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The Truth About Open Workspaces
While open office plans and shared workspace environments have been championed as ways to boost collaboration, productivity, and creativity; new studies reveal that open-plan offices have detrimental effects on workers. Studies have shown that employees in open-plan offices show an increase in stress-levels, and a decrease in focus and productivity. The Gensler Study conducted by the […]
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Turn an Ordinary Workstation into a Cool Workstation
You spend a lot of our time at work. Your workstations should be inviting and stimulating, but also a blank canvas that you can decorate to reflect your individual personality. A well-designed workstation can affect our mood and foster creativity. Turn your workstation from ordinary to cool with these creative ideas—that are also easy on […]
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Declutter Your Workspace for the New Year
If you’re like most of us, office clutter can seem inevitable. But, you’d be surprised how little you actually need most items left in your workspace. Learning to declutter old items is a great way to give yourself the space you need to create something new in the new year. According to Michelle Rafter, the […]
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Tenant Strategies to Follow
Each passing year means new trends for office managers to stay on top of. Staying on top of trends ensures your workplace is an environment to foster collaboration and communication. Not to mention that a new fiscal year might dictate the growth or reduction of office space, which means planning an office move just might […]
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Confessions From The IT Department
Have you ever wondered: what does the IT department do? Often, we only interact with IT when there is something wrong with our computer, network, or operating system, and we need it fixed immediately. Perhaps you’ve sent an email to someone in the IT department, hours have passed, you still have no solution, and the […]
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Ways To Improve Workplace Safety
Are you looking to improve workplace safety? OSHA estimates that “businesses spend $170 billion a year on costs associated with occupational injuries and illnesses.” These expenditures come straight out of company profits. Workplaces that establish safety and health management systems can improve their workplace safety efforts and reduce their injury and illness costs by 20 […]
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How Successful Companies Get Their Dream Office
Successful businesses have proven that when it comes to planning your next big move, timing is everything. To continue to grow, you need to plan ahead and have the foresight to work on your next big steps. In a recent article for Entrepreneur Magazine, Mark Henricks writes, “While moving carries risks, a move can be […]
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Effects of Long Work Hours on Employee Productivity
You may think that long work hours means you are getting more done. But, in fact, the later it gets in the workday, the more difficult it is to focus, and the easier it is to make mistakes. From typos in memos, to sending emails to the wrong clients—it is a physical reality that your […]
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Create a Workplace for All Ages
Does your workplace foster collaboration between your employees, or do people from different generations and experience levels seem isolated from each other? Here are some steps to help you create a healthy work environment for all ages. According to The Economist, the workplace is becoming increasingly more divided. Younger generations often resent Babyboomers for retiring […]
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Throw a Legendary Office Holiday Party (the Right Way!)
It’s that time of year again: it smells like pumpkin spice and everything nice. Which means that it’s time to party! But, how do you throw a office holiday party that will be the new gold standard of all company parties? Here’s our list of do’s and don’ts so that you don’t miss a beat, […]
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Warehouse Storage: The Benefits You Never Knew
It’s the end of the year. The office is busy, busy, busy. Sales teams are wrapping up their Q4 goals, fulfillment is shipping out holiday orders, your accounting department is in overdrive—and half the team has holiday travel plans. Here are 5 ways that your business can benefit from warehouse storage during the holidays (and […]
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5 Office Space Trends
As your business wraps up this year’s final quarter, it’s only too easy to reflect on how your business performed—not how your business space performed. Yet it’s critical to evaluate how your facilities support your company goals, employee satisfaction, and overall productivity. 1. Maximizing Office Space the Right Way As the price per square foot […]
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The Rise of the Creative Office
You’ve heard of it, you might have secretly envied the 24/7 sushi bar at Google, or maybe you work in such a space already—but the creative office space trend is picking up serious momentum. Its origins possibly date back to the dot-com era when startup companies preserved their limited capital by buying spare doors and […]
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Creative Office Space Planning
Considering a Creative Office Space? Here’s What to Know First HR departments have long understood the lure of a strong employee benefits package to help attract and retain employees, but more and more employers and facilities managers are hopping on board the creative office space trend and coming around to the idea of another, less […]
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What Creative Office Space Looks Like
You may be wondering, “How prevalent are creative offices anyway? Well, if the number of blogs dedicated to them is any indication, creative office space is only gaining more traction. And, no discussion would be complete without some visual examples. So, we’ve rounded up a few amazing ideas from California companies to get your imagination […]
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Keeping Mobile Employees Connected to the Workplace
In a 24/7 business world, more and more employees are working remotely or on the road to meet their company’s needs. But keeping them returning to the office is important too. Here’s how to do it intelligently. According to a Forrester Research study, 64% of businesses allow their employees to have mobility—enabling them to work […]
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Create More Office Space
Maybe your company is experiencing rapid growth, or maybe your facilities plan overlooked a few angles. Whatever the cause, what do you do if your company is growing too big for your current office space? Often—and ideally—the answer is to relocate your business. However, upgrading to larger space may not be possible due to budget […]
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Don’t retire the private office just yet
Thanks to the open-plan workspace, pioneered by global powerhouses like Google, Zappos and Facebook, many companies may be rethinking the practicality of the private office—thus shaking to the core traditional notions of professional prestige, authority and the American Dream of “making it” to the corner office or executive suite. The open workspace is being widely […]
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Is It Time to Shake Up Your Floor Plan?
