Beyond the Desk
News from the World of Work
Hybrid Work
Trends redefining hybrid work.
As AI-polished resumes become the new baseline, candidates face a different challenge. [...]
More than one in five of Cardiff's jobs were listed as hybrid or remote in 2025 [...]
The NewsGuild of New York is irked at New York Times leadership over hybrid work, "wrongly excluding jobs" from union and its health fund. [...]
A large Investment Bank is building out their Balance Sheet Management and Treasury practice and seeking manager level talent for a role focused on Resolution Planning. Due to high demand, [...]
Workplace Designs
Workplace Design updates.
Irish office supplier Codex pioneers neuroinclusive workplace design with sensory pods and adaptive furniture as hybrid work reshapes corporate needs. [...]
Ahrend is an office furniture solution provider vitalising workplaces with its circular, sustainable designs. [...]
According to a new study by DataHorizzon Research the Workplace Transformation Services Market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 12 0 from 2025 to 2033 driven by accelerating [...]
Worklife Balance
Wellness at Work Insights.
Creating work-life balance and building up their business acumen is crucial for young surgeons joining the orthopedic and spine industries to avoid burnout and create longevity. There are roadblocks facing [...]
With the Australian Services Union (ASU) attempting to add a WFH clause to the Clerks Award, one expert has said that, if successful, this case may be a precedent for [...]
An assessment of aquaculture’s workforce challenge shows the sector’s future depends on leadership trust and social licence but will ultimately be decided by people not platforms. [...]
AI at the Workplace
Microsoft 365 AI Workplace Update February 2026
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Mental Health at Work
Creating work-life balance and building up their business acumen is crucial for young surgeons joining the orthopedic and spine industries to avoid burnout and create longevity. There are roadblocks facing [...]
With the Australian Services Union (ASU) attempting to add a WFH clause to the Clerks Award, one expert has said that, if successful, this case may be a precedent for [...]
An assessment of aquaculture’s workforce challenge shows the sector’s future depends on leadership trust and social licence but will ultimately be decided by people not platforms. [...]
Future of Work
The Future of Work: AI Takes Over, We Just Supervise #shorts
Architect Madhavi Desai, professor, writer and speaker, and most of all a committed feminist – a Trail Blazer!
“To ask how I feel about writing is to ask how I feel about architecture”, fervently exclaims Madhavi Desai, renowned architect and a passionate writer, at the advent of publishing (By Routledge, UK) the very first such book in South…
Nurturing the quiet strengths of Introverts : Cultivating Inclusivity in the workplace
In a world that often celebrates extroverted qualities such as assertiveness, social prowess, and outspokenness, the contributions of introverts can easily be overlooked or misunderstood. Introverts bring a unique set of strengths and perspectives to the table, and it is…
Pre-Design is as important to architects and clients as diagnosis is to doctors and patients
Naresh Shah, an architect with a successful practice in the USA for 35 years, who claims to be neither a Pre-Designer nor a teacher, has been actually teaching Pre-Design across India for the past few years since his return. On his return…
Gallopper Talks 2017 – A Report
On Friday March 3rd, 2017 Architects, Engineers, Designers, Businessmen, Professors, turned up in large numbers to witness the first Gallopper Talks in Navi Mumbai at the auditorium of LTIADS (Lokmanya Tilak Institute of Architecture and Design Studies). It was brought…
Behind the Scenes: Designing Positivity at Work
In a recent conversation between Architect Vistasp Bhagwagar, and workplace strategist Sibani Sarma , the importance of design in creating employee-centric workplaces was discussed. The conversation, recorded in the form of a video for the series ‘Reframe‘ presented by Bristol…
Kala Ghoda Arts Festival
The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival is an annual festival, nine days long, commencing always on the first Saturday of February and closing always on the second Sunday in February, in the Kala Ghoda area of South Mumbai. From its inception in 1999, the Festival has…
Space as a starting point for innovation
A mutual fund from Parnassus Investments, comprised exclusively of companies with outstanding workplaces, has given a 9.63 percent annualized return as against an overall S&P index of 5.58 during the same period. Investing in workplace happiness ensures organisations stay on…
Communicating effectively sans Water Cooler moments
In a virtual talk, Karen Plum, Director of Research & Development at AWA, discussed the importance of water cooler moments and relationship building in the context of remote work. Plum shared key insights from extensive academic research spanning over two…
Inventive Architect Abin Chaudhuri on holistic development – Video interview
Spending his initial years in rural West Bengal, attending a ‘Pathshala’, with sheer grit and determination, he has risen to become a front-runner with projects across the globe. Architect Abin Chaudhuri has never done it conventionally; post Architecture he went…
