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  • Businesses have done awesome good deeds to make a difference in challenging times…have YOU?

    Companies around the globe keep stepping up, making impressive contributions in products, services, donations and time. Have YOU found a way to make a difference in these most uncertain times through personal initiatives? Whether a random act of kindness, donations of food, or reaching out to a neighbor in isolation, sharing of your resources brings…

  • Could a smart Space Manager ‘MacGyver’ an office?

    What if the MacGyver of the 1980’s became an extremely resourceful secret agent turned CRE Space Cop in a post Pandemic world? We know many of MacGyver’s hacks do work in real life, provided you had the knowledge, items and tools. For example, MacGyver could patch a radiator with egg whites; lift fingerprints with soot…

  • Destination WORKSPACE: it’s more about the next generation of amenities

    The workplace is forever transformed: we are no longer pressured to sit at a desk every day. Rather, the office is becoming an exciting, action-packed facility to visit, demonstrating the seamless integration between work and home. As a destination of choice, the workspace is offering compelling reasons to feel a sense of excitement about going into work. Employees commuted to a good…

  • Destination WORKSPACE: what might it look like?

    2020 will forever be known as the year of COVID. We continue to overcome challenges on personal, professional, local, national and global levels. The more unexpected event was a massive experiment in working from home. Before the Pandemic, businesses had been taking baby-steps to incorporate flexible work patterns; others resisted the transition due to a…

  • Can we ever fully futureproof our office space for inevitable change?

    The question we should ponder is just how much your office can handle before it can’t handle any more? The Pandemic has shown us that resiliency is actually more important than futureproofing. For this reason, Accordant offers its’ customers the functionality to plan for future change. Rather than just utilizing a software application that works…

  • Is the office going to move to the suburbs?

    Just as the Beverly Hillbilly’s left their country lifestyle for a luxurious Hollywood mansion when they struck oil, so too are big businesses leaving their center city high-rise address for a suburban hub. Before the Pandemic, there were ‘5 key reasons behind big businesses moving to the suburbs’ as noted in UrbanBound.com in May 2020:…

  • Hamsters in the office space wheel: The revolving and likely evolving office wheel

    Offices have been around a long time. For purposes of the hamster analogy, we’ve gone back to the 1950’s when the office environment took hold. The rigid office style focused on efficiency, with endless rows of desks as managers looked on from the perimeter for maximum staff productivity. Hard work was rewarded, and socialization rejected.…

  • Gains and Losses of Trade Shows in 2020

    The Pandemic has caused cancellations and postponements of exhibitions and conferences worldwide. Businesses have been hammered, creating a damaging financial ripple effect with 10 million+ jobs already lost. At CadM we consider exhibitions to be a vital source of lead generation and partnership opportunities, usually attending four (4) or five (5) events per  year. In 2020,…

  • Finding creativity in a pandemic from airlines to zoosIs It Possible to Future Proof the Office?

    From airlines to zoos, companies continue to search for creative ways against challenging times to stay afloat in the upside down. Restoring livelihood is a huge part of the philosophical reset we need to make it back. Small business struggles to keep doors open; restaurants use creativity to serve any meals they can; business offices…

  • Networking looks a bit different in 2021

    Networking has not gone away; rather we’ve reworked our network, moving primarily to virtual connectivity. If networking is a necessary evil, the Pandemic has highlighted some of the unsuccessful ways we have approached it all along while leading to positive change in how we incorporate virtual into live networking. Different types of conversations are taking…