Increase Productivity/Performance

Workplace Design Fundamentals

More nuanced understanding of at-work experiences

Working in an Activity-Based Office (08-23-19)

Hoendervanger and colleagues continue to study the experience of working in activity-based offices.

Nature’s Cognitive Benefits (08-02-19)

Schertz and Berman reviewed published studies exploring the cognitive repercussions of being exposed to nature.

Kids and Nature (07-24-19)

Our attitudes towards nature evolve over our lives.

Music Tempo, Fatigue, and Attention (07-17-19)

Li, Chen, and Zhang investigated links between music tempo, fatigue, and attention.

Exercising and Thinking (07-01-19)

Research by Pantzar and colleagues confirms the value of supporting employee efforts to exercise, via onsite exercise facilities, for example.

Office Privacy and Proximity

Effects on employee bonds matter

Sit-Stand Desks: Cognitive Implications

Outcomes mixed

Workplace Lighting and Judgments

Opinions of others affected

In-Office Carbon Dioxide

Brain performance affected by amount

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