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Workplace Principle 4: Increase Adaptability When planning a new and improved workplace, the technological environment is as important as the physical office environment. So when it comes to encouraging employees to make the best decisions at work (also known as increasing adaptability, more on that here), providing seamless tech connections is key.  The 30-second rule […]

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 In order to facilitate collaboration in a workplace (one of the five principles in the development of workplace strategy), a workplace strategist might want to create different home bases for teams or groups to base themselves in at the office. The aim is for these home bases to increase collaboration […]

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 […]

Workplace Principle 1: Right-sizing At a workplace, positioning data maps out how often different spaces are used by those at the office. Measuring employees’ positioning actually has more in common with an activity analysis – what they do over the course of a work day – than with attendance.  You can read more about the […]

This is how office and working methods affect our health and performance. A study on how activity -based offices, flexible working methods and office landscapes affect employees

Introduction The pandemic has changed a great deal for office workers. Increased flexibility around where work takes place is in and of itself nothing new – nor is working from home an unknown phenomenon. Flexibility in the way we work has long been on the rise, with employees working from home when the type of […]

Hybrid ways of working means that employees have the possibility to both work at home and the office, based on an agreement with the employer.

A workplace analysis aims to identify the needs of the work environment. The workplace analysis can then be used to develop a workplace strategy that includes a proposal for working methods such as hybrid, activity-based, or fixed-seat offices, as well as suggestions for space and how the office can be designed. The workplace analysis is […]