Smart and connected work environments perform harder for organizations compared to traditional workspaces. Walls are no longer just space dividers. They can embed technology, lighting and other work tools to ramp up collaboration and leverage more vertical real estate.
After a long day at work, a pet is always there to greet you. They are our loyal companions, stress relievers and entertainers. This year we are dedicating time, resources and love to the animals in our lives and community.
Are you an educator or know someone who is? For the third year, Steelcase Education is awarding up to fifteen schools grants valued at $65,000 (grades 6 – 12, colleges and universities) to create active learning centers. Steelcase has partnered with educators to rethink today’s classrooms to make them more engaging, flexible and innovative.
Winter is in full swing and that means ice melts or “de-icers” are being deposited on roads and sidewalks. These melting compounds can wreak havoc on your carpet and other flooring in vestibules and entryways. Over time, soils can build up and get trapped.
Wow! Our team members across all five locations went above and beyond, donating and volunteering their time to the causes and organizations that speak to them. From their efforts, NBS surpassed our initial 700-hour goal with a new total of 825 hours, and that number is still growing!
Being mindful isn’t easy unless you have goals and plans set in place. Here are some daily activities I tried and could help you in setting up a mindfulness routine.
We did it! We reached our 4.0 Volunteer Challenge company goal of volunteering 700 hours in 2016! September and October were big months for us and many of our team members took part in group organized volunteer activities. In September, our Audiovisual Solutions team donated their time to the Troy Family Daze community event.
When’s the last time you upgraded your workspace? If you’d like to give your current Answer Panel System a functional boost, and at the same time make your office a more interesting place to work, then check out these three brilliant ideas.
Don’t you love a neighborhood block party? It’s a time when your community can come together to connect and socialize. We have taken this concept and turned it into our own weekly gathering! Our Troy team members are actually organized into “neighborhoods” depending on the market they support.
In a professional world where “open plan”, “collaboration” and “flexible worker” are increasingly being talked about, people cannot forget the need for privacy. As many of us are becoming more mobile, in and out of meetings all day, being disrupted by a variety of things, we strive for private time to get work done.
Last week, our showroom was bustling with over 250 guests experiencing the latest in commercial furniture, floorcovering, textiles, AV and construction products. Our annual [re]ocon event brings the best of NeoCon and InfoComm to our clients and industry peers. The all-day event incorporated our 40th anniversary with Steelcase and featured throwback music, food and decor.
We are excited to share that our team is halfway to achieving our 4.0 Challenge Volunteering goal! Across all of our locations, team members are continuing to commit their time to a variety of causes including hunger, youth, housing and community outreach.
Organizations today work differently, move faster, adapt more quickly. So how can work environments keep pace? With demountable, or modular wall systems, a workplace can be more flexible. Demountable walls can be reconfigured to expand, contract or rearrange a floor plan in ways that traditional framed walls cannot match.
Last Saturday, on a cool summer morning, our team members and NBS truck were ready and waiting to collect food and donations for Gleaner’s Fill the Fridge mission. We are excited to share that our Troy food drive was a success! Thank you to everyone who donated and participated.
With summer vacation upon us, nearly 300,000 children who rely on free or reduced-fee meals from their school may be going home to an empty fridge. To support Gleaner’s fill the fridge campaign, NBS will be hosting a food drive in our Troy front parking lot on Saturday, July 16th.
All eyes were on Chicago this month for NeoCon, a creative hub for innovation and inspiration. So what’s the latest? Here’s a quick take on some trending ideas from our vendor partner Steelcase.
NeoCon 2016 was filled with color and comfort this year! Stepping into the Chicago Merchandise Mart, there was an air of fun, informal and retro flair to the showroom exhibits. Warm wood tones, copper, and succulents galore created a throwback experience.
You might think that the above photo was completely staged. You might even think that it took a lot of planning and coordination, but the truth is actually much simpler.
If you work in an office today, it might not come as a surprise that the office of the future is still some ways off. Steelcase embarked on an unprecedented global study, partnering with IPSOS, to see how space correlates with employee engagement, and how workers are really working all over the globe.
Since launching our 4.0 Volunteer Challenge two months ago, NBS team members have put in over 95 hours of volunteer time! We are at 13% of our 700-hour goal, and there are many opportunities to give back on the horizon.
The best flooring ideas match durability and convenience with beautiful design. Case in point – the floating floor. Laid directly over an existing floor without any adhesive, installation requires virtually no prep work — even for minor imperfections in the old floor.
Back in the early 1980’s, myself, the owner of our Steelcase dealership at the time, and a Steelcase sales rep were all in Houston, TX for a sales presentation at the Steelcase showroom. I remember preparing the night before in the hotel room for our sales pitch to Ford Aerospace.
Businesses today want to be more innovative and collaborative, but what does that mean and how is it achieved? Integrating technology into a collaborative workspace has become far more complex than just plugging into a projector.
Spring is in the air, and winter is probably still on your windows. It’s unavoidable. The weather, parking lots, roads and traffic, even coworkers, can all contribute to the soot, smudges and smears that appear on most glass surfaces.
