The only hybrid office technology checklist you’ll ever need

The Only Hybrid Office Technology Checklist You’ll Ever Need

Technology has revolutionized the way we work, making it possible for us to collaborate and communicate with colleagues from anywhere in the world. In many ways, technology is like the engine that fuels the workforce, driving productivity and enabling us to work smarter, faster, and more efficiently. Just as a car engine powers a vehicle,…

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Designing Flexible Workplace Neighborhoods for Hybrid Work Models

Designing Flexible Workplace Neighborhoods for Hybrid Work Models

Designing Flexible Workplace Neighborhoods for Hybrid Work Models At Red Thread’s Workplace Innovation Hub located at 55 Hartland Street, we’ve embraced a hybrid work model that gives our people the freedom to decide how, where, and when they work. We carefully designed our new office to foster a welcoming atmosphere that enhances our connections with…

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8 Considerations for Setting up Hybrid Meeting Rooms

8 Considerations for Setting up Hybrid Meeting Rooms

As hybrid collaboration becomes more prevalent, organizations are increasingly realizing the importance of having dedicated hybrid meeting spaces. Steelcase research has shown that most workers feel that their current meeting spaces are inadequate for hybrid collaboration, and a significant number of organizations are planning to invest in creating more hybrid meeting spaces in the future.…

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How Everwall Creates a Flexible Workplace

How Everwall Creates a Flexible Workplace

Adaptable architecture like Everwall is a game changer for creating quick, flexible workplaces. Organizations need the flexibility to make changes quickly and easily to their space as hybrid work patterns evolve. Everwall – a new architectural wall system designed to effortlessly transform interior spaces – is one of the fastest installations in the industry that…

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How to be an effective hybrid leader

Much like hybrid work, hybrid leadership is not a one-size-fits-all; it looks different for everyone. As leaders embrace hybrid work, one of the biggest challenges they face is managing teams both remote and in-person. Unlike the beginning of the pandemic, when almost everyone went home all at once, the return has been fragmented as employees…

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Red Thread’s Top Posts from 2022

Red Thread’s Top Posts from 2022

In the past year, we’ve seen a fundamental shift that is here to stay: hybrid work. Employees are figuring out where and how they get their best work done while organizations are still evolving their return to office strategies. Together, we’re all rethinking how the workplace can best support hybrid work — all without a…

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3 Ways to Quickly Furnish your Modern Workplace

3 Ways to Quickly Furnish your Modern Workplace

Did you know you can quickly outfit a modern workplace with quality products and prices that fit any budget? AMQ is the leader in modular office furniture designed for dynamic, flexible systems with height adjustable bases, benching, and seating. Now more than ever, its quick, agile, and modern furniture solutions that are made to work…

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Red Thread's Microsoft Front Row Room

The Power of Signature Microsoft Teams Rooms

In today’s world, organizations can’t allow distance to be a barrier for effective collaboration. By: John Mitton, CTO – VP of Audio Visual, Red Thread Steelcase researchers have studied technology for remote workers and found that one of the problems they face is presence disparity. We all know what it’s like to be physically present…

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Workplace Innovation Hub: Our Move to 55 Hartland Street

What’s changed with our Red Thread Connecticut office? The way we shop, learn, entertain, and travel have dramatically changed since the pandemic – the same is true for the way we work. Fundamental patterns in our lives look completely different, accelerating existing trends and revealing new unmet needs. We have fully embraced a new hybrid…

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What does a hybrid work model look like?

What is a hybrid work model?

The way we work has dramatically changed.  More and more organizations are moving to a hybrid work model that’s continuously evolving based on the aspirations and needs of its people. What is hybrid work? Hybrid work is an agile process where people have the flexibility and autonomy to choose how, where, and when they work.…

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Spaceti app within Red Thread's Boston WorkLife

3 Ways to Implement a Digital Hybrid Workplace

More and more companies are considering the shift to a digital hybrid workplace to encourage employees to do their best work, regardless of location. As the shift to hybrid work becomes a reality, organizations should consider adopting digital tools that not only support collaboration and communication, but also offer employee safety. With the right resources…

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Breaking down the barriers of healthcare design

Healthcare design is all about creating spaces for the human factor. The pandemic has severely impacted healthcare for workers, patients, and caregivers; an already burdened profession that now faces even more stress as well as burnout, exhaustion, and trauma. However, healthcare design can help build a new culture of wellbeing within their organizations and create…

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Three ways HR leaders can improve the hybrid work employee experience

Three ways HR leaders can improve the hybrid work employee experience

Microsoft’s new Work Trend Index Report reveals one major theme: we’re not the same people that went home to work in early 2020. As leaders tackle hybrid work, big questions loom: What is the role of the office? How do teams build social capital in a digital-first world? Every organization is up against meeting employees’ great…

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Five Hybrid Work Technology Examples

Leadership recognizes how critical company culture is to engage and retain top talent. However, business leaders are at a crossroad on how to deliver a hybrid work technology strategy that provides flexibility and employee engagement while still encouraging people to return to the office. According to Microsoft’s 2021 Work Trend Index Report, over 70% of workers…

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Three New Office Design Ideas to Inspire Creativity

Three New Office Design Ideas to Inspire Creativity

Employees have new and increased expectations of their employers and workplaces — craving a new office design dramatically different and better than the one they left. Recent Steelcase research uncovered those who have been comfortable at home, whether it be because they enjoyed a more relaxed environment or had created a space to work that…

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Red Thread’s Top Blogs of 2021

With 2021 in the rear view mirror, we’re reflecting on the top ten articles we’ve posted that will help shape future trends and topics in the new year. From workplace personas to hybrid work and returning to the office, this past year was full of workplace transformation strategies to bridge the gap between in-person and remote…

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In person and remote teaching and learning

Three Hybrid Campus Spaces to Meet UDL Guidelines

Hybrid learning has become the standard for learning in a post-covid world. Students learning remotely need to have the same engaging learning experience as their in-person classmates, and the right technology makes all the difference. David Kellermann, an engineering professor at the University of South Wales, saw an increase in student satisfaction from 75% to…

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Red Thread’s Hybrid Work Framework and Outcome

Our Boston WorkLife in Seaport underwent a recent Steelcase refresh to create a whole new look and feel with new furniture and technology applications based on findings from their 2021 Future of Work Global Report. Being in the business, our space not only reflects our own need for a hybrid work framework, but it doubles as…

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