One of the best times to give gifts to your coworkers is during the holiday season. You can gift your coworker a cubicle gadget that matches their job. In addition to being aesthetically pleasing and attractive, these gadgets create a positive and uplifting feeling in your coworkers. For example, you can choose relaxing or entertaining Read More
An Alternative Office Meeting: The Focal Upright (video) Focal Upright is another answer to the ‘sitting disease’. If you haven’t heard yet, sitting is killing us quickly so companies are coming up with sitting alternatives such as standing desks, sit-to-stand desk and treadmill desks. Focal Upright furniture was founded by Martin Keen, of Keen Shoes fame. Read More
ROSI Office Systems November 20 Newsletter Inside the November 20th ROSI Office Systems Office newsletter you’ll find: Sound Masking. What is it? Technology Misconceptions Area business news including Houston Office news, Austin Office news and San Antonio Office news Find out all you need to know this week at the office. Visit http://bit.ly/1xudDsA John OfieldJohn Ofield Read More
Tesla Factory Upgrade (video) Tesla just posted a one-minute time-lapse video that will have a wide appeal in the land of engineers, also known as Southeast, Texas. It takes us through their recent factory upgrade to allow Tesla to increase production from 22,000 cars to 35,000. http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/factory-upgrade Here is what was accomplished during the Tesla factory upgrade: Upgraded Read More
What Is Sound Masking? Office trends and buzz words come and go. Changes in the type of work we do, changes in the culture of our employees and changes in our technology environment constantly drives us to a new “latest thing”. Occasionally one comes along that is more than a passing fad and deserves to Read More
Office Space: Which Is Cooler? Since it was announced that Uber and Lyft will be staying in Houston and even picking up airport passengers, this post seemed fun and appropriate. Both companies are headquartered in San Francisco, but their office space style and design is quite divergent. Check out the photos from Inc.com and decide Read More
Are Your Cubicles In San Antonio Still Working? According to the San Antonio Business Journal, office space activity has increased by 2.1 million square feet. About one-third of the increase can be attributed to the insurance industry, with 21% percent associated with the energy industry. The energy increase is due to the Eagle Ford Shale Read More
Planning Your Office Space? Don’t Forget The Break Room Design You don’t often hear facilities managers or space planners discussing the merits of a well-designed break room. That doesn’t mean the often-overlooked break room design office feature should be ignored. What better way to show your employees they are valued than providing a welcoming and Read More
Improve the culture of health and collaboration at your office space with these unusual desk options.
Checkout the tall buildings currently taking shape in the Houston area.
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A DESIGN studio in the Netherlands has found an imaginative way to encourage its employees to maintain a healthy work-life balance — at 6pm their desks simply disappear.
The founder of a co-working space reveals the hidden benefits that come from regularly mixing up its composition and flow.
Forget all the crazy offices designed to make employees more creative. In reality, you only need a few simple things for everyone to get the most out…
Researchers and companies are bringing movement back into the office with treadmill desks, walking meetings and games. Employees say it has helped them lose weight. (If this is the future of office furniture, I’m in!
Does how and where you work affect privacy and communication? As anyone who’s worked in a cubicle or a corner office can attest, it’s an obvious question. And yet, the answer isn’t as straight forward.
With the abundance of products labeled “ergonomic” on the market today, how do you tell if it is a passing fad or if the product is truly ergonomic? Humantec…
Silicon Valley’s tech giants have nothing on some of Houston’s workplaces. The Houston Business Journal asked readers to send photos of where they work and here are a few they highlighted.
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Great work place designs are indeed attracting some top-flight talent from places like Silicon Valley. It seems in the companies best interest to not only give higher salaries to attract talent, but it also should motivate them to create top-notch surroundings.
When we talk about office ergonomics, most people tend to think primarily of their chairs or keyboards, but there are many other components to your workstati…
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Video makes a great point that we need to also think of “office ergonomics” in terms of computer screens, phones, along with chairs and desks. Simple explanations in the video can some highlight some overlooked items at our work stations!
DIY Office cubicle decorating ideas.
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Some great ideas (and some questionable) on decorating cubicles. The palm tree and island themes are certainly some of the more original designs!
