Category: Our Thoughts
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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:…
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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.…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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Finding the constant in an ever-changing workplace
Safety and Health Magazine published an article in June of 2011 about how businesses should recognize hidden dangers in the workspace, taking steps to make the office a safer place. Administrative intervention was put in place to avoid slips and falls, walking into equipment, ergonomic challenges and training. If only it were still that simple today. OSHA…
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I bet you wish it were Zombies
Wishing it were zombies instead of Covid-19 as the safety bubble of trust gets smaller? YEP! We knew how to kill zombies! After years of watching The Walking Dead, we had an arsenal of information on how to make weapons of zombie destruction. We spent countless hours defeating zombies in Resident Evil, and streamed Netflix and Amazon Prime…