Issue 15 addresses a perennial question: How important is workplace quality? The short answer is that it correlates strongly with business success. That’s the gist of Gensler’s latest US Workplace Survey: top-ranked companies across the economy place value in their work settings, and the resulting workplace quality pays off for them in higher workforce satisfaction and effectiveness.

Issue 14 considers the range of urban conditions posed by the world's cities, and the strategies of development and redevelopment that are appropriate to their challenges. Interviews with Sir Peter Hall and the Brooking Institution's Christopher Leinberger and Alan Berube discuss the prognosis for the modern metropolis in the coming decades.

Issue 13 looks at how the global distribution of work impacts workforce performance, including the crucial need to innovate, and how workplace strategy and design can support both in an era when geography impedes mentoring and teaming. An interview with John Seely Brown discusses the new competitive climate of international business.