The Smoffice, this week's Avant-Garde Offices star, is an itty-bitty workspace about the size of a bathroom. The office was created as a part of Durham, North Carolina's Smoffice contest, which aims to "highlight the importance of the coffee shop in the entrepreneurial world,"...
Each week, I contribute dozens of articles on business-related topics to a variety of Web properties. Here are some of my favorite posts from this week. * 5 Ways Managers Can Help Employees Stand More at Work [PayScale] * Millennial Women Fight Back Against Unemployment Rates by Starting Businesses [PayScale] * Google '...
If you've ever wanted to work in a building you never have to leave, then this week's Avant-Garde Offices star, YouTube, might just have the workplace for you. With an indoor pool, gym, free food and putting green, the glass building ensures employees can blow off...
Most of us have had that feeling of being watched; for employees at Evernote, the star of this week's Avant-Garde Offices, that feeling is a reality. Business Insider took a tour of the Evernote office, discovering that founder Phil Libin has an actual robot that can chat with...
Pittsburgh-based Davison Inventionland is one of the most creative offices in the world; its 61,000-square-foot factory houses 16 themed workspaces fitted with waterfalls, castles, racetracks and more. Founder George Davison designed the work environment solely to foster employee creativity, and his efforts have paid off: the factory turns out...
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects designed these suspended Nykredit meeting rooms to boost creativity at the mortgage bank's Copenhagen headquarters. The three cantilevered meeting spaces hang from the third and fifth floors of the 10-story building, and the experience of actually giving a presentation in one of these rooms...
