by Facility Executive | Apr 28, 2025 | Brightmine, Business Continuity, DEI, Employees, Facilities Management, Featured, Federal Policy, federal regulations, Immigration, immigration policies, Productivity, Professional Development, Trump policy, U.S. Workers, Workplace Culture, workplace dynamics
Trump-era policy shifts in first 100 days, from immigration to DEI, are redefining workplace dynamics, reveals new Brightmine research.
by Facility Executive Staff | Apr 24, 2025 | 2025 Global Workplace Survey, Corporate Workplace, Creative Labs, Employee Autonomy, employee wellbeing, Employees, Facilities Management, Featured, Flexible Environments, fresh air, Gensler Research Institute, Greenery, In-office, interior design, natural light, Nature Retreats, Noise, Office Design, Physical Environment, Usability, Workplace & Interiors, Workplace Culture
New research finds that flexible, human-centric office design is driving stronger employee performance, satisfaction, and retention.
by Facility Executive | Apr 23, 2025 | Business Continuity, Communications Equipment|Emergency Preparedness|Holiday Season|Motorola Solutions|Retail Facilities|retail security|Retail Workers|Safety|Security|security systems|Survey|Technology|Workplace Safety, employee engagement, employee wellbeing, Employees, Facilities Management, Featured, Gallup, global economy, Management Styles, manager engagement, managers, Productivity, Professional Development, State of the Global Workplace report., Survey, training, Workplace Culture
Primarily caused by a drop in manager engagement, the decrease cost the world economy $438B in lost productivity in 2024.
by Guest Contributor | Apr 17, 2025 | 40 Hour Workweeks, COmmercial Space usage, COVID-19, employee-wellness, Employees, Facilities Management, Facility Management, FacilityBlog, Featured, flexibility, Flexible Workspaces, interior design, Management Styles, Office Design, pandemic, Physical Environment, The Great Resignation, wellness, WFH, work from home, work-life balance, Workplace & Interiors, Workplace Culture
Understanding how the Great Resignation reshaped commercial space usage can help facility managers refine their operation strategies.
by Facility Executive | Apr 10, 2025 | acoustic design, Building Design & Construction, employee well-being, Employees, Facilities Management, FacilityBlog, Featured, interior design, Interiors, Modwall, Noise Reduction Coefficient (NRC), office partitions, Physical Environment, Productivity, Return to Office (RTO), Sound Transmission Class (STC), speech privacy, Virtual Meetings, Workplace & Interiors, Workplace Culture, Workplace Design
Poor acoustics have a marked impact on employee experience: their productivity, wellbeing, and overall satisfaction.
by Facility Executive | Apr 9, 2025 | Business Continuity, disengagement, employee retention, Employees, Epignosis, Facilities Management, FacilityBlog, Featured, New TalentLMS, poor performance, Productivity, Professional Development, quiet cracking, TalentLMS, U.S. workplace, Workplace & Interiors, Workplace Culture, workplace unhappiness
More than half of employees experience a persistent feeling of workplace unhappiness that leads to disengagement, poor performance, and an increased desire to quit, finds a new survey.
