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Maria Tunberg
Chef Strategisk forskning och affärsutveckling
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Workplaces
Many workplaces are still designed for a way of working that no longer reflects today’s cognitive demands, hybrid realities, or wellbeing expectations. RISE applies neuroscience and behavioural insights to help organisations design environments that enable focus, wellbeing, and sustainable performance.
Why today’s workplaces no longer support how we work
Modern organisations are navigating a landscape where cognitive demands are rising, hybrid work is reshaping expectations, and employee wellbeing is directly tied to productivity. Yet many workplaces are still built on outdated assumptions about how people think, collaborate, and recover during the workday.
When environments create constant interruptions, sensory strain, or unclear spatial logic, they quietly drain energy and reduce the capacity for deep work. Over time, this leads to disengagement, higher absenteeism, and workplaces that struggle to support the very performance they are meant to enable.
Our approach
RISE helps organisations understand these challenges through a scientific lens. By combining neuroscience, behavioural insights, and environmental analysis, we reveal how the physical workspace influences focus, stress, collaboration, and decision‑making. The result is a clearer foundation for designing environments that genuinely support people and the organisation as a whole.
What we offer
- Cognitive‑load mapping to identify friction points that undermine focus and energy.
- Environmental stress audits using behavioural data, sensory analysis, and mobile eye‑tracking.
- Design guidelines for high‑performance work environments, covering zoning, acoustics, lighting, and restorative micro‑spaces.
- Evidence‑based strategies to reduce absenteeism and strengthen engagement through healthier spatial conditions.
How we work
We study the everyday dynamics of work, focus patterns, collaboration flows, sensory demands, to understand how the environment supports or hinders performance. The findings become practical tools that help organisations target improvements where they will have the strongest effect.
RISE applies a cognitive‑science‑driven approach to workplace transformation. By grounding decisions in evidence about attention, energy, and emotional load, we help organisations design environments that support clarity, wellbeing, and sustainable performance.
We invite you to discuss your current workplace challenges so we can pinpoint where scientific evidence can support clearer thinking, healthier teams, and more effective organisational environments.
