Evidence
At Together Architecture, we have an evidence-based approach to our work. This means that we constantly keep up-to-date on knowledge within our field of behavioral architecture. We have collected all our knowledge in one place, so that you can learn much more about how behavior and architecture are connected.
Interview with Stine McBean Larsen
Stine McBean Larsen is Senior HR Development Consultant for the Heart Association and has played a decisive role in driving the transformation of the physical working environment so that it reflects the organization's values and its employees. Together Architecture has helped the organization to achieve the need for flexibility, community and a healthier working life. On the occasion of the completion of the project, we have had a chat with Stine about the Heart Association's working life experiments, as well as what thoughts preceded the project. What
Interview with Pernille Garde Abildgaard
At Together Architecture, we work with how companies can optimize their square meters to create the best framework for productivity, social relationships and mental well-being. But we are also interested in how working hours and structures affect companies. That is why we have had the pleasure of speaking with Pernille Garde Abildgaard, who is an author, lecturer and adviser to companies and organizations in the implementation of a four-day working week. We have taken
Random meetings increase the power of innovation
The most creative idea does not necessarily arise at your desk – but rather in a casual conversation with an acquaintance, colleague or stranger. In the research article 'Workspaces That Moves People' by Ben Waber, Jennifer Magnolfi and Greg Lindsay, it is argued that face-to-face interaction is one of the most important activities in an office - and there is a very special reason for that. It is because of the random conversation between
Back to the community
It was not long ago that the last corona restrictions were lifted. Now everything is little by little back to the normal that we once knew - but something has changed. For some, the restrictions meant more peace, while for others it was a deprivation of social life and the community. With repatriation and hybrid work, our way of thinking about work, community and social gatherings was changed. During the crisis, we kept our distance, both
Can you change your habits?
In the article 'To Change a Habit, Get Extreme. Progressively', Nir Eyal gives a good method of how to break with bad, old habits and build new, good habits. The method can be used by large organizations as well as on an individual level. Building a New Habit An easy way to build a new habit is by coding this new habit together with an existing habit. Eyal gives the example,
Do you work with hybrid?
The hybrid working life takes up more and more space in the debate about the working life of the future. Hybrid means crossing and alludes to the fact that many employees are offered the opportunity to both work from home and from the company's offices. Few people believe that the hybrid will disappear again. This means that we have to learn more and more about what works best to ensure the greatest well-being of the employees. The article 'What Great Hybrid Cultures Do Differently' from Harvard Business Review
New requirements for the labor market
Millennials, the term for people born from 1981 to 1996, are expected to make up as much as 75% of the global workforce in 2025. But with new generations also come new demands. Both Millennials and their successors, Generation Z, differ from their predecessors. They think differently and approach work with a different set of values than previous generations have. For the new generations, it is highly valued that work,