Success

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Evans recalled one career professional, a mid-level business development manager for a small manufacturing company, who was offered the option of continuing to work fully remote or to transition to a hybrid role and spend three days a week in the office. Evans, a workplace expert, bestselling author and TEDx curator in San Diego.

Promotion

Workplace Insight

APRIL 28, 2025

Bringing together some of the most creative minds in architecture, design, occupier strategy and sustainability, the Amsterdam edition will focus on how to create more effective, inspiring, and future-proof workspaces.

Mailing

Great Place to Work

JUNE 30, 2025

By training all employees — from agriculture to manufacturing to business roles — in continuous improvement practices, the company empowered them to identify and implement changes directly. A more direct option was sharing a senior leader’s phone number with employees by posting it all around the manufacturing building.

Communication

Office Snapshots

MAY 12, 2025

Located in the citys burgeoning manufacturing district, this new workplace reflects the companys energetic, inclusive culture while heralding a tech-centered brand. Dynamic and strategic, Moroch is a Dallas-based marketing firm, noted for its tech-forward approach to developing media-savvy, stakeholder-informed solutions.

Manufacturing

Mad in America

APRIL 2, 2025

What began as a wonderful career combining my scientific knowledge with creative writing gradually revealed itself as something far more troubling: I was helping to manufacture “facts” about diseases and treatments that would shape medical practice for decades.

Pharmaceutical

Vantage Circle

DECEMBER 29, 2024

GDP Directly tied to employee disengagement Comparative Industry Analysis: Engagement Levels by Sector as per ADP Research Technology: 29% engagement rate Healthcare: 34% engagement rate Retail: 20% engagement rate Manufacturing: 14% engagement rate Mitigation Strategies One Can Look at!

Salary

Success

AUGUST 6, 2025

By nurturing self-directed learning rather than controlling it, companies can unlock creative implementations they might never achieve through top-down mandates. “We Forward-thinking leadership teams increasingly recognize that innovation flourishes when employees pursue their AI curiosity independently.

Finance

Success

JULY 18, 2025

Amid rising prices, manufacturing disruptions and a fluctuating economy, one aspect of retail still seems to be thriving: the secondhand market. Once associated with bargain hunters and vintage lovers, thrifting is now becoming mainstream as a smarter, cheaper way to shop. is worth an estimated $50 billion, up 30% from 2023.

Retail

BMT Office Administration

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

While it’s most common for manufacturing companies, a TQM approach can also prove fruitful for other businesses. He later published Economic Control of Quality of Manufactured Product in 1931, greatly influencing Dr. W. In summary, TQM is best used for larger manufacturing companies and service providers.

Manufacturing

Work Life

AUGUST 9, 2025

If you’re looking to break through to the next level in your career, business, or creative pursuit, here’s what healthy obsession—when wielded with intention—can do for you. But it gives back something comfort never will: real growth, meaningful progress, and a sense of pride you can’t manufacture. Obsession gets a bad rap.

Manufacturing

Vantage Circle

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Source: Vantage Pulse Recommended Read: Know Everything about Employee Pulse Survey in 2024 Managerial Perspective Challenge 1: Micromanagement and Lack of Autonomy Micromanagement is a silent killer that stifles creativity, breeds resentment, and ultimately leads to a disengaged workforce.

Retail

McKensey

JULY 17, 2025

The greatest impact comes from a balance of discipline in the foundational practices of spend management  and creativity in considering new, innovative paths to productivity. Similarly, big data analytics is enabling manufacturers to optimize production processes with unparalleled precision. Reduce direct costs.

Problem-Solving

Great Place to Work

MAY 30, 2025

Brains Creative agency Brains conducted a listening tour in which leadership asked employees questions such as, Whats something great you want to maintain? The automotive manufacturer built a feedback loop to shortcut structural barriers so that every employee could find an attentive ear through a mix of surveys and open-door listening.

Automotive

Success

JUNE 30, 2025

More businesses are taking note, however, and finding creative ways to salvage, repair and recycle sports equipment and outdoor gear into other things. Emme Hayes , founder of gear reseller Articles In Common, has been working with many gear manufacturers to push them to take their products’ end lives more seriously. “I

Manufacturing

Workplace Insight

JUNE 12, 2025

Experimental focuses on smaller designers, makers, and micro-manufacturers who are pushing material boundaries. There will also be an exciting installation from The Material Way, a collaborative platform for material-based studies led by curator Rita Trindade and creative director Bonnie Hvillum.

Manufacturing

Mad in America

AUGUST 9, 2025

The Pressure Cooker: Launching Risperdal in Midtown Manhattan In the mid-1990s, I stepped into the kind of job people in pharmaceutical advertising dream about: co-creative director and lead copywriter on the industry’s next big blockbuster. The agency was in Midtown Manhattan. The client was Johnson & Johnson. The drug was Risperdal.

Pharmaceutical

All Work

AUGUST 26, 2021

Work Design Magazine advocates for innovation and creativity in our industry. We reached out to some of our favorite manufacturers to learn more about why their custom capabilities are a great resource for the design community. And in the past, working with a custom manufacturer has been intimidating, time consuming and expensive.

Manufacturing

All Work

JULY 24, 2024

Upcycling and sustainable furniture manufacturing can mitigate the significant landfill waste and carbon emissions from discarded office furniture. This strategy also eliminates the need for extensive transportation and production associated with manufacturing new furniture, further reducing carbon emissions.

