Duke Corporate Education (DCE) is the leader in the field of custom executive education, having been named number one five straight times by Business Week and The Financial Times. And with a client list is a roster of the Fortune 500, DCE quickly grew out of their Durham...
Thanks to industry developments, we now have a wide range of lighting systems at our fingertips. In particular, the tiny size of systems such as LEDs and OLEDs allow the designer to put light wherever it is really needed and simply leave it out where it is unnecessary. This...
Sensitivity to Light Growing up, I used to tell my parents I was allergic to the sun because when suddenly exposed to bright sunlight, I start to sneeze. It turns out that I have photic sneeze reflex, also known as “sun sneezing.” It’s an obscure condition that...
The impact of the ecology of the workplace on innovation and business success is still often overlooked. As many business owners and employees end 2011 wondering what the upcoming year holds, the reality is that many staff work in an organization that is obsolete. While many...
Desso is a major carpet manufacturer, selling primarily to corporate and commercial customers in more than 100 countries. In this 2-part series, Andrew Sibley from Desso looks at how the workplace is changing. Read Part I: The "New" Work, Part I The new office...
New technologies and increasing environmental awareness contribute to exciting advances in workspace lighting. From a technical and design standpoint, the widespread introduction of LEDs into office settings provides long-awaited alternatives to standard fluorescent and...
In the 130 years since Mr. Edison’s solitary bulb of glass, wire and carbon filaments, lighting has evolved into more than a source of illumination. Almost overnight, traditional fluorescent bulbs appeared in every home and business to bathe the events of life and commerce in...
Jim Ware is a former Harvard Business School professor who has spent his entire career helping clients invent their own futures by exploring and interpreting the changing nature of work, the workforce, and the workplace. "In my experience, most organizations terribly underuse...
