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Headquarters are no longer defined by size. They are defined by function. CBRE’s latest update shows more intrametro moves, smaller and more flexible headquarters, and a stronger need to define what the central office is actually for before location, space, and design decisions are locked. What is changing CBRE describes how headquarters relocation activity accelerated […]

All offices, even traditional ones, offer a variety of spaces. An office might have separate rooms for meetings of different sizes, along with personal desks within an open-plan space or private rooms for employees to work individually. Flexible offices take this a step further.  Diversification is one of the five overarching principles in creating a […]

Workplace Principle 5: Insights Through Participation A change to a more flexible way of working can have significant positive effects on each and every individual within an organisation. But change can also be tough. Moreover, it will impact each employee differently on an individual level.  Insights Through Participation is one of the five principles in […]

Workplace Principle 5: Insights Through Participation Employee participation in a workplace transformation is important. It can generate useful data for the workplace strategist, clarify the scope of change for employees, and help with the more tricky aspects of change on the individual and company levels. But while participation is important, it’s important to avoid unnecessary […]

Creating an effective work environment is about more than building a better office or changing to a new way of working.  Instead, a strong workplace strategy considers how the office and ways of working can be designed to encourage productivity and wellbeing. This will change from organisation to organisation, and even between different groups within […]

Workplace Principle 2: Diversify As the way we work continues to change, more and more organisations look to workplace strategies to build a new-and-improved work environment. Workplace strategy focuses not only on what the office will look like, but how the way of working will function.  One method that is growing in popularity is the […]

Workplace Principle 4: Increase Adaptability Deciding to change or improve an office, or move to a whole new way of working, opens up a plethora of new areas to consider. One of these areas is increasing adaptability at the workplace, and it deals with the more social and behavioural elements of work. A workplace needs […]

Workplace Principle 3: Facilitate Collaboration A great way to naturally encourage collaboration at a workplace is to create home bases that attract employees, and from where they want to carry out the majority of their tasks (read more on that here). In order to maximise the effectiveness of these spaces, you should let each group’s […]

Workplace Principle 3: Facilitate Collaboration Creating a zone where teams can link up, plan their day, work together, or simply chat is a great way to foster a collaborative culture at the workplace. That’s what home bases are all about – and why they fall under Facilitate Collaboration, one of the five principles in the […]

Workplace Principle 1: Right-sizing A clean desk policy is a set of guidelines for using desks in a flexible workplace. As it helps determine how much space is needed at the office, it falls under the right-sizing principle of creating a workplace strategy.  The importance for right-sizing A clean desk policy refers to how long […]

Workplace Principle 5: Insights Through Participation Participation is key in any workplace change. By encouraging employee participation early on, a workplace strategist or those managing the change can gain valuable insights into the company (more on that here). But on an emotional level, it can allow for a better understanding of how a change in […]