Category Archive For "WELLBEING"
A feeling of togetherness is essential for our wellbeing and productivity
It is still depressingly commonplace to read proclamations of the death of the office. These are usually appended to some survey or other about the rise of flexible working or a case study of a workplace devoid of desks (or, more likely, one in which none are pictured). Of course, the actual conclusion we can …
Tips and tools for returning to the office
The global lockdown due to the pandemic has become a major challenge for many of us. As a result, more than ever before we realise how important human contact is, especially in the work environment. In the beginning, many employees switched to the home office and worked from home. Many companies are now however, starting to …
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Work a sutra – tips for working from home part 2
Work-a- sutra is the study of postures at work. An awareness and understanding of the different postures at work can help us to be more active and contribute to enhanced well- being. Within this booklet are some tips to help you to be more effective in the home office, to take care of yourself and …
What Steve Jobs can teach us about the future of work and office design
At the 1983 International Design Conference in Aspen, Steve Jobs delivered a speech addressing the theme of the conference; The Future Isn’t What It Used to Be. In it he set out his thoughts on new technology, intuitive design, personal computing as well as the need for a constantly evolving idea of what the future …
Protection in the workplace
Sometimes special circumstances require special measures.
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Work a Sutra-Tips for working from home (Part 1)
Working from home could become a challenge for many who used to go to the office every day.
What exactly is workplace wellbeing?
Sometimes it’s worth taking a step back from even the most widely discussed topics to consider what we might mean by them. This might be especially true of a subject like wellbeing, which as we have discussed elsewhere is one of those that gets talked about a lot and in such broad terms that we …
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Adjusting the office chair correctly – 10 steps to workplace optimisation
As people spend a large part of the day at their workplace, the topic of workplace optimisation is becoming an increasingly important issue.
Some happy talk about the workplace
Measuring happiness is fraught with problems, not least because it’s a difficult idea to define both as a general concept and how it relates to the economy and to work. Lord Richard Layard, programme director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics argues in his book Happiness: Lessons from a …
