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A managerial fad for some, a major trend for others, well-being at work is a strong aspiration to which a growing number of companies are trying to respond. Two HRM researchers - Jordane Creusier from the Université du Littoral and Franck Biétry from the University of Caen - developed a statistically valid measurement scale which they then used in several international studies. In total, more than 3,400 employees in France, the United States and Japan have agreed to participate. The cumulative results show that the enthusiasm and optimism of the United States continues. They are clearly the happiest at work.

The question we have been exposed to lately is: "Will there be a post-Covid in terms of work environments and is this a real revolution or a simple adaptation?" ".

The forward-looking demands of our clients commit us to seriously consider this subject which, in addition to a challenge for all of our businesses, represents a new business opportunity.

The idea of ​​more meaningful teleworking is gaining ground. There are many lines of thought, sometimes contradictory, on the merits of this alternative. How can these two working methods coexist without harming performance? Do we need more flex office and less real estate? How to animate the collective from a distance? How to properly coach and track results? How to preserve the notion of the team itself and its territory?

Article published in In Interiors

More than ever, environmental quality contributes to the promotion of any real estate project. As the need for more virtuous square meters arises, Kardham is accelerating the development of its sustainable development consultancy activity. Interview with Frédéric Maillet, director of the Consulting department.

Work is a rhythmic object with a beginning and an end. These boundaries are porous: there are times when we are only working and when we are trying to concentrate; times when we work while interrupting ourselves to deal with other matters, sometimes personal; times when we are not in a work situation while responding to professional demands; and, finally, so-called private time. In the latter, any professional solicitation is potentially experienced as an intrusion. We then find the proxemic logics of Edward T. Hall, with the necessary bubble protecting privacy.

2 words, 10 letters: it has become one of the most famous terms of the COVID-19 pandemic and one of its most salient facts. Overnight, millions of employees found themselves "home office" and never would this situation have occurred on such a scale without confinement. According to an OpinionWay-Square Management survey for Les Echos, nearly a third of workers have tested teleworking during the two months of confinement and 40% wish to repeat the experience on an ad hoc basis post-confinement. It didn't take much for the media to catch on to this revolution in the way people think about work. Really ? On closer inspection, the crisis has above all been an accelerator of already emerging pre-crisis trends, revealing the need to design more agile, safer working environments and resolutely oriented towards the needs of their users. In other words, revealing three essential foundations of smart building, and so many opportunities to seize them for the entire industry.

Interview with Chantal Aïra-Crouan on Radio Immo about the hybridization of uses, the inside / outside trend, the building and city interconnection, new materials and construction methods, innovation and R&D at Kardham.