Posts by Jodi Williams

Wokplace Trends Blog 2019

2019 Trends in the Workplace

Businesses evolve so that they can serve their customers and stay competitive in their markets. But to do so, they need to recruit and retain top talent. Using data-driven insights, CallisonRTKL works with clients to create offices that offer compelling employee experiences. Our annual trends report focuses on the human side of workplace design. From […]

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BOMA 2017: Co-working, Big Data and Happier Tenants

This June, CRTKL’s Jodi Williams and Jeanne Wood presented at the Building Owners and Managers Association International Conference and Expo. Here are some of the takeaways from their experience. Presenting our research on the workplace of the future at BOMA 2017 was an incredible experience that was only made exponentially more enriching by the other […]

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Tesla: How a Super-Fly Car Can Change the World

The 2016 CallisonRTKL Design Conference took place September 19-22 in New York City. “Excelsior”—New York’s state motto, which means “ever upwards”—was the theme of this year’s event, which brought together 18 up-and-coming designers from each of the firm’s global offices for two days of professional development, team-building and design inspiration. This post is the first […]

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Change Management for the Built Environment: Tips for Communication

Every workplace change, whether it be a completely new office building or simply a change in the way meeting spaces are used or reserved, can cause anxiety to the employee base. Many projects fail not because they were poorly planned or executed, but because employees are resistant to the change. There is a direct correlation […]

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Change Management for the Built Environment: Making the Case for Change

Change management and employee engagement are extremely topical as we discussed in the Top Workplace Trends for 2014, but what exactly does “change management” mean? Per the Association of Change Management Professionals, change management is “a deliberate set of activities that facilitate and support the success of individual and organizational change and the realization of […]

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Generations (Still) at Work

I know this isn’t “new” news, but it’s always a fun topic to revisit: the impact of many generations working together in one place…and what that means for workplace design. Employees come with a wide range of backgrounds: Ethnically diverse Greater gender equality Wider age range Varying job types and work styles Today, there are […]

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