We've got through the four day week – and it's already time for the weekend again!

Here are some of the articles we've enjoyed this week – let us know what you've been reading and what you think in the comments below.

Optimising your office

– 3 trends from the leading edge of workplace design (Entrepeneur)

– When all's not quiet on the office front, everyone suffers (TLNT)

– Almost half of staff hear discrimatory comments every week (People Management)

Reward & Recruitment

– The future of recruitment (Hays)

– The LinkedIn for women who have taken a career break (Fast Company)

– The 10 highest paying organisations in the UK (Employee Benefits)

Improving HR 

– The future of work is human (Change Effect)

– Slow progress to narrow Europe's gender pay gap (CIPD)

– Time for HR to get our heads in the cloud (Diginomica)

Creativity & Culture

– If you want happy workers, stop treating them like children (Quartz)

– Why everybody respects professional, but nobody likes corporate (Entrepeneur)

– Why we need creative confidence (TED)