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The Future of Work: Workplace Experience Insights for 2023

Reading Time: 3 minutes In 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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Sarah Wright, Customer Success Manager

Reading Time: 6 minutes Sarah Wright Customer Success Manager, HqO As Customer Success Manager, Sarah provides continual support to HqO customers to ensure they have the tools and tactical strategy needed to achieve their workplace experience goals. Prior to joining HqO, Sarah worked in customer and client-facing roles within the financial technology industry. She’s been with the company for …

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How to Use Data Analytics for Workplace Leasing

How to Use Data Analytics for Workplace Leasing

Reading Time: 2 minutes Data-driven decision-making in the workplace can help businesses weather uncertainty and increase profitability under a variety of different market conditions. In the face of a constantly changing global market, hunch-based decision-making carries a huge and  significant risk. More than ever, landlords need to optimize the outcome of corporate real estate transactions and investments long term. …

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Why Landlords Should Use Workplace Events to Draw Back Tenants

Why Landlords Should Use Workplace Events to Draw Back Tenants

Reading Time: 2 minutes Since the onset of COVID-19, many employees don’t want to be in the office full-time. This means that the office space that is being retained by tenants is currently underutilized. In our State of Workplace Experience in 2022 report, we found that only 48% of landlords operate office buildings with more than 75% occupancy, and …

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Engineering Hybrid Work Success: Exploring New Data From Leesman, an HqO Company

Reading Time: 3 minutes Companies need access to reliable data on employee demands and preferences as they negotiate the shift to long-term hybrid work. To meet this need, HqO has partnered with Leesman, whose insights on worker sentiment have long been regarded as the industry standard. Below, find a few key insights from two of Leesman’s recent reports. Hybrid …

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Diving into the Data with a Workplace Experience Platform

Diving into the Data with a Workplace Experience Platform

Reading Time: 3 minutes Almost every company uses data and analytics to improve their businesses. In the commercial real estate sector especially, detailed and accurate data on employee behavior and preferences can help business leaders tailor retention strategies, invest with confidence, and make smarter business decisions.  Since the arrival of COVID-19, the workplace has undergone an intense period of …

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How OccasionGenius Connects HqO Customers with Popular Local Events

Reading Time: 5 minutes OccasionGenius is a Virginia-based technology company that connects users with the most popular local events in their area. HqO recently sat down with Nathaniel Marcus, CEO of the company, to understand more about how they add value to the workplace experience for employers.   What does OccasionGenius do for its partners and users? Can you …

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Boosting Satisfaction and Productivity with In-Person Experiences

Reading Time: 4 minutes The physical office has the potential to improve employee productivity and help companies build stronger corporate cultures.  A report from researchers at the University of Chicago, for example, finds that remote employees complete fewer hours of work per week than their in-office counterparts. That report is supported by a recent paper in Nature Human Behavior, …

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How to Use Property Management Software for Tenant Engagement

Reading Time: 4 minutes The future of work has changed, and for the foreseeable future, tenants will continue to adopt hybrid work models. The shift towards hybrid work has led employers to introduce new workplace technologies to address specific needs of employees, such as new engagement tactics and productivity tools. This includes specific functionalities like flexible desk and room …

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Why Landlords Need to Invest in Hybrid Work

Why Landlords Need to Invest in Hybrid Work

Reading Time: 3 minutes Across the nation, people are burned out from work and exhausted. According to Forbes, a new study by Asana looked at over 10,000 knowledge workers across seven countries, and found about 70% of people experienced burnout in the last year.​​ Employees have been trying to balance personal lives and professional responsibilities while dealing with the …

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Workplace Data and Analytics: Making Smarter Buildings | HqO

Workplace Data and Analytics: Making Smarter Buildings

Reading Time: 2 minutes Today, almost every company in the United States uses data and analytics to improve their businesses. But as landlords try to navigate a new economic environment – one that is constantly changing – many have realized the need to get ahead of tenant trends is critical. Particularly in the commercial real estate sector, real-time data …

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Building a Connected Experience with Mobile Technology

Reading Time: 6 minutes “Read this one, mama,” my three-year-old daughter said, as she handed me her favorite bedtime book: What Do People Do All Day, by Richard Scarry. The book, which has been a classic since I was a child, is an illustration of a fictional town’s animal citizens at work. Through the use of detailed diagrams, it …

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