Reading Time: 3 minutes The concept of ‘work’ has continued to evolve the more we navigate a post-pandemic world: recent data by Leesman, an HqO company, reveals that 60% of employees currently work in a hybrid way. Similarly, 37% of employees are likely to use the physical workplace for less than one day per week. This evolution begs a …
Reading Time: 3 minutes We can divide the role of workplace technology in office space optimization into three categories: agility, flexibility, and productivity. Correctly leveraged, a workplace experience platform simultaneously covers each of these points — resulting in employees who are as effective, efficient, and productive as possible. Let’s take a look at each, as well as provide real-world …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes The most important thing employers can do to succeed in today’s market is to align organizational demands with employee demands, while still ensuring that employees are empowered to define the ways they prefer to work. But, how? There are many things that employers can do to support hybrid workers and place value into the workplace …
Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s almost impossible to avoid: the future of work is all about agility. The hybrid workplace model has taken center stage in the past few years, and now that remote work is both plausible and acceptable, we may never go back. Asana’s Anatomy of Work Global Index 2022 covers this change, explaining that “work-life balance, …
Reading Time: < 1 minute To learn more about today’s workplace experience and emerging office trends, HqO partnered with leading research firm Verdantix to conduct exclusive interviews with executives from leading companies across the globe at the forefront of these initiatives. We published these findings in a new report, Office Insights 2022. Here is what every employer needs to know …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes In today’s day and age, employers need to define employee productivity through value — meaning that the more companies invest in their people and spaces, the more productive their business will be. That being said, how do you go about measuring this new approach to productivity? Can technology help? The answer, in short, is yes. …
Reading Time: 3 minutes Workplace engagement and productivity are the top focus areas for business leaders in 2022. Regardless of where an employee physically works on any given day, employers now understand that they need to provide the hybrid workforce with the right tools to stay connected and create enjoyable workplace experiences. This connectivity is key to having employees …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes “Employee productivity is always a priority,” reads an April 2021 Gallup study. “But the shift to remote work a year ago made it a burning issue. Businesses that had few — or no — remote workers were compelled to operate in an alien production context almost overnight, and it became a constant topic of conversation …
Reading Time: 3 minutes As companies around the world embrace hybrid models of working, which see employees splitting their time between home and the office, the concept of productivity is evolving. Organizations are no longer able to quantify such an abstract idea through physical presence alone, as many workplaces will — at least for the foreseeable future — be …
Reading Time: 3 minutes The workplace — namely, employee experience — has changed significantly in the last few years. According to Accenture’s Future of Work study, 83% of workers now prefer a flexible, hybrid work model over being full-time in the office or full-time remote. Additionally, a Workhuman study reveals that increased workplace flexibility and a better work-life balance …
Reading Time: 3 minutes According to The Starr Conspiracy’s recent report, Workplace Well-being: The New Reality, the estimated 2021 market for workplace well-being technology was worth $16.3 billion. This estimate came hot on the heels of a more-than-500% – in total, a staggering $1.8 billion – increase in investment in employee well-being in 2019-2020. Initially, these numbers might seem …
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