Reading Time: 6 minutes I take a lot of notes. Post-its, Google Docs, my Notes app, napkins, mental notes. I’m always listening, especially when you think I’m not. This is how I know what you need, what you want, and what you don’t like. And, usually, what you’re feeling at any given moment when I’m walking or sitting nearby. …
A More Meaningful Workplace: From the Inside Looking Out Read More »
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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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 …
Bringing Them Back: Bridging the ‘Executive-Employee’ Disconnect Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes The 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: 4 minutes The 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 The tools and technology employees have at their disposal will shape much of what they experience in their work. Much like the consumer-grade technology many employees use in their personal lives, they want their workplace technology to be both powerful and user-friendly. Research from employee experience expert Applaud identified hyper-personalized employee experiences as a key …
Reading Time: 6 minutes When you step outside of your front door, you’re probably experiencing a very different world today than you did just a few years ago. People are more health-conscious than ever, and if you work in a corporate setting, you may not even need to leave the house to make a living. In fact, a recent …
An Engineer’s Perspective on Workplace Experience Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutes The office has changed a lot since March 2020, when the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 virus a global pandemic. As the entire world scrambled to adjust to heightened health and safety protocols, the commercial real estate (CRE) sector unsurprisingly took a substantial hit: after all, how could landlords and property teams justify …