The pandemic altered work life for millions--and it's changing how employers envision the office. Welcome to the workplace revolution. Office occupancy has been hovering around 50 percent for the past few months, according to the security company Kastle Systems. But as more companies settle on a hybrid schedule, it's clear the office will continue to play a key role in workplace operations--even if that role is changing.
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The Challenge For The Office
Recent events have clearly demonstrated that in order for the office to remain viable, we need to start thinking about it differently. The number of people not returning to the office underscores its potential shortcomings and that we need to bring the workplace into alignment with the rest of our tools and technology. Research reinforces that there’s an important need for…
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Unworking: The Reinvention of the Modern Office
Increasingly, the office is no longer a place or a process—it’s an experience. We must magnetize people to want to come back in, not mandate them. It will be vitally important to think in a customer-centric way about providing a great workplace experience for employees, who now have a choice of where to work in the hybrid era. This means increased consideration for how people feel about work, providing experiences that improve satisfaction and wellbeing, as well as build culture and purpose.
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