Reading Time: 9 minutes Kirsty Angerer Development Director at Leesman Kirsty Angerer is currently a Development Director at Leesman, helping to equip executives at all levels to make informed, forward-thinking decisions that allow them to mitigate risk, plan for the future, and benefit from great employee workplace experiences. Her passion for human-centric design — and the interactions among humans …
Reading Time: 3 minutes Today landlords are trying to navigate the challenges and demands of a changing workforce. The future of work is constantly in flux, which is why the adoption of hybrid work has left companies unsure of their real estate investments. Due to conflicting information in the market, along with the need to address tenant and employee …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes More than 40 million people left their jobs last year. This is because, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, employees across the country came to the realization that they weren’t happy with their jobs. Specifically, young employees weren’t satisfied with their work environment, the industry they were in, or their work-life balance. Driven in force by …
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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 …
Reading Time: 3 minutes The more employees return to the office, the more the workplace thrives. In our latest social campaign called #AskHqO, we gathered thoughts and opinions from our very own HqO employees about returning to a physical workspace. We went ahead and asked them, “What are the top things to remember when returning to the office?” Responses …
Reading Time: 3 minutes Spring Fever is here and good luck trying to get around it. With the shiny and warm spring days at your doorstep, remote work is starting to feel confined and offices are welcoming employees back to their spaces with open arms. Since hybrid work models are on the rise, employers are trying to determine the …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Companies are being more deliberate with their office strategies as they adapt to today’s hybrid workforce. Human Resources and Workplace Experience Managers are replacing hunches about what they think makes a great employee experience with workplace analytics tools that provide concrete data-driven insights. “Employers can’t fix what they don’t understand.” That’s one of the most …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes The 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 minutes Work-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: 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 You may have heard about human-centered design, but do you know how it applies to the workplace? Today’s top companies are putting their customers first by using modern workplace amenities to help their employees optimize creativity, collaboration, and focus. Design firm IDEO outlined the human-centered design process, which emphasizes “involving the people you are designing …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes If this last year has shown us anything, it’s that tenant experiences cannot be confined to the four walls of an office space. The entire commercial real estate (CRE) industry has grappled with how to transform the traditional office to keep employees happy and safe. For this reason, modern workplace amenities are taking on new …
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Reading Time: 4 minutes If you know HqO, you know that enhancing physical office spaces with digital experiences is our bread and butter — we help people to love where they work. We have long stressed that creating a community in the workplace requires a tenant-first approach, and while the recent global health pandemic has changed a lot, it …
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Reading Time: 4 minutes In one of the early days of my then-new job at HqO, I walked into the lobby of our office building particularly tired. I was still getting used to my new commute, which had more than tripled in distance from my previous job, and that morning’s drive had particularly drained me. It had taken nearly …
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Reading Time: 3 minutes No two ways about it, the competitive environment has changed. An imposing new contender has swiftly entered the arena with swagger and clout that was unimaginable just a few short months ago. The challenger – remote working – is hardly new to the game. But when the pandemic began, the robust meeting solution technologies that …
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