Category: Our Thoughts
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From Floor Plans to Digital Twins: The Rise of Data-Driven Facilities Management
The way we manage workplaces is changing — fast. For decades, office and facility planning relied on static drawings, spreadsheets, and guesswork. Today, organisations are moving toward digital twins and integrated data models — systems that bring buildings, assets, and occupancy into a single, live view. The shift is more than technical. It’s about making smarter decisions faster.…
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Hybrid Work Isn’t Settled — It’s Evolving. Are Your Workspaces Keeping Up?
For a while, hybrid work felt like a temporary compromise — something organisations would “figure out” once the dust settled. But several years on, one thing is clear: hybrid work isn’t stabilising. It’s evolving. Attendance patterns continue to shift. Office mandates are being introduced, softened, reintroduced, and reinterpreted. Employees are adapting in subtle ways —…
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Why Visual Space Management Matters: From Floor plans to Smart Decisions
As December rolls in and the year winds down — with many teams operating on holiday-light schedules and some offices half empty — now is a perfect time to reflect on how your workspace is used … and perhaps underused. The festive slowdown often makes underutilised desks, meeting rooms and empty zones particularly visible —…
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Beyond the Numbers: Shaping Workplaces for 2026 Through Insight
As 2026 approaches, workplace leaders are looking ahead, asking how their spaces can best support people, performance, and productivity in an increasingly hybrid world. For many, the challenge isn’t just managing square meters — it’s understanding how those square meters are actually used. The answer lies in strategic space planning informed by real insight, not assumptions.…
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From Scary Stats to Smart Spaces: Rethinking Workspace Management After Halloween
Halloween might be behind us, but for many workspace managers, the real fright season is just beginning. As the pumpkins come down and the year-end holidays approach, utilisation across offices often starts to dip — desks sit empty, meeting rooms go quiet, and those once-busy breakout spaces suddenly feel like ghost towns. It’s a predictable…
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Seeing is Believing: Why Observation Utilisation Studies Are the Secret Weapon for Modern Move Companies
Let’s be honest — most move companies are brilliant at the heavy lifting. They’re logistics experts, space planners, people wranglers, and magicians who make chaos disappear overnight. But there’s one skill that can elevate a move company from “just another vendor” to a trusted strategic partner: observation utilisation studies. Sounds fancy, right? Don’t worry — we’re…
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Unlocking Smarter Space Management with Accordant
Let’s be honest—managing office space in 2025 isn’t as simple as drawing up a floor plan and calling it a day. Between hybrid schedules, unused desks, overcrowded meeting rooms, and constant layout changes, the modern workplace can feel more like a puzzle with missing pieces. And most companies are still trying to solve it with……
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Why Partner with Accordant by CadM?
Boost Bid Success, Strengthen Client Retention, and Deliver Smarter Workplace Solutions In today’s competitive environment, service providers in facilities management, real estate, architecture, and workplace consultancy are constantly looking for new ways to differentiate themselves and deliver more value to clients. That’s where Accordant by CadM comes in. We’re more than just a space management platform—we’re a partner-first solution built to help…
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Coffee Badging and the New Office Reality: Why Measuring Non-Desk Space Matters More Than Ever
In 2025, the office is no longer just a place to work—it’s a place to connect. A growing number of employees are engaging in what’s been dubbed “coffee badging”: showing up at the office for a quick coffee and chat, swiping their badge for attendance, and heading back home to work remotely. As highlighted in a…
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Tailoring Workspace Management Tools to Industry Needs: How Accordant Adapts Across Sectors
As organizations evolve in an increasingly hybrid and dynamic workplace landscape, effective workspace management has become more crucial than ever. However, the tools needed to manage a corporate environment are far from one-size-fits-all. Industries such as finance, healthcare, technology, education, and manufacturing each have unique operational needs, regulatory concerns, and cultural expectations that influence how…