Windows (Image Gallery: Best and Worst Workplace Design)The UK seems to have it right after all!My new company is about to have a new building built and as I had been asked to input into the design requirements I went into this article hoping for lots of ideas. Having...
Randall Spivey Executive Director, Center for Personal Protection & Safety School and workplace shootings are becoming more frequent. According to Randall Spivey, creator of the Shots Fired: When Lightning Strikes training program, there are ways that both individuals and organizations can increase the chances for survival in the...
One former BP employee Critics detect a pattern in BP's recent woes "WHAT BP experienced was a perfect storm where ageing infrastructure, overzealous cost-cutting, inadequate design and risk blindness all converged. The result was the worst workplace catastrophe in...
Hadi Teherani is taking a stand for work-place design. "We spend the best hours of the day at the office," he says. "I see absolutely no reason to spend them in the worst environment." In order to avoid that scenario, Bothe Richter...
Children constitute part of the labor force in virtually every country. An estimated 246 million people between the ages of 5 and 17 work in the agricultural, industrial, and craft sectors worldwide. Approximately 180 million of these children work under the worst forms of child labor as defined by the...
Immediately after September 11, as emails zinged every which way across the country venting fears and frustrations, one of mine to a friend expressed the hope that the Twin Towers in New York would be rebuilt to even greater heights. It was a knee-jerk, "we'll-show-you" blast...
Atlanta's traffic ranks as the worst in the nation. Consequently, businesses in and around the city struggle to retain employees who face long, stressful daily commutes. In a effort to help tackle the traffic issue head-on, BellSouth Corp. created the Atlanta Metro Plan -- a $750...
How much thought do you give to job design in your firm? Beyond that, have you considered how those jobs compare to positions at similar organizations? If you've never given it a second thought, taking a step back might be enlightening, especially if you're trying to make your jobs as...
Repetitive strain injury is a "major problem" in one in three workplaces, a report said yesterday. Banking and finance workers were worst affected although half of civil service offices are also being hit, research for the TUC found. The main cause of RSI is...
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