How to rethink the workplace in unprecedented times.
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Engagement
The variety and flexibility of spaces support employee autonomy and wellbeing, critical for building an engaged culture.
Collaboration
The right digital technologies provide employees with a great collaborative experience, no matter where work happens.
Optimization
Creating spaces that can adapt to your business needs and maximize employee utilization are core to optimizing your workplace.
Our Workplace Transformation Interactive Budget Tool allows you to explore three cultural floor plans and view renderings of each space. By selecting your product categories (furniture, technology, demountable walls) and fit/finish level, you can determine your budget. You can tailor your budget for a specific number of people or square feet.
For the purposes of discussion, we have simplified workplace cultures into three examples:
Classic culture is process-oriented, formalized with strong communication and decision-making methods and a focus on “being precise.”
WORK:
All spaces are assigned (workstations, private offices)
MEET:
Meetings happen in conference rooms
SOCIALIZE:
Socializing happens in the lunch room
Balanced culture is market-oriented and represents the intersection of strategy and execution. It’s a balance between process and flexibility in “being smart.”
WORK:
Most spaces are assigned, with a few shared (phone booths, enclaves)
MEET:
Meetings happen in a variety of huddle rooms, conference rooms, and some breakout areas
SOCIALIZE:
Socializing happens in the work cafe
Progressive culture is adhocracy-oriented, and often a team-first culture. It is dynamic, creative and entrepreneurial, with a focus on risk-taking, innovation and “being first.”
WORK:
Most spaces are unassigned, with a few assigned
MEET:
Meetings can happen anywhere in the space
SOCIALIZE:
Socializing can happen anywhere
A workplace transformation is the rethinking of workspaces to flexibly accommodate different kinds of work, workers, and technology. The kind of work we do today is radically different than the work we did even 10 years ago. The workplace has to adapt and change to meet our evolving needs.
Offices in the not-so-distant past consisted of an endless sea of identical cubes.
TODAY’S WORK IS MORE COMPLEX
Over the past ten years, much of our structured and process-oriented work has been automated or outsourced. Our work today is unstructured, complex, and creative, requiring more intense periods of focus and collaboration.
GENERATIONS OF WORKERS ARE SHIFTING
As experienced and skilled baby boomers head to retirement, organizations must appeal to younger cohorts of workers (Gen X, Gen Y and Gen Z). By 2030, it is predicted that 75% of the workforce will be Millennials (also known as Gen Y). Millennials tend to seek work/life balance, seamless technology, and inspiring workspaces. Companies may also need to seek talent from a broader geographic area, creating a virtual and distributed workforce.
TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES TO SHAPE HOW WE WORK
Today’s powerful mobile devices, ubiquitous internet access, and cloud-based applications make working anywhere, anytime, possible. Companies must employ strategies, such as BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), to meet the expectations of a younger and more tech-savvy workforce.
To effectively transform your environment, we believe in a holistic approach that seamlessly integrates four key elements of interior space:
1. Furniture
Furniture settings support collaboration, privacy and wellbeing to create a palette of spaces throughout the floorplan.
2. Technology
3. Architectural Systems
Demountable walls, sound masking, raised access floor and modular power and data create flexible spaces that can adapt as you need and support privacy within the open plan.
4. Flooring
Durable and beautiful floor coverings bring your spaces to life.
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