Workplace Transformation for a Hybrid Office

Today’s hybrid office design must be a destination that earns your employees’ commute.

It’s critical to support varied ways of working, from heads down focus work to freeform collaboration. Employees are looking to reconnect with their colleagues, collaborate in ways that they can’t at home, and find focus away from the distractions of home life. The new office design needs to meet all of this while ensuring that everyone has an equitable experience.

Hybrid workplace strategy involves the rethinking of spaces and technology to make sure that all employees, local and remote, have an equitable experience. It includes providing a variety of different work modes through the day for focusing, collaborating, learning and socializing. And it’s thoughtfully integrating furniture, technology and architectural systems to bring all the elements together.

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The New Office Design

The New Office Design presents hybrid work research and insights, thought starter spaces and new products by Steelcase. Use this guide to explore the possibilities of what a new hybrid office design could look like.

The Reimagined Office Guide

The Reimagined Office Design & Budget Guide showcases a new hybrid office space that gives employees something better to come back to. This interactive guide includes 3D renderings, products, and pricing for each application.

Reimagined Office Virtual Tour

Our immersive Reimagined Office Virtual Tour allows you to navigate a corporate office design that gives employees a reason to return safely to work. Explore a 3D post-COVID workplace adapted to current employee needs, learn about safe and collaborative workplace technology and utilize product callouts along the way.

Research

Research Highlights

When people like working from their office, they are more engaged, connected to the organization’s culture, productive and likely to stay

– Steelcase Global Report

People are willing to trade remote workdays for their own workspace at the office. While they want the autonomy and flexibility of hybrid work, people are looking for choice and control and a sense of belonging.

– Steelcase Global Report

53% of employees are more likely to prioritize health and well-being over work than before the pandemic.

– Microsoft Work Report

38% of hybrid employees say their biggest challenge is knowing when and why to come into the office.

– Microsoft Work Report

43% of leaders say relationship-building is the greatest challenge in remote and hybrid work.

– Microsoft Work Report

How We Can Help

The workplace has forever changed, and we are here to help.

As your consultative partner, we tailor solutions to meet your unique needs, aesthetic and budget.

Wherever you are in your journey, we’re here to help you, whether it’s understanding the needs of your employees and leadership through workshops and surveys, or co-developing designs and solutions that are just right for your space.

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Relevant Blogs

Three ways HR leaders can improve the hybrid work employee experience

Three ways HR leaders can improve the hybrid work employee experience

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5 Equitable Hybrid Work Environment Examples

Five Hybrid Work Technology Examples

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Three New Office Design Ideas to Inspire Creativity

Three New Office Design Ideas to Inspire Creativity

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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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New Microsoft Teams Meeting Rooms Features Welcome Employees Back to Work

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Roadmap to Reopening: Hybrid Office Toolkit

Roadmap to Reopening: Hybrid Office Toolkit

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The 3 R’s of Return to Office (RTO) Strategy

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Hybrid Work Environments for Virtual Collaboration

Hybrid Work Environments for Virtual Collaboration

Hybrid work is here to stay. In fact, 72% of survey respondents believe they will adopt hybrid work environments with work happening at home and in the office, according to Steelcase’s Global Return to Workplace Study. Research shows people need and expect a work experience that’s fundamentally better than what they left. However, talent attraction…

Navigating Uncharted Waters: How To Hybrid

Navigating Uncharted Waters: How To Hybrid

This post originally appeared in Forbes by Stephanie Brock, Vice President of Sales and General Manager for Red Thread.  Pandemic paralysis is a phenomenon that is becoming all too real in many aspects of our daily lives. The uncertainty of moving forward in a post-vaccine world forces us to consider what we have learned through our experiences…

Employee Retention in a Post-Pandemic World: Stop the Stampede

Employee Retention in a Post-Pandemic World: Stop the Stampede

As organizations start to return to the office, employees are thinking twice about staying with their employer, which threatens employee retention. According to Microsoft’s 2021 Work Trend Index Report, research shows that 41% of the global workforce is likely to consider leaving their current employer within the next year, with 46% planning to make a…

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