Is It Time to Shake Up Your Floor Plan? Staff in a slump? Has your company shifted focus or embarked on a significant market push? It may be time to rotate employees around your floor plan. In a workplace, it’s easy for people to fall into patterns—whether that’s taking the same route to their desk […]
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How to prepare for your office lease expiration
How to prepare for your office lease expirationIt’s important to plan ahead. The end of the year doesn’t just signal the holidays. It’s also the time of year when many California businesses are faced with an office lease expiration and must decide whether to renew their office lease or relocate. If you choose to relocate […]
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Facilities Management Trends
What facilities managers need to know Workplace modernization and technology advances change the facilities management landscape every day. Adept Facilities Managers have to constantly rethink how they balance both their responsibilities, the workspaces they manage, and evolving facilities management trends. As California’s leading commercial mover and workplace change expert, we stay on the pulse of […]
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Embracing Workplace Change [Infographic]
Workplace change is inevitable. But it can be easy to manage. It’s probably too obvious to say that the way we work has changed—not just from the last century, but the last decade as well. And it’s not just due to standup desks, open plan workspaces, and themed conference rooms. On average, we work more […]
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The Workplace Redefined
It isn’t just office space, it is a part of the employee experience A great employee experience can be intentionally designed—just like the experience you design for your customers. This trend, called Employee Experience Design (EED), is a new way to think about the office. In the competitive environment of employee retention, companies must make […]
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Turn Your Office into an Employee Experience Center
With these updates, your employees will be eager to come to work. As we reported in last month’s article, the workplace is part of the employee experience, it isn’t just commercial space. When you are ready to embrace Employee Experience Design, where do you begin to implement it? 1. Start with your Employees Involving your […]
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How to Measure Workplace Setup Performance
One key metric will help measure your success. When we imagine the ideal office space, it’s probably mirrored after high-tech companies in Silicon Valley. “Silicon Valley” the HBO show, that is. Corovan moving boxes were just spotted in a recent episode of the show when both Pied Piper and Hooli relocate to modern spaces without […]
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10 Tips for Workplace Change Management
Use these proven tips to facilitate your workplace change management. Being responsible for workplace change management can be a challenging and frustrating. Workplace changes affect employees on all levels and if not managed properly can lead to business downtime, employee dissatisfaction, and a decrease in worker productivity. Change management practices will help ease this stress […]
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Redesigning Cubicles for Today’s Knowledge Worker
It’s Time for an Office Redesign. Many companies are moving toward a more flexible layout of their office space. A modular office layout gives you a more options for cubicle designs than ever before. Some estimates put the American “cube dweller” population at 40 million. Is redesigning cubicles to a more open office layout in […]
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Has your business move been under bid?
Has your business move been under bid?Selecting a moving company based solely on the lowest price can have many undesired repercussions. Before you put your business move at risk, please consider the following: Q: What do I have to be concerned about with my business move? A: Since the hourly rates of most business movers […]
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Repurpose Your Used Office Furniture
Looking to repurpose your office furniture We are all familiar with the three of the four Rs of waste management, “Reduce, Reuse and Recycle”. It has become a common waste reduction practice for California businesses since the campaign ignited in the early 90’s. But what about the fourth R? There are many ideas out there […]
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How Green is Your Company? (Questionnaire)
Are you a “green” company? Green businesses adopt policies and practices that help the environment as well as their bottom line. By adopting more environmentally-friendly practices, your company can save money and reduce your environmental impact and even improve your reputation with your industry. You may not be on Newsweek’s World’s Greenest Companies List, but […]
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