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Here is where we share the latest information on workplace research, insights and trends on how people work and how creating great space can make a difference.

Steelcase 360 Magazine

Sharing our knowledge and insights.
Read more 360 articles on issues impacting organization's today. We found that the best way to learn about the workplace is to study the ways people really work. Nothing is more interesting to us than digging deep and trying to figure out how space can make the work experience great.

Latest Issue

360 Issue 65: Culture Code
Global integration is a strategic business goal in today's interconnected and interdependent economy. The workplace is an underutilized asset that organizations can leverage to accelerate the complex process of integration. Read the full article.

Past Issues

360 Issue 64: Future Focused
In a challenging, complex and competitive environment, business leaders everywhere are united by a common desire: to anticipate
the future and act on it now. Read the full issue.

360 Issue 63: The Next Office: Why CEOs are Paying Attention
Executives everywhere are being asked to deliver higher performance from every company asset. Yet they often overlook an asset that’s both highly leverageable and pivotal to the organization’s success: the office. Read the full issue.

360 Issue 62 : Is Your Workplace Ready?
Business is increasingly a team sport that leverages technology to cross borders and time zones. Work is more interconnected and more complex than ever. Read the full issue.
360 Issue 61 : Leveraging Complexity
Business is a whole new deal. Compared to pre-recession days, we’re moving around more, using more technology, even working more hours. Teams are more distributed but also more interconnected. Read the full issue.
360 Issue 60 : Rethinking Higher Education Spaces
As colleges look to deal with new teaching methods, changing technology, and a new generation of students, space plays a key role in higher education. Read the full issue.
360 Issue 59 : Harder Working Spaces | The workplace just got smarter
People are working harder than ever. So should their space. See how leading companies are reducing real estate, building brand, fostering collaboration, and engaging employees. Read the full issue.

Steelcase Design Center

Whether you need application ideas to speed up the programming process or are looking for the latest workplace research, the Design Center is your resource for help.
Check out the tools and information we have available, or contact your A&D Consultant for help.

Industry Articles & White Papers

Industries : Corporate | Education | Healthcare | Legal | Technology

Corporate

Cubicle Couches and Other Hot Trends in Workplace Design | Article Workspaces have a lot of problems. And as just as they seem to be fixed, new ones emerge with alacrity, ranging in severity from microwave popcorn smell sensitivity to the real challenge of how best to cultivate creative collaboration. .... Read full article.

New-Gen workers in India & China: Reshaping Their Workplaces & the World | White Paper As residents of the world’s hottest centers of economic growth, young people in India and China are breaking new ground while surrounded by traditions.... Read full paper.

Brand, Culture and the Workplace | White Papers
Which comes first — the culture or the brand? Steelcase WorkSpace Futures In today’s hyper-connected, ever- flattening world, it’s almost become a question not worth asking.... Read full paper.
How the Workplace Can Improve Collaboration | White Papers
Converging spatial, social and informational trends are creating demand for workplaces that support new patterns of collaboration. Steelcase WorkSpace Futures Converging spatial, social and informational trends are creating demand for workplaces that support new patterns of collaboration.... Read full paper.
Benching: An Idea Whose Time Has Come... Again | White Papers
The workbench is being reinvented, and it’s not “one-size-fits-all.” Understanding worker needs is key to creating the right bench solution. The workbench is an enduring workplace tradition, for many good reasons.... Read full paper.
The Enterprising Private Office | White Papers
Private offices have changed little over the last century. Four walls, a double ped desk and credenza, a desk chair and a guest chair or two. Yet while the private office has been fixed in place, most everything.… Read full paper.
How the Workplace Fosters Innovation | White Papers
Nearly everyone agrees that innovation is the way to supercharge an organization to growth. The right workspaces can help make it happen. Steelcase WorkSpace Futures Innovation is the “secret sauce” of business success, according to Harvard Business Review…. Read full paper.
Emerging Work Strategies | White Papers How Emerging Work Strategies are Changing the Workplace Telecommuting was just the beginning Alternative work strategies, which break the paradigm of an assigned office space for every worker, have been around since at least the early 1990s. For most companies, alternative…Read full paper.
True Value of Space | White Papers When calculating the value of office space many organizations are taking into account not only first and life-cycle costs, but also the business results, like how much time is saved having access to the right tools, worker satisfaction…. Read full paper.

Education

Steelcase Education Solutions Showcase New Active Learning Solutions at NECON 2012 | Press Release
Steelcase Education Solutions launches a first-of-its-kind table-based collection of classroom furniture, Verb, and enhances its award-winning active learning chair, Node—all to keep students and teachers collaborating and engaged...Read full release.

A New Learning Curve | Steelcase 360 Featured Article
Ideas on planning and designing learning spaces from Lennie Scott-Webber, Ph.D., Director of Education Environments for Steelcase Education Solutions... Read full article.

Healthcare

Nurture by Steelcase Now Featured on Attainia's Equipment Planning Portal | Article
Nurture by Steelcase has reached an agreement with Attainia that makes information on Nurture’s catalog of healthcare environment solutions available on Attainia's company website. Attainia hosts an industry-leading online showcase for capital equipment, including furniture...Read full article.

Nurture by Steelcase Offers Attendees a 'Different' NEOCON Experience with 'Ask.Innovate' | Press Release
Nurture is striving to create intimate, meaningful interactions with fellow healthcare devotees by engaging naturally inquisitive NeoCon attendees with thought provoking and evocative questions around the future...Read full release.

Sustainability Spotlight | Steelcase 360 Research
A look at people and organizations that are making the world better for us all. Containers 2 Clinics - A nonprofit established in 2008 that converts shipping containers into health clinics to bring high-quality primary healthcare to women and children in developing countries....Read full article.

Legal

A New Legal Brief | Steelcase 360 White Paper
As the legal industry evolves, its work environments require new approaches. by Steelcase WorkSpace Futures, in conjunction with Steelcase wood As a nation of laws, the U.S. has always depended on its lawyers. But today the legal industry…
Read full paper.

Technology

Libraries without books!?| Steelcase 360 Featured Article
It was a quiet milestone two years ago when the University of Michigan announced its millionth book online, part of a joint effort of 30 university libraries. any attention this landmark received was overshadowed by concerns of copyright…Read full article.

Sustainability

Steelcase Perspective on Sustainability

Whether you have just begun to explore ways to protect the environment through green product choices, or are pursuing LEED certification for your facility, Red Thread brings the necessary product portfolio and experience. Working with you and your design team, we can help you achieve your green goals.

At Steelcase we embrace our responsibility to care for our planet and its people. As we continue to study, learn and share insights, our commitments and accountabilities continue to grow in measurable and meaningful ways.

All of this leads us to deliver innovative products and increased value to our customers and stakeholders. Learn More.

Sustainability WhitePapers & Articles

Sustainability Comes of Age: White Paper
What got us thinking… Environmental sustainability is important. Practically everyone agrees with that, despite varying levels of understanding about environmental issues and different levels of commitment to them. The larger issue is how to define sustainability. The word…Read full paper.

The Designer’s Role in Sustainability: White Paper
Interior design doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It is an integral part of any building construction or renovation project. Building interiors are fitted with materials, products and systems from a network of raw materials that stretches around the…Read full article.

Product Environmental Profiles

Click here to find Product Environmental Profiles and certificates for Cradle to Cradle, Level and SCS Indoor Advantage certified products.

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