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Comment: This rise of empathetic leadership and earning back the commute

Comment: This rise of empathetic leadership and earning back the commute

As we enter the age of storytelling and empathetic leadership, what are the intangibles that feed a workplace’s culture? Alice Blackwood speaks with Amanda Stanaway, Dr Amantha Imber and Nat Cagilaba.

Playful and porous work: Bean Buro in Hong Kong

Playful and porous work: Bean Buro in Hong Kong

Drawing on traditional Japanese architecture as well as the designers’ own international backgrounds, Bean Buro has created an interior office space with a distinctly modern atmosphere.

Candice Ng on the secrets to her success

Candice Ng on the secrets to her success

In conversation with Leanne Amodeo, Plus Architecture’s newest principal, Candice Ng, discusses the varying aspects of her work, role and juggling it all with motherhood.

This workplace has definite village vibes

This workplace has definite village vibes

Working with Gray Puksand, this leading Australian retailer has crafted a workplace that captures those elusive work-from-home qualities in a relaxed, responsive corporate environment.

PTID re-announces itself to the interior design world

PTID re-announces itself to the interior design world

In the wake of both COVID-related disruptions and its own 25th anniversary, the interior design practice is letting the market know why its knowledge-led approach is the way of the future.

BVN makes AFR BOSS ‘Best Places to Work’ list

BVN makes AFR BOSS ‘Best Places to Work’ list

“We do this for our people, that’s the number one driver,” says Brian Clohessy. He reveals what sets BVN apart from other workplaces.

Hassell’s Richard Mullane on the future of urban design

Hassell’s Richard Mullane on the future of urban design

Taking up the reigns of Managing Principal for Hassell’s Melbourne Studio, Richard Mullane says: “We plan to build a more inclusive, sustainable future for communities – and create a more socially and ecologically resilient world.”

Work reset: What is the future of work?

Work reset: What is the future of work?

The pandemic-driven disruption of how we work has been painful for both companies and employees. But it is also providing an opportunity for everyone to recalibrate how we want the future of work to look like.

GroupGSA devises a subtle treasure hunt  for Microsoft Sydney

GroupGSA devises a subtle treasure hunt for Microsoft Sydney

Microsoft’s Sydney headquarters entices you to seek out the ‘golden eggs’ that reveal themselves over time.

How The Work Project and Hassell change the flexible workplace sector

How The Work Project and Hassell change the flexible workplace sector

The Work Project and Hassell have enjoyed the benefit of working together since the co-working provider entered the Singapore market. How have their conversations about delivering spaces in an increasingly competitive flexible workplace sector evolved through the years? We hear from both of them in the light of The Work Project’s newly minted space at CapitaGreen.

How the pandemic worked in favour of co-working spaces

How the pandemic worked in favour of co-working spaces

With organisations and professionals rethinking work and the workplace, co-working spaces may just be the most appealing solution to the hybrid working model in a post-pandemic world.

How flexibility is driving transformative change at work

How flexibility is driving transformative change at work

WeWork Pacific’s design studio director Tom Crocker discusses how teams are now dictating where they work and why balancing a sense of connectedness with flexibility will deliver the richest and most attractive employee experience.