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The Office as a Magnet | HqO

The Office as a Magnet

Reading Time: 4 minutes In September 2021, leading commercial real estate firm CBRE released a study on the global trends shaping the future of the office. “Consolidation,” the report reads, “remains a focus for many multinationals. In EMEA, 40% of companies expect their portfolios to contract over the next three years, compared with a third who anticipate expansion. In …

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Inside HqO Juliana Mederios

Inside HqO: Juliana Medeiros

Reading Time: 6 minutes Juliana Medeiros People Operations Associate at HqO Juliana joined HqO in December 2021 as a People Operations Associate. Working on the Human Resources team, she collaborates regularly with professionals from other departments to ensure a seamless and positive experience for all new employees. Her day-to-day primarily involves onboarding and benefits enrollment.  You started at the …

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Space Optimization and the Workplace | HqO

Workplaces of the Future: The Pillars of Space Optimization

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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Inside HqO: Sam Warren, VP of Sales | HqO

Inside HqO: Samuel Warren

Reading Time: 5 minutes Samuel Warren Vice President of Sales, Europe, at HqO Sam started at HqO in 2019, as the company’s first international hire. In his new role as a Vice President, he can be found having regular meetings with customers, HqO’s Go-to-Market team, and many other internal groups across the organization to ensure alignment and expand HqO’s …

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Flexible Workplaces are Driving the Return to Office | HqO

Flexible Workplaces are Driving the Return to Office

Reading Time: 2 minutes The results are in: workplaces that can’t embrace a flexible work environment are witnessing declines in important experiences that promote a healthy work-life balance and employee satisfaction. According to a recent Insight Publishing article, Future Forum has released new insights and findings that are impacting the workplace experience (wx) for many employers and employees: “More …

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Happy Office: Bridging the Executive-Employee Disconnect | HqO

Bringing Them Back: Bridging the ‘Executive-Employee’ Disconnect

Reading Time: 3 minutes In its 2021 Future Forum Pulse Report, workplace messaging platform Slack revealed that 44% of executives surveyed “want to work from the office every day, compared to 17% of employees, [with] 75% of executives saying they want to work from the office three to five days a week, versus only 34% of employees.” This discrepancy …

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The Top Challenges for Employers and the Workforce in 2022 | HqO

The Top Challenges Impacting Employers and the Workforce in 2022

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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Office Food Ordering's Role in Workplace Experience | HqO

Office Food Ordering’s Role in Workplace Experience

Reading Time: 3 minutes A few weeks ago, HqO sat down with Steve Kelly, the Vice President of Business Development at Ritual, to talk all things food and beverage. Ritual is one of HqO’s exclusive Marketplace partners that focuses on enhancing the workplace experience (WX) through office food ordering and delivery. Technology enablement, in turn, makes it easier than …

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