#Health

Doing Poorly at Work? It May Be the Air

What’s the atmosphere like at your job? We’re not talking about the mood among your workmates, but the literal concentration of CO2 and ...

#interview

Silence in an Office Wouldn’t Be Good

Hearing is, of course, one of our basic senses. And well-adjusted acoustics are among the most frequently mentioned parameters for a good work environment. So we’ve chatted up Iveta Králová from Saint-Gobain Ecophon regarding both noise and silence in offices… and even the acoustics of company toilets.

#Architecture

These Award-winning Offices Teleport You to a Seaport

Hurry up! In a moment we’ll be sailing out for a cruise around the working spaces of SinnerSchrader, a digital agency in Prague’s Vysočany district. These offices, built where the former Institute for Motor Vehicle Research once stood, have won two prestigious awards in recent weeks.

#Reception

Goodbye Card Scans, Hello Vein Scans

Forget about those old-school plastic workplace entry cards! At its headquarters in Prague’s Radlice district, the bank ČSOB is now using biometric data in their place. They’re identifying employees based on fingerprints or blood-vessel scans. In the past, they also tested the use of face-recognition cameras.