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Workplace Requests: Making It Easy
I want never gets! Or at least that’s what my mum always told me... Sadly, that’s not the case when you...
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Bringing PropTech to SMEs
Earlier this month I had the pleasure of speaking at the round table for SMEs, a regular thought exchange session...
Putting the end-user first: Usability Testing
The design of a feature is a complex multifaceted process that starts from the idea and ends with the project ready to...
Spica in 2020: The Year That Changed the World
Spica Technologies has seen a lot of change over this year, globally and locally. As a business and team, we’ve grown...
Spica’s Smart Cleaning solution wins ‘Best International Impact in Services’
Spica Technologies are delighted to announce our win for ‘Best International Impact in Services’ for the 2020 Business...
Spica deliver desk booking workplace app for Mace headquarters
Collaboration with Mace demonstrates Spica Technologies' leading capability to provide cutting-edge technology...
New Feature: Categories & Taxonomy
What is a Taxonomy? A taxonomy is a classification system that we use for applying meaning and context to items...
Spica brings Desk Booking solution to the public sector with G-Cloud 12
What is G-Cloud 12? Let’s start with G-Cloud 12 and what it is. The G-Cloud framework is an initiative which the...
4 ways technology can aid your return to work strategy
The workplace will never be the same. You will have no doubt heard some variation of how employees and employers are...
Spica to deliver Workplace App solution, optimising employee experience at new Zurich HQ
Collaboration with Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) demonstrates Spica Technologies’s leading capability...
Spica’s Covid-19 Back To Work Approach
Like many of you my work of late has been focused around the changing world of work in light of the impact of COVID...
Workplace experience in a changing world
The team @ Spica Technologies have teamed up with the WORKTECH Academy to conduct research into the use and relevance...
The great big global remote workplace experiment
Roleplay at work/home/school I’ve lived with flexible working since I started my career with IBM back in 2000 (yes,...
One year on – How our Head of Service Delivery & Support has found life at Spica
Ever wondered what being a Head of Service Delivery & Support entails? I’ve spent time with Mike Hargreaves...
A day in the life of a Product Designer…
Ever wondered what a Product Designer does day to day? I’ve spent time with Olga Ciastko, following completion of her 1 year anniversary with Spica Technologies, and am excited to share some insights about her experiences over the past 12 months.
How does the usage of your Workspace compare to others?
We’ve analysed data collected from offices across the UK and Europe, monitoring desk and meeting room usage, to see...
Monitoring flexible working spaces
Flexibility and choice are two of the most popular trends we’re seeing again and again at workplace events and within...
What is ROI?
What is the ROI? Spica recently attended the WorkTech19 London event. The event was held at the Southbank Centre and...
Jargon Buster
Following on from our recent post, we have part two of our jargon buster courtesy of Paul Collins, CTO, and Ben...
Predicting Workplace Outcomes with Machine Learning
Our Platform is helping to bring the working environment into the 21st century, utilising a wide range of real-time...
The Future Workplace
I recently attended the Unwired Financial Workplace event at RBS in Bishopsgate, London. Financial Workplace19 is an...
How a Spa experience can explain what UX is all about
The User Experience (UX) is defined by its creator as: “all aspects of the end-user's interaction with the company,...
Discussing the Business Case for Productive, High Performing and Healthier Workplaces.
I was pleased to be invited to the BCO & LCMB workshop, discussing the Business Case for Productive, High...
Jargon Buster
Paul Collins, CTO, and Ben Williams, Chief engineer, break through the jargon to explain some of the common terms used...
Providing best practice guidelines for measuring temperature
In software development we use the phrase ‘Garbage in, garbage out’, we need to input quality data in order to receive...
Technology vs the Human Factor
“I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots”....