Category: Workplace Trends
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Should we believe in those workplace trends ‘they’ say are inevitable? And who are ‘THEY?’
Forecasting how we might work and live prepares us for the future. The work environment is under siege by economic challenges, technological developments, automation, and globalization. As the world changes, so do anticipated trends, although trends can be guesstimated with little accuracy depending on who is doing the collecting, assessing, and reporting. The workplace of today can help us prepare for tomorrow’s initiatives. If the trends are pointing to your business redefining workplace ethics and…
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As the workplace turns: Senior Managers remain focused on keeping us physically and emotionally fit
If you still have zoom fatigue, you are not alone. What needs to change as we work to reinstitute some sense of normalcy to a workplace that will never be the same? While experts boast of predictions, none of us can truly anticipate what the workplace will become, although we are seeing some consistent messaging around physical and emotional well-being as we come back…
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Will tomorrow be driven by AI on the other end of the Pandemic?
Will the future be filled with robots and AI even though so many have recently been unemployed? Covid-19 divided a nation and eliminated jobs. Will robots make it harder for humans to get re-employed? It’s been guesstimated that by 2025, the balance could change to a 50-50 combination of humans and machines. Disruptive technologies have been around for a long time. Automation creates new technology, builds jobs yet erases physical labor positions. And now, post…
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Decisions today set the tone for tomorrow…did work permanently leave the building?
Your office called and they want you back. Big tech was first to initiate work from home, perpetuating the idea that remote was here to stay…but those days are numbered. The corporate footprint will change, as some businesses will dump empty space, and others will expand in preparation of growth and distancing. Change makes sense when things go…
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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…
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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.…