Manufacturing

All Work

JUNE 12, 2024

Designers encourage product manufacturers to include recycled content, lower VOCs, streamline manufacturing processes and track embodied carbon. The Carbon Leadership Forum defines embodied carbon as “greenhouse gas emissions arising from the manufacturing, transportation, installation, maintenance and disposal of building materials.”

Manufacturing

All Work

JUNE 17, 2022

Every June the historic merchandise mart opens its doors to designers, architects, manufactures, workplace consumers and influencers. Furniture manufacturers large and small have set out to try to answer really big questions: Who’s coming back to the office? What are they expecting when they get there?

Manufacturing

Success

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Creativity, it seems, blesses only a few. This is the basis for creativity—linking seemingly unrelated ideas, concepts or thoughts,” Ramachandran says. Gerard Puccio, department chair and professor at the International Center for Studies in Creativity at Buffalo State College in New York, says creativity is a survival skill.

Creativity

The Receptionist

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

percent: millions of people lost their jobs, countless businesses closed their doors, and supply chain disruptions caused havoc for manufacturers and consumers alike. Note: it wouldn’t hurt to get a little more creative with the names of these major economic events.) In just one year, the economy shrank by 3.5

Healthcare

All Work

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Another important factor to think about is that many manufacturers across the globe are still relying on inequitable labor practices.”. Another important factor to think about is that many manufacturers across the globe are still relying on inequitable labor practices. This is something that can be challenging to record and measure.

Manufacturing

All Work

JUNE 2, 2024

What will it mean to be part of a multi-disciplinary practice or an ecosystem of manufacturers? New Tech Now Embracing emerging tech is an important subtopic as the industry navigates how AI and a burgeoning category of other tech tools can enhance creativity. What new disciplines will be defined by new ways of practicing?

Technology

Workplace Insight

AUGUST 20, 2024

When automation began infiltrating manufacturing in the 19th century, there was widespread fear that it would render human labour obsolete. Generative AI, with its staggering potential to revolutionise creative workflows, is the latest disruptor in our modern world.

Creativity

All Work

MARCH 6, 2024

Offices date back hundreds of years and were made for writers, record-keepers, and scribes who needed a place away from the noise and dirt of shop floor manufacturing. Let’s consider micro-level responses as well, and deconstruct the office to create greater value within its resources.

Office Layout

McKensey

MARCH 5, 2024

Generative AI tools can shorten physical product design life cycles significantly and spark innovation, but the knowledge and discretion of design experts are necessary to mitigate potential pitfalls.

Creativity

All Work

APRIL 8, 2021

In fact, we have already seen a handful of office furniture manufacturers pivot to direct-to-consumer marketplaces. Ensuring this science is represented in new design strategies poses a great opportunity to increase employee engagement and enhance creativity at a time when people need it most. 1900 K Street Repositioning.

Flexibility

All Work

AUGUST 26, 2021

Work Design Magazine advocates for innovation and creativity in our industry. We reached out to some of our favorite manufacturers to learn more about why their custom capabilities are a great resource for the design community. And in the past, working with a custom manufacturer has been intimidating, time consuming and expensive.

Manufacturing

McKensey

APRIL 9, 2024

US manufacturing and construction face a hiring crunch for skilled workers such as carpenters, electricians, welders, and plumbers. A few creative actions can help overcome gaps and boost performance.

Manufacturing

Office Snapshots

APRIL 9, 2024

mHUB is the nation’s leading hardtech and manufacturing innovation center. The nonprofit organization offers membership options, runs accelerator programs, and provides research and development services to ensure the manufacturing industry continues to accelerate, grow, and thrive.

Manufacturing

All Work

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Will the manufacturer recycle it for you when you no longer need it, for instance? View this post on Instagram A post shared by Creative Works (@creativeworks.space). .” There’s no reason why developers can’t reuse and recycle Cat A design materials, argued Fawzy. Designing a sustainable WFH experience.

Construction

Office Snapshots

JANUARY 17, 2024

Initially the brief was very traditional in scope, but through a collaborative approach with the client, Habit Action were able to present ideas and creative solutions to transform their space from being just an office, to a beautiful people-centric hub for staff and clients alike.

Manufacturing

Workplace Insight

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Like all Bisley products, Outline is manufactured at the company’s factory in Newport, South Wales. Its frames work to meet individual needs, encouraging productivity to flourish in a creative and adaptable workspace. In addition, over 50 fabric finishes from the Camira Blazer range are available for the optional fabric back panels.

Manufacturing

Office Snapshots

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The showroom features a variety of ancillary furniture groupings, showcasing the diverse range of products and manufacturers represented by Prevolv. Additionally, the showroom furniture serves as dynamic collaboration space for Prevolv employees, fostering daily interaction and creativity.

Manufacturing

Office Snapshots

JULY 22, 2024

Great design requires inspiration, challenges, creativity, and dedication to the craft. Strong use of natural walnut and real stone provides a classic appeal while curved-glass technologies by DIRTT showcased modern manufacturing capabilities. Our design team responded with a mix of retro, modern, and some serious fun.

Manufacturing

Success

JUNE 4, 2022

He has been involved in more than 100 experiments and studies assessing group creativity and group decision-making. Creativity is a “scare word,” cautions Rockey. When people hear the word creativity , they think of the arts and entertainment,” he says, but invention requires scientific and engineering creativity.

Creativity