#Hybrid Work

Directors of facilities are no strangers to the many struggles and responsibilities that come with their job titles, but the pandemic has introduced entirely new challenges. Already a member of upper facility management, their strategic outlook is now vital to successful return-to-office...

_The_ _Purposeful Intent_ _“Walk this Way” event in New York City brought together leaders in corporate real estate across industries to discuss the future of work. The event featured roundtable discussions and special guests such as DMC and Innovation and Creativity Consultant Duncan Wardle._...

This summer several high-end tech companies – Google, Apple, Facebook, and Twitter to name a few – have pushed back their return to office dates, or paused until further notice. Google, one of the first companies to completely pull their employees from the workplace at the start of COVID, is...

Remember when Real Estate was all about Location, Location, Location? Well, if the recent CoreNet Global North America Summit event held in Chicago earlier this month is any indication, the newest Corporate Real Estate priorities is all about People, People, People. Whether it’s employee...

The challenges posed by flexible workspaces are outpacing the space planning tools used for occupancy management. The manual nature of solutions like clicker studies, employee surveys, and manual door counts is time consuming and doesn’t deliver the insights space planners need to get ahead of...

When I talk to partners and clients around the globe, I hear two common threads, whether it’s a premier sporting event venue or a small college campus. One is focused on actionable response,  and the other on improving long-term space management. The security and facilities teams I talk to want...

With higher education back on campus and employees returning (slowly) to offices and corporate campuses, we can look forward to a lot more human interaction. How much exactly remains to be seen though. How long will ‘hybrid” operations continue? Is contactless everything necessary? How cautious...

As the effects of the COVID19 pandemic continue to be felt deep into 2021, companies are still wrestling with the problems of reopening. Thousands of companies abandoned their physical offices in the first couple of months of the pandemic, despite many thinking about their office reopening in a...

_Data indicates that organizations plan to continue a hybrid work model for the near term. A_ _Mercer survey_ _last May found 70% of companies said a blend of in-person and remote working will be the new normal._ _But this hybrid model will also place greater onus on employers and facility...

Corporations are facing the twofold challenge of having to reshape both physical offices and employee attitudes as they work to design return-to-office plans and satisfy a reluctant workforce. The challenge for the CRE industry is real – how to design for flexibility without adding more premium...

Everyone’s heard of remote and hybrid work models, but what about the “shybrid” approach? The term “shybrid” was first coined by Paul McKinlay, vice president of communications and remote working at printing company Cimpress, in a Bloomberg article in December. McKinlay described it as “the...

There are four people sitting in a room designed to hold fifty. Does it matter? Strategic Space Planners responsible for multi-building corporate and college campuses say yes. Leasing agreements and building maintenance are major budget items for large employers and universities. But how do...