

Research Paper: RTO Mandates are about "Power not Performance"
In this study by Yuye Ding and Mark (Shuai) Ma at the Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, the conclusion...

David George
1 min read


2024: The Challenge Facing Real Estate, FM, and Workplace Professionals
As the C-Suite attention turns from the pandemic, to sustaining revenue and profitability through an inflationary time and economic...

David George
3 min read


Navigating the Hybrid Future: Transforming Law Firm Offices for Flexibility and Collaboration
In the wake of the pandemic, law firms underwent a transformative shift in how they worked, and this is now playing out in the design of...

David George
3 min read


Successful Hybrid Working Arrangements
There are some relatively straightforward actions companies can take to help successfully embed hybrid working. Here’s just one we feel...

David George
3 min read


Office Attendance: Choose, guide or mandate?
Do you group all of your employees into one level of competency, experience, skills, productivity, outputs and pay? No, I thought not....

David George
3 min read


Happy Holidays from CRUX Workplace!
Wishing everyone a fabulous holiday!

Lauren Pollack
1 min read


The Workplace Renovation Gamble
There’s no need for gambling or leaps of faith with your real estate. Reduce risk with an "Engage them and they will come" approach.

David George
3 min read


2024: the year of the Great Real Estate Downsizing?
Let’s look at the changing needs of real estate occupiers. Office occupancy levels have, by most metrics, averaged around 50% of...

David George
5 min read


Hybrid Working: How & Why it Changes Your Office Design
What the pandemic has taught us. Allowing employees greater flexibility and choice about where and when they work, will most likely...

David George
4 min read


Hack 2: Avoid this workplace fail!
In my last post I shared a hack to improve a workplace at low or zero cost, by reducing office space to densify the occupants, improving...

David George
2 min read


Hack 1: Workplace Densification
The office feels dead, no sense of team and very few people want to come in. This is not a new challenge but I’ve seen it time and again...

David George
2 min read


The Long Game
We're seeing companies settle into a natural cadence of working this October. For some the way of working has been discussed, formalized,...

David George
2 min read


Enhance Your Tech Investment with a Human-Centered Approach
Simply because the technology can do the job or is popular doesn't guarantee user-friendliness or employees' willingness to adapt to it.

Lauren Pollack
4 min read


Still Kicking The Can?
Does any of this sound familiar? You’re seeing about 25-35% of employees using your offices, but you can spin that to say around 80% use...

David George
2 min read


It's time to move on. Office Design for Flexible Working
It really is time to put the differences of our past behind us, and focus on the future. There will always be opinions and zeitgeists at...

David George
2 min read


Strategic Uses for Sensor Data
In an age where data is more available than ever, measuring does not guarantee understanding. The path from measuring workplace usage to...

Lauren Pollack
4 min read


Is your office hybrid ready?
There seems to be a lot of hype and misunderstanding as to how create your hybrid ready office that is supportive of more flexible, or...

David George
2 min read


Myths of Engagement
Engaging with employees has gotten a bad rap. Here are the top myths about engaging employees in workplace projects.

Lauren Pollack
3 min read


Optimizing Your Workplace - Guide
Based on our methodology, we've created a downloadable guide to creating flexible offices in a hybrid world.

Lauren Pollack
1 min read


The Role of the Workplace in Burnout
Are the processes, practices, and places that served your company in the past contributing to stress in the present?

Lauren Pollack
4 min read


Real Estate - The Great Optimization!
Real estate leases expire, opportunities for optimization

David George
5 min read


Working, Together
A growing number of employees, who feel supported with autonomy and choice, feel a natural pull to work outside of their homes.

Lauren Pollack
6 min read


Flexibility vs. Flex-washing
Ensure you are supporting flexible workstyles to maximize opportunities for success with hybrid, remote, and in-person models.

Lauren Pollack
4 min read