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Creating Inclusive, Flexible and Socially Connected Spaces

Workplace design is increasingly recognised as a powerful tool for shaping employee experience, wellbeing, and performance, often aligned with organisational ESG and DEI goals. While diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts typically focus on visible characteristics such as gender, age, or physical ability, a growing awareness of neurodiversity is shifting attention toward supporting “invisible diversity” in the built environment. Neurodiversity encompasses a wide sphere of diagnosable and personality differences, including autism, ADHD, dyslexia, anxiety, and traits along the introvert and extrovert spectrum. These differences should never be seen as deficits, but rather as natural variations in cognition, personality, and behaviour that influence how people perceive and interact with one another and with their surroundings. Designing with neurodiversity in mind benefits not only those who identify as neurodivergent but enhances workplace experience for everyone.

The Role of Sustainability in the Workplace

In today’s business landscape, sustainability has become a key focus for organisations aiming to reduce their environmental impact and promote long-term value. Jason Varker-Miles, Director at Aston Consulting, a leading engineering firm specialising in commercial office fitouts, recognised the growing need for clarity in this space. Having partnered with Axiom on numerous projects, he saw firsthand the increasing confusion around sustainability certifications such as Green Star, NABERS, and WELL, particularly how they relate to carbon emissions and workplace design.

Sustainability is rapidly becoming a key factor in workplace design and operations. As businesses strive to meet environmental goals and corporate responsibilities, it's essential to understand the principles of sustainability and how they apply to workplace projects. This article delves into the essential components of sustainability in workplace fitouts, the importance of certifications, and the growing impact of sustainability on the corporate landscape.

Workplace lighting design influences how we operate within a space so it's important to get it right.

Many factors influence the effectiveness of a workplace design, from ergonomics to economics, but one of the least considered components is lighting, and how it influences individual and group performance.

How does an organisation choose between a pre-fitted office or investing in a custom fitted workplace?

When moving to a new office location, organisations often grapple with a crucial decision: should they choose a space with a cold shell and invest in a custom commercial office fitout or move into a pre-fitted office? This choice isn't just about picking a space—it's about aligning your workplace environment with your business's unique needs, culture, and future growth. The article will help you navigate this decision by exploring the key aspects of both options.

What is the value of a purpose led, people centred workplace?

At the heart of every business is its people. An unhappy team of people leads to mediocre performance at work, high staff turnover and cultural issues, including lack of collaboration and innovation. If a business has ongoing problems like this, eventually the quality of services and products are affected, and this impacts the bottom line.

Being aware of these problems is one thing, but overcoming it is another. Despite their best efforts many companies are unsure how to create a workplace strategy that will improve the happiness and wellbeing of employees and in turn improve the culture and performance.

That is why this year, Axiom in conjunction with the Global Workplace Collective hosted the “Purpose Led, People Centred” events in Australia and the USA. We invited industry experts to come together and discuss their firsthand experiences and share how they solved these familiar challenges to build their own “Purpose led, People Centred" workplaces and boosted their businesses success.

The way we work has changed significantly over the past couple of years – and there’s no going back. Here’s how technology can help your organisation support the workforce of the future.

A new, hybrid way of working is having a profound impact on the role of workspaces.

“Today the workplace acts more as a connector,” says Dean Rikanovic, Workplace Interior Architect at Axiom Workplaces. “It needs to enable people to engage, exchange, share, learn. To connect with culture and the brand.”

Offices that can do this well will support hybrid work, foster social connections and enhance performance through technology – and create a happier, more productive workforce.