How Design Can Positively Impact Civic Engagement
In Washington DC where I live, civic engagement is part of the DNA of the city. My …
In Washington DC where I live, civic engagement is part of the DNA of the city. My …
Being an Outsider at Work If you’ve bought anything from LL Bean recently you might…
Several weeks ago a women-only co-working / social club space opened up in Georgetow…
If you have ever been pregnant or known someone who is pregnant, you are aware of th…
How can we design an emotionally safe workplace in this era of exposed sexual harass…
How do we measure human performance? It's fair to say that measuring human performa…
There are a number of stories out there of individuals who have benefitted from the …
When it comes to work and workplace health, one of the biggest challenges is stress …
What does being in nature have to do with our happiness, health or productivity? Ap…
I was recently asked, "Why do people need to go into the office?" It wasn't a naïve…
Consider the many ways a healthy environment impacts our decision-making. What we s…
Here are my top 8 "healthy workplace" book recommendations and why you will benefit from reading them. Some might surprise you!
Studies show that people who feel more “in control” of their work and work environment are less likely to suffer from stress and illness and see increases in productivity.
Joanna Frank is the Executive Director of the Center for Active Design (CfAD) in New…
I recently got the chance to speak with Dr. James Kelley from the Brave Endurance Po…
You might have read a recent article in the Harvard Business Review called The Trans…
Laura Putnam, author of Workplace Wellness that Works: 10 Steps to Infuse Well-Bei…
I’m reading the book Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas by Natasha D…
Last year I got the chance to see and meet Teresa Amabile at a conference in Boston …
If you live in the Western Hemisphere and study mindfulness, meditation and its conn…
In case you haven’t heard it yet, there is a new well-being standard in town. It’s t…
The “most worn” book by my desk is a book called Place Advantage: Applied Psychology…
Recently I had dinner with a two friends who are both workplace strategy directors f…
If your workplace does not have windows, or even if it does, consider installing circadian lighting that provides light waves to trigger wakefulness.
You know how you walk into a grocery store and find yourself buying food at the end …
Robert Karasek, an industrial engineer and sociologist, and Tores Theorell, a specia…
This disconcerting image (above) is a drawing from Lennart Levi, who has given 4,000…
I recently got the opportunity to meet Tom Hale, MD, PhD, the Executive Medical Dire…
I've been obsessing lately on human performance, specifically, what makes us produc…
I recently read Jonah Lehrer's book Imagine: How Creativity Works. There are severa…
I recently saw a great TED talk by Takaharu Tezuka, describing his design of a kinde…
I recently heard Seth Godin, one of my favorite "thought leaders," discuss a major s…
There have been dramatic shifts over the last several hundred years that have profou…
I have often borrowed Winston Churchill's quote, "We shape our buildings; thereafter…
Check out the latest Work Design Magazine article for how! http://workdesign.com/…
Over the years, environmental psychologists have interviewed people of all ages and …