvert: Designing workplaces for different personality types

July 30, 2019 by Katy Lawn Leave a Comment

We’re always hearing about millennials, gender differences, older workers… but what about differences in personality; something that cuts across all of these different groups? How do different personality types feel about agile work, hot desking and open plan? Hotdesking: its something that can be useful for reducing costs, driving engagement and even being a workplace […]

Filed Under: Agile Working, Evolution of the Workplace, Wellbeing, Workplace Analysis, Workplace Design Tagged With: Activity based working, agile workplace, Change in the Workplace, communication, extrovert, Flexible working, Hotbox, introvert, Morale, personality types, Productivity, wellbeing, Workplace design, workplace wellbeing

Beachtowelling: The Curse of an Agile Workspace

June 20, 2019 by Katy Lawn Leave a Comment

by Colin Stuart I was very lucky to have had a week off recently somewhere sunny and warm and when I’m away there is nothing I like more than lying on a sunbed or sat in a beach side bar watching the world go by. I am always fascinated by human behaviour and how people’s […]

Filed Under: Agile Working, Change Management, Evolution of the Workplace, Workplace Analysis Tagged With: agile, agile workplace, desk space, mindset, space planning

5 Reasons why we need to be able to complain about our workplaces

June 12, 2019 by Katy Lawn Leave a Comment

Presented by Hotbox, Baker Stuart and Forster Inc. at Clerkenwell Design Week 2019.   In support of Hotbox’s new Hub launch at Clerkenwell Design Week, Hotbox, Baker Stuart and Forster Inc. decided to put together a wellbeing event which was a little out of the ordinary. We decided to ask people to complain about their workplace. Over three days, we set up the Workplace Complaints […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: communication, emotions, management, Productivity, wellbeing, wellness, workplace wellbeing

Why Brand Experience Strengthens Customer Loyalty

May 13, 2019 by Katy Lawn Leave a Comment

Jamie, Marketing Manager at Hotbox tells us why brands need to focus on customer experience in order to build loyalty. Our employees are customers too – from investing in wellbeing to building trust, it’s all part of the brand experience ecosystem.  Some businesses tend to focus on their external customers, without considering the fact that […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Agile Working, brand, brand experience, marketing

Q&A with Baker Stuart

May 3, 2019 by Katy Lawn Leave a Comment

Look at any successful company and at the centre you will find a great network of people. Undoubtedly the best asset of a company is its staff. To ensure office spaces are made with people in mind, Baker Stuart helps organisations establish the best working environments for both the benefit of its business and employees. Our […]

Filed Under: Agile Working, Evolution of the Workplace, Workplace Design Tagged With: agile, Agile Working, consultancy, Flexible working, Hotbox, Productivity, Workplace

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