Mon.Feb 12, 2024

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Workspace Design Show reveals a raft of thought-provoking features for 2024

Workplace Insight

This year’s edition of the Workspace Design Show (27-28 February 2024, Business Design Centre, London) will once again present an impressive array of features, ranging from an immersive forest stage to an interactive lighting installation, which bring together some of the industry’s leading designers, architects and built environment partners.

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“Airbnb for Workspace”: Industrious Moves to Grow with the Flexible Office Market

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WeWork’s competitors continue to shake-up the coworking sector as the struggling company navigates through bankruptcy proceedings , lease negotiations, and pressure from Adam Neumann. Industrious (one of those competitors) is now reported to have merged its subsidiary Breather with Deskpass — establishing a new combined firm that offers on-demand office spaces akin to what CEO Jamie Hodari calls “an Airbnb for workspace,” according to a recent report published by Business Insider.

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Status seeking drives non-executive directors to outstay effectiveness

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Long-serving non-executive directors (NEDs) who can’t wean themselves off the social status attached to belonging to the corporate board are failing shareholders and damaging the companies they are meant to serve, new research from the University of Bath and Queensland University of Technology suggests. Board members who exceed their tenure are putting the identity and self-worth they gain from being a director ahead of their duty to shareholders, compromising board renewal and its financial and

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Google Pledges €25 Million to Boost AI Skills and Training in Europe

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Google has announced a substantial investment of 25 million euros (approximately $26.9 million) to advance artificial intelligence (AI) education and training across Europe. According to PC magazine , this initiative is designed to empower the European workforce, particularly targeting those who are vulnerable and underserved, by providing them with the necessary AI skills to thrive in an increasingly automated economy.

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Raising the bar (and hell) with Antony Slumbers

Workplace Insight

Over a well-earned but unseasonable G&T, Antony Slumbers and Mark Eltringham discuss what makes work and workplaces great, and why bosses aren’t doing all they can to make them so. They also riff on the origins and wisdom of determining how much time people should spend in an office and how we escape the interminable binary loop of headlines about whether the home or the office is a better place to work.

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The Love Languages at Work: The 5 Languages of Appreciation

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He wants to hold your hand, but you want to talk. You want a hug at the end of a terrible day, but he wants to go on an adventure. Not being in sync with your partner can feel like relationship doom, but there could be a simple fix with a little research and intent—and an examination of the love languages. The sentiments behind the love languages are as old as the relationship advice your grandma probably gave you as a kid, but they still hold up with regard to romance, friendship and even workp

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Australian Four-Day Work Week Trial Suggests Less Workdays Equals No Drop in Productivity

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A four-day work week trialed by Medibank, Australia’s largest private health provider, has resulted in a significant reduction in sick and carer’s leave and decreased stress levels among employees. The four-day work week also had no reported drop in employee productivity, BNN Breaking reports. According to a report published by The North West Star , the six-month experiment — which involves about one in every 15 Medibank workers — has maintained productivity at consistent level

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Most firms don’t have AI guidance in place for internal comms

Workplace Insight

Over two-thirds (71 percent) of organisations do not provide guidance on when, where or how to use AI for internal communications, according to Gallagher’s 2023/24 State of the Sector report [registration]. Furthermore, the study, which drew insights from more than 2,300 communication and HR leaders across 56 countries, claims that 1 in 10 communicators (13 percent) were unsure if their organisation was using AI.

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How To Boost Creativity And Innovation In Remote Work

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Recent studies indicate that the innovation gap between remote and in-person teams has narrowed significantly, especially post-2010, with remote work potentially fostering more innovation due to advancements in technology and infrastructure. Virtual asynchronous brainstorming techniques and digital collaboration tools have emerged as powerful methods for promoting diverse and inclusive innovation in remote and hybrid work environments.