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I’m lucky enough to have the opportunity through my work to visit many of the new offices which have been built in Christchurch city, post 2011 earthquakes. Some businesses are only now moving back into the city centre as the new buildings start to take shape and are fitted out. So what’s my opinion of ...

Moving or renovating your offices is a massive task that can often seem like an unwelcome hassle. When done thoughtfully however, it provides a great opportunity to get your team working even better together. I’ve noticed that when I visit businesses that have renovated or relocated to a new office, that the move has usually ...

I was delighted to be asked earlier this month by a local legal firm to go and check the lighting in their new building in the Christchurch CBD. They have chosen rails of lighting in part and wanted to make sure that the rails themselves were in the right position to provide enough light before putting peoples’ desks ...

One of the challenges I am seeing with the many offices relocating back into central Christchurch as the new city centre develops post quake, is that the buildings are going up, the floors are all completed, lifts look nice and shiny, the reception area is ready for the first clients to arrive, but behind the ...

Hot desking has been a hot topic in office design and use conversations for me lately, partly in conjunction with “Activity Based Working” (which I have previously written about in my recent Canterbury Today article ‘A New Way of Working’ which looks at the benefits of ergonomic person-centred workspaces) but also, as it is viewed ...

As someone who spends much of my time seeking creative solutions to problems, there’s something very pleasing about discovering an innovative idea that not only works, but one whose inspiration came from some local Kiwi ingenuity. When I was up in Wellington for an HASANZ meeting last week, I took the opportunity to call in ...

Earlier this year I was fortunate enough to catch up with time management and productivity guru Robyn Pearce.  Robyn has been specialising in workplace productivity for more than 20 years and having seen various pieces she’s written during this time, I knew that should we ever cross paths, we would have much in common. When ...