|||||Plenty of managers still think that staff simply being present nine to five is enough to guarantee output. What will it take for them to stop clock-watching and start the workplace revolution?|‘New ways of working’ are given a bad rep as a way of squeezing more staff into fewer square metres, without any increase in effectiveness|Research shows that actual occupancy can be as low as 50 per cent – and every empty chair takes up an expensive chunk of ground rent|Hands off my stuff: staff are often unsettled by the idea of flexible workspace, seeing it as an erosion of their work identity. Once they’ve tried it, however, many don’t look back||
12 Feb 2010

Stuck in the past: real world offices

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Stefan Diez elevates conference table design in latest collection for HAY

Note Design Studio creates Scandi-inspired showroom for Tarkett

HTA unveils new office space in Hackney Wick

Art Nouveau meets brutalism in this latest offering of The Hoxton Berlin

Silver Linings: The latest TOG workplace takes inspiration from London’s historic Silver Vaults

Silversquare Guillemins coworking space in Liège, Belgium embodies a mix of art and craft

London’s Oxford Street Evolution: The Parcels Building’s transformative interiors designed by Piercy&Co

Building community: the urban landscape offers inspiration for a new workplace in Shanghai

A Grade II listed building in London is reimagined by 4 S Architecture

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