On the 26th of September Saint-Gobain Ecophon UK was pleased to host the first of a series of seminars on the future of the workplace at the Saint-Gobain Innovation Centre in central London.Three leading experts in their fields were brought together to discuss and share insights on the sometimes conflicting demands we will face as […]
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Round Table: Future Office Workspace, HD Movies
On September 25th, 09:00-11:00, a round table session was held in Malmö, Southern Sweden.HD movies are now online. Click image above to see the summary video! The conclusion was that the main driving forces for the office of 2020 were: 1. Leadership and corporate culture 2. Empowered employees 3. Flexibility 4. Technology 5. Company Identity […]
The Future Office Workspace Discussed
Click image to watch the YouTube-Trailer On September 25th, 09:00-11:00, a round table session will be held in Malmö, Southern Sweden. Diane Stegmeier, leading expert and globally renowned author and speaker, discusses with Scandinavian and German experts about creating the effective workplace and workforce of the future. The event will be live streamed to our […]
John Hanlon Interview at EFMC 2013
Paige Hodsman, Concept Developer Office UK, discusses with John Hanlon about the importance of productivity, how acoustic is linked to it, and where the responsibilities should be. John was a speaker at the conference and held a session on May 23rd called “How the Facility Manager can influence Workplace Productivity” “Facilities managers understand that their […]
A day to discuss office acoustics
On july 2nd 2013, a full day to discuss office acoustics will be held in Paris. The event is organized by the Centre d’Information et de Documentation sur le Bruit (CIDB) and the Vie Quotidienne et Audition (VQA ). The forum aims to shed light on acoustic issues in offices and is a great opportunity […]
How far do you speak in the office?
Should we just accept that it takes 20 metres for the sound level of someone’s voice to drop to a comfortable non-distracting level, or should we reduce this to 10 metres so that workgroup-to-workgroup distractions are minimized? In the Nordic Innovation report “Acoustic design of open-plan offices” , it was found that in a Swedish […]
Office workers react to acoustics in new survey
A survey of 2000 workers in the UK has revealed that people find difficulties concentrating and are not satisfied with their privacy. Almost 80% of those surveyed work in open plan or shared offices. When asked what they thought about the current acoustic environment in their office, more than half of respondents (54%) said working […]
Workplace distractions in open plan – an epidemic?
Helena Jahncke from sweden concludes in her recently finished thesis “Cognitive Performance and Restoration in Open-Plan Office Noise” that open plan office noise lowers performance and increases fatigue. – We have seen that performance deteriorates 2-10 percent if it is possible to understand what colleagues in the background say than if the number is not […]
Study on well-being, productivity and leadership in open offices
(foto: Martin Palven) Lately there has been great focus on a yet not published research made by Aram Seddigh, scientist in offices from Stress Research Institute Stockholm University, with over 3000 persons interviewed about wellbeing, productivity and leadership. 45 % are not satisfied sitting i open office! The research is divided into 3 parts. The […]
Working in open spaces can make you sick
A study has published in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Health Management has concluded that the switch to open-plan has led to lower productivity and higher worker stress. “The high level of noise causes employees to lose concentration, leading to low productivity, there are privacy issues because everyone can see what you are doing on the […]
