Top Employee Pain Points in 2026: What’s Driving the Great Rethink
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe workforce is at a tipping point. According to Gallup’s Employee Retention and Attraction Indicator…
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Office Market Split: Why Trophy Buildings Are Thriving
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhy do trophy office buildings thrive while average properties fail? The Experience Gap explains the split recovery—and how REX closes it at portfolio scale.
The Hybrid Reality Check: What 3+ Years of Data Tells Us About What’s Next
Reading Time: 3 minutesStop guessing about hybrid work. Learn how data-driven workplace optimization using occupancy, engagement, and satisfaction metrics shapes CRE strategy.
Programming to the Person: Experience Data is Key
Reading Time: 2 minutesUsing Experience Data to Tailor Tenant Offerings & Activation The old real estate playbook said: “If you build it, they will come.” The modern version? “If you personalize it, they’ll stay.” In today’s tenant-driven market, one-size-fits-all programming doesn’t cut it. Landlords and operators now have the data—and the tech—to design experiences that actually resonate. Through …
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Bridging the Home–Office Divide: How Offices Must Compete with the Comforts of Home
Reading Time: 1 minuteWhen independent workplace assessors, Leesman, surveyed hundreds of thousands of employees, one finding stood out: many believe their home environment supports work better than their office. That’s a wake-up call for commercial real estate. At home, people control their world—lighting, temperature, noise, even background music. Offices? Not so much. Leesman data consistently highlights the gaps: …
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The Value of Variety: Why Workplace Seating & Spatial Choice Boost Tenant Experience
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor decades, office design and workplace seating strategies have been driven by extremes—assigned desks for everyone, or total free-for-all hot-desking. But Leesman’s research, The Value of Variety, suggests the truth sits somewhere in between. Their data shows that workplaces offering a range of settings—private, semi-private, informal, and collaborative—score significantly higher on employee experience. The key …
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Acoustic Interventions: Reducing Workplace Noise
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Hidden Cost of Office Noise If you’ve ever tried to focus while someone nearby argues with a printer—or worse, takes a sales call on speaker—you already know: workplace noise kills productivity. Leesman’s data backs it up.* 👉 70% of employees say noise levels are important, yet only 34% are satisfied. That gap isn’t just …
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Feeding Productivity
Reading Time: 2 minutesHow Office Food & Beverage Amenities Are Elevating Workplace Experience It’s 8:52 a.m. You’ve just survived the commute, dodged a rogue breakfast burrito, and made it to your desk with seconds to spare. What’s the first thing on your mind? Coffee. Maybe a breakfast sandwich. Definitely not that sad desk salad waiting in your bag. …
Power Up Your Property
Reading Time: 2 minutesHow Energy-Boosting Offices Give CRE a Competitive Edge Tired tenants. Half-empty offices. Dwindling leases. CRE pros, we need a recharge, fast. A global workplace revolution is underway. It’s not just about desks and square footage anymore. It’s about energy. Specifically, how office design can combat fatigue, boost employee well-being, and increase tenant retention. Welcome to …
The Future of Work: Workplace Experience Insights for 2023
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn 2021 and 2022, the workplace underwent a series of transformational changes. In 2023, as new trends and changes start to emerge, industry leaders will need to stay on top of the latest developments in employee sentiment and workplace experience. By keeping up with the latest trend, you can understand where the future of work …
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Stronger Connections for Better Productivity: Top Employee Pain Points for 2023
Reading Time: 3 minutesToday, as the world grapples with economic uncertainty, a large number of high-performing companies are investing in technology to improve the workplace experience. A new JLL report, for example, finds that 94% of property teams will be looking to invest in workplace technology in 2023. Deloitte’s 2023 CRE Outlook survey supports this prediction, and even …
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In 2023, Make the Workplace Work for Everyone
Reading Time: 3 minutesSoon after the start of the pandemic, some analysts predicted that the sudden growth of remote work would eventually eliminate the need for in-person positions. But now, just a few years after March 2020, new data shows that remote work is actually becoming less and less common. According to the Washington Post, for example, only …
Unpacking the Rise of Workplace Experience Technology
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt might be hard for us to imagine now, but it’s important to remember that the daily commute was once a non-negotiable fact of life. In fact, most employees once made serious life choices—choices about where to live, for example—based on the length and quality of their workplace commutes. That’s because, in the past, the …
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Partnering with HqO: Achieving Better Workplace Experiences
Reading Time: 3 minutesTime and time again, our clients tell us that the HqO Workplace Experience Platform™ consistently achieves higher engagement rates than others. In addition to our easy-to-use app and diverse programming options, we have a tried and tested implementation, onboarding, and launch process so you can bring more tenant users onboard in less time — and …
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Drinking Our Own Champagne
Reading Time: 4 minutes2022 has been a big year for HqO. After scaling globally into new markets, we worked with research firms to uncover important industry insights, and in June, we further expanded our reach by acquiring Leesman, the global leader in employee experience research. But the momentum didn’t stop there: later in the summer, we kept it …