From open plans to hybrid zones, every design choice sends a message. Here's how the right balance between openness and privacy builds real trust in today's workplaces.

Even before coronavirus struck, critics were slamming the layout used in most American offices — the open plan — as noisy, distracting, stress-inducing and nowhere near the teamwork booster its ...

Our mostly open workspace, Jason argued, is distracting and productivity killing, and it doesn’t promote collaboration! But I believe that the problem with Fast Company‘s office isn’t that we have a ...

The office furniture you use can dramatically impact your work output. I should know: For the past few months, I’ve tested some office equipment from three furniture companies in hopes of seeing how ...

The remote work revolution has permanently changed how we think about productivity. Roughly one-fifth of American workers ...

Creating a workspace that inspires employees to be productive and motivated is essential for any organization aiming to improve performance. The relationship between office design and the interactions ...

When it comes to climbing the corporate ladder, women get less access to career-advancing opportunities, they’re less likely to see fellow women in senior management, and they’re less confident that ...

In the last 20 years, the modern office has gone through a number of evolutions. The early 2000s saw the death of cubicle farms and the rise of open floorplans, and 2015 brought waves of ping pong and ...