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In the Face of the Coronavirus, Workplace Wellness is Key

2020-03-13T09:10:00-04:00

By Janet Pogue McLaurin and Tama Duffy Day of Gensler
Originally published to Gensler's Dialogue Blog

As companies are faced with another global health crisis, they are shifting into emergency preparedness mode to protect their most important assets: their people. While much remains unknown about the new coronavirus, which causes the disease known as COVID-19, as we work to control the spread, analysts predict major implications for the global economy, supply chains, and businesses around the world.

Public officials advise the best line of defense is implementing health and safety precautions to prevent the spread of disease, particularly in the workplace, where people spend the majority of their workweek indoors. In an increasingly connected and mobile world, employers must also develop a clear and coordinated emergency response plan that protects their employees while maintaining effective levels of productivity.

"Work on Work" exhibition turns public space into office space

2015-07-31T11:55:00-04:00

If the current exhibition at Los Angeles’ Architecture + Design Museum was titled by a sarcastic person, it would be called "Work/Life Balance: Pshaw!" As it is, the infographic-laden collection of vinyl banners loosely mounted to stacks of brown boxes, co-organized by Gensler and UCLA’s cityLAB, is called "Work on Work", and it is both the history of and the proposed future for society's daily grind. And man, what a grind it is.

A Studio of 4,500: Inside Gensler's Culture

2015-07-10T12:22:00-04:00

The sun never sets on Gensler. One can visit their website and watch in real time as the bell curve of night fails to shadow all 46 of their office locations. Founded in 1965 by M. Arthur J. Gensler Jr., the firm has grown to employ over 4,500 people in 16 different countries. It’s the kind of sprawling, vast enterprise that draws more analogies to historic tea companies than design firms. How can an architecture firm of this size maintain a unified studio culture? Or should it?