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Seattle region ranks No. 1 in U.S. for tech office space leases as 14 big deals help eclipse Bay Area

The Seattle region is the leading U.S. market for large tech office space leases, eclipsing the San Francisco Bay Area for the first time since 2013. According to a new report from CBRE, the region’s move to...

source: GeekWire

Singapore tops global smart city rankings again, NYC leads U.S.

Singapore continues to lead the way in the ESI rankings, having occupied the top spot in the most recent 2018 edition. The rankings weigh a variety of metrics, including a city's vision, policies, leadership, budget, financial incentives,...

source: Smart Cities Dive

A small city pays for flood walls at 2 global companies

The Quaker Oats Co. put Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on the map in 1873 when it built the world's largest grain mill along the Cedar River. Now the city is building a $23.5 million flood wall to protect the cereal plant from an increasingly volatile river that destroyed the...

source: E&E News

Employees could be heading back to the office sooner than they think

The days of working from home may be numbered. While some companies, including JPMorgan Chase, Salesforce and PricewaterhouseCoopers, are dumping office space, others are ramping up their return-to-work plans. Just this week, Google,...

source: NBC News

Workplace interruptions may help people feel a sense of belonging

In those heady pre-lockdown days, the most common complaint about office life, and especially open plan office life, was the inability to get work done without distraction. Now a new paper from researchers at the University of Illinois...

source: Workplace Insight

A guide to post-COVID-19 hybrid work policies

Over the past few months, several major corporations have taken bold stances with their return-to-office policies. Twitter, Facebook, and Slack joined the ranks of companies that are moving employees to predominantly remote work. And outdoor company REI went as far as to...

source: Interior Design

China's census could point to a looming demographic slide

China’s once-a-decade census is expected to show a further fall in the percentage of young people in its fast-aging population as high living costs and an aversion to having children among urban couples push China closer to a demographic crunch.

source: Reuters

Kenya becomes the second African country to roll out 5G

Mobile network operator Safaricom has launched a 5G network in Kenya. This makes it the second country in Africa to roll out the technology to customers, according to GSMA, an organization representing mobile network operators worldwide. The company is trialling the technology...

source: Quartz

Office buildings are opening back up. Not all employees want to return.

On the morning Alexia Layne-Lomon returned to her office for the first time since the pandemic began, she woke up anxious. Her stomach felt queasy. Commuting into work, once a mindless daily routine, now felt foreign and risky. Layne-Lomon,...

source: NBC News

KPMG: Major employers scrap plans to cut back on offices

Most major global companies no longer plan to reduce their use of office space after the coronavirus pandemic, though few expect business to return to normal this year, a survey by accountants KPMG showed recently. Just 17% of chief executives plan to cut back on offices,...

source: Reuters

How to include workers with disabilities in your DEI initiatives

The world’s largest minority group, according to the World Bank — 15% of the global population (or one billion people) — experiences some form of disability, whether visible or invisible. Establishing the foundation for...

source: Fast Company

Will productivity and growth return after the COVID-19 crisis?

The pandemic caused the deepest economic disruption since World War II, disrupting both supply and demand, and the way ahead is extremely uncertain. Will the stars align for economies after the COVID-19 crisis? Despite the pressures on...

source: McKinsey & Company

How to evaluate your diversity and engagement programs using employee feedback

Companies of all sizes were forced to make many necessary adjustments to support the well-being of their employees in 2020. The pandemic compounded by the social unrest that occurred following the numerous instances of police brutality...

source: Fast Company

How to do hybrid right

Since the pandemic, companies have adopted the technologies of virtual work remarkably quickly — and employees are seeing the advantages of more flexibility in where and when they work. As leaders recognize what is possible, they are embracing a once-in-a-lifetime...

source: Harvard Business Review

Keeping real estate's wellbeing conversation going

No one expected working through a year of pandemic to be easy. Still, those early weeks of the first UK lockdown a little over a year ago felt like it might not be all bad. “That first lockdown — it was warm and sunny, people suddenly found they weren’t...

source: Estates Gazette

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Workplace interruptions may help people feel a sense of belonging

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