October 2015 - SocialWorkplace.com

“Space cannot just look different it needs to also feel different through the way people engage with one another”

by Jean-Yves Huwart | Oct 30, 2015 | Business, Design, Real Estate

Globally renowned expert on the impact of the built environment on business performance, Despina Katsikakis, is a major player in transforming how we understand today’s workplace. Interested in the ways in which physical environments affect both user...

A look back at the inaugural Social Workplace Conference, London, 2015

by Jean-Yves Huwart | Oct 21, 2015 | Business, Design, Real Estate

Last Friday saw the inaugural Social Workplace Conference, an event that aims to create content and bring insight based on “strong models taking root in community managed workplaces to a wider audience of professionals from the real estate industry and corporate...

“We have built an unprecedented network that’s the Pintrest of the design world”-Kontor

by Jean-Yves Huwart | Oct 15, 2015 | Business, Design, Real Estate

William Hanley is a Vice President at Kontor, a “visual search and discovery platform for workplace design.” Together with Kontor’s director of European business development and architect, Florian Bolle, William will be participating in the premier Social Workplace...

“People no longer look for 4 walls and a door. They want a space that is light and flexible to suit the changing needs of their business”-Olly Olsen, The Office Group

by Jean-Yves Huwart | Oct 13, 2015 | Business, Design, Real Estate

The Office Group is a design-led workspace provider that houses a diverse community of businesses and individuals. Today, they have over 20 established buildings across central London, Bristol and Leeds. Members can decide whether they want to work from a private...

“Some companies may create an open space but there is often a lack of understanding of what the community actually needs” Kursty Groves Knight

by Jean-Yves Huwart | Oct 12, 2015 | Business, Design, Real Estate

Kursty Groves Knight is a woman of many talents, the author of “I Wish I Worked There! – A Look Inside the Most Creative Spaces in Business” also holds double masters degrees in engineering and industrial design. When Kursty first started writing her book...

“The most recent survey research shows that the social side of coworking spaces is a key reason people are members”- Steve King, Emergent Research

by Jean-Yves Huwart | Oct 5, 2015 | Business, Real Estate

Steve King, partner at Emergent Research, is an expert in the changing workplace. Emergent, is a “boutique research and consulting firm focused on the intersection of small business and the future of work”. Recently, Steve wrote an article for Small Business Labs,...

“Social workplace is a shift from space defined as a “container” to space as an “enabler” – Oliver Marlow, Studio Tilt

by Jean-Yves Huwart | Oct 2, 2015 | Design

Oliver Marlow, designer, Creative Director and co-founder of Studio TILT, has “always been fascinated in the way people interact with space”. Oliver looks at the ways in which organisational “dynamics play out and how design can help or hinder the...