Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’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: 3 minutesIn 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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Reading Time: 3 minutesThe more the workforce changes, the more companies have to adapt. Work models and environments look very different now than they did in late 2019, when the COVID-19 pandemic instilled mass uncertainty in commercial real estate (CRE) markets across the globe. Since then, decision makers in charge of real estate investments have been in a …
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTo 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 minutesTo support the new hybrid work model, commercial real estate (CRE) firms and business leaders have aligned on a shared goal to improve employee experiences in and out of the office. To do so, they are adopting return to office apps (like the HqO Workplace Experience Platform) to improve experiences for everyone who spends time …
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Reading Time: 4 minutesThe idea of being able to work from anywhere, at any time, requires a seamless experience irrespective of where an individual is located. This means the workplace experience needs to transcend the office building into every work setting whether that be a coworking space, satellite office, public space or an employee’s home. While the office …
Reading Time: 3 minutes“To win in the marketplace you must first win in the workplace.” Perhaps Doug Conant, former CEO of Campbell’s Soup, could predict the future. Conant shared these insights far before the COVID-19 pandemic came into being — and yet they ring true now more than ever before. But what exactly did he mean by “winning” …
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn 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“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 minutesThe modern workplace is all about how company cultures build community. Whether you’re a property team looking to create a thriving community of office tenants, or an employer who is seeking help in attracting top talent, you’re most likely driven by a similar truth: how you make community members feel will either make or break …
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Reading Time: 3 minutesThough there is no one-size-fits-all solution, there are strategic ways to think about offering a flexible working environment for tenants and their employees. Below, we walk you through four major questions to align your goals with the best results across your entire portfolio. Who Will You Serve? When it comes to flexible workplaces, there are …
Reading Time: 3 minutesWork-from-home. Remote work. Hybrid work. The past few years have introduced an abundance of buzzwords to the commercial real estate (CRE) industry, all focused around the idea of empowering tenants and their employees to work in the environments that best match and support their needs. We can trace these discussions back to numbers portraying a …
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Great Resignation is unsettling, but fundamentally only by name. It poses a significant threat to organizations that make no attempt to adapt to the rapidly evolving professional environment. Adaptation, however, requires change. When looking at how, when, why, and where to make these changes, we must look at what or who is demanding them. …
Reading Time: 3 minutesAcross the country, more and more commercial real estate owners and operators are being tasked with creating meaningful work environments that support the needs of modern tenants. This shift is primarily due to the large number of full-time workers that are seeking a hybrid workplace experience for better work-life balance, a more supportive company culture, …
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn early 2021, employees around the world began to voluntarily leave jobs that didn’t support their needs or match their values. In the United States alone, 4 million people resigned in April – followed by an additional 3.6 million in May, and 4.4 million in September. This collective movement became known as the “Great Resignation,” …