Beyond the Desk
News from the World of Work
Hybrid Work
Trends redefining hybrid work.
When COVID-19 emptied offices in 2020, remote work wasn’t a carefully designed workplace strategy. It was an emergency response. Kitchen tables became desks; meetings moved online, and businesses adapted faster [...]
Family-friendly policies only work when parents can use them without fearing career consequences, experts say. [...]
Workplace Designs
Workplace Design updates.
GCC Office Furniture Market Overview Market Size in 2025 USD 1 31 Billion Market Size in 2034 USD 1 85 Billion Market Growth Rate 2026 2034 3 85 According to [...]
Learn about neuroinclusive office design, neurodiversity in the workplace, return to office, workplace design, office lighting, employee productivity, employee retention and related trends for building operations success [...]
Worklife Balance
Wellness at Work Insights.
The Outreach & Engagement Coordinator will provide administrative, logistical, and creative support for the Center’s wide range of public, internal, and student-facing engagement opportunities and communications efforts. The Coordinator will [...]
According to a new survey of 900 summer interns at accounting firm KPMG, Gen Z has lofty aspirations. [...]
Develop strong communication and time management skills. Don’t be afraid to think outside the box. Most importantly, don’t simply agree; add value by contributing your own perspective. [...]
Things like a traditional 9-to-5 workday and making important phone calls are overwhelming hardships for Gen Z, even though baby boomers and Gen X see them as part of their [...]
AI at the Workplace
The Truth About Tech & Finance Layoffs: The Silent AI Takeover
From our YouTube Channel
Mental Health at Work
The Outreach & Engagement Coordinator will provide administrative, logistical, and creative support for the Center’s wide range of public, internal, and student-facing engagement opportunities and communications efforts. The Coordinator will [...]
According to a new survey of 900 summer interns at accounting firm KPMG, Gen Z has lofty aspirations. [...]
Develop strong communication and time management skills. Don’t be afraid to think outside the box. Most importantly, don’t simply agree; add value by contributing your own perspective. [...]
Things like a traditional 9-to-5 workday and making important phone calls are overwhelming hardships for Gen Z, even though baby boomers and Gen X see them as part of their [...]
Future of Work
The Last Job Humans Will Ever Do
Jyoti & John
In the bustling city of Mumbai, in the year 2030, a man named John found himself at the forefront of a rapidly changing world. At the age of 30, he had embraced the integration of AI into every aspect of his life, particularly in his workplace. John’s days were spent working in a cutting-edge tech […]
Webinars Reimagined: Innovations for Sparking Interest and Fostering Engagement
Webinars have lost their popularity. How can we make them interesting to encourage attendance and engagement ? [tta_listen_btn] To make webinars interesting and encourage attendance and engagement, here are some strategies you can consider: Select Compelling Topics: Choose topics that…
Design Labs: Transforming Employee Centricity in the Workplace
A design lab can have a significant impact on employee centricity by fostering a culture of empathy, collaboration, and innovation within an organization. Employee centricity is about putting employees at the center of decision-making and designing work processes, environments, and…
Talk with your mouth, instead of with your keyboard
While there is much talk about remote working these days, office colleagues sitting centimeters away within the same space often let the keyboard do the talking, when it comes to co-workers. One can emphasize with them. After all, one has…
Has WeWork killed the Dress Code?
After working with an American and an Australian company in the nineties, I became an entrepreneur in 2003. Free at last, I thought. Amongst other things, I also felt free from the ‘tie and suit’ regime, something which I did…
Social Skills : No way! It is not for us! Or is it?
With the world becoming a small circuit it is important to be well networked. We are not talking about being present across social media platforms but realtime life-skills here. It’s hard to underestimate the impact of good social skills on…
Neighbourhood Design
In this conversation between Sandip Agarwal, co-founder, Practice Design and workplace transformation expert Sibani Sarma of Idream, the focus is on neighbourhood design and its impact on the workplace. This is from a series of conversations titled ‘Reframe’, presented by…
Measuring Productivity for Knowledge Workers
It is not easy to measure productivity for knowledge workers. In the rapidly evolving landscape of work, discussions surrounding the productivity of knowledge workers have taken center stage, fueled by the widespread adoption of hybrid work models by companies. This…
Redefining Landscapes For Public Interest
Creators Architects, a practice serving community for three decades, holds a culture of young and fresh thinking shuns preconceived conception of subject matters, is one of the early practices. Led by Ar. Rajiv Gupta (Sr. Partner), Ar. Mukta Gupta (Sr.…
