Is social media ruining our minds? Assisted Living Today seems to think so. This infographic illustrates the relationship between social media and our multitasking skills, ability to focus and social interactions. Social media -- in particular, the way it's shortened our attention span -- has effects that range...
The newly opened Google London L4 office design reinforces the tech giant's culture of fostering creativity and inspiration in spades. The fourth-floor office holds a band rehearsal room, a movie theater, an indoor park, a coffee lab packed with dozens of java blends, a game room and meeting...
This week is dedicated to optimizing your workplace for productivity, so it's only appropriate that I share some stats on wasting time at work. Employees admit to wasting 3 hours in a typical 8-hour workday -- time that could be spent exercising, relaxing or doing other stuff. All...
The Missing Link headquarters in South Africa recently got a makeover that the team aptly describes as "organized chaos." There's an indoor treehouse made from a 6-ton tree (it died of natural causes), vibrant graffiti murals by Nic Hooper, a slide and a fireman's...
Do you dream about work? More than 1 in 5 British workers regularly dream about their boss, according to a recent poll conducted for Premier Inn hotels. The same ratio of respondents reported having more work-related dreams as their pressure and stress levels increased. It's tough to have...
Most brick-and-mortar workspaces don't actively incentivize employees to stay away, but the Plantronics office design enables and encourages telecommuting. The wireless headset manufacturer's Santa Cruz, Calif. headquarters has enough workspaces for between 60 percent and 70 percent of its employees, and there isn't an...
