All offices, even traditional ones, offer a variety of spaces. An office might have separate rooms for meetings of different sizes, along with personal desks within an open-plan space or private rooms for employees to work individually. Flexible offices take this a step further.  Diversification is one of the five overarching principles in creating a […]

Often, it is a desire for increased collaboration that drives a business to pursue a new way of working. Leadership might decide that the organisation could benefit from cooperation between different entities. This improved cooperation might shorten lead times or minimise time spent in formal meetings, amongst other benefits. With a flexible way of working, […]

Think about your workplace and your company’s way of working. Is it easy to make the right decisions at the workplace? Those that lead to positive results? For lots of organisations, this may not be the case.  By creating the right working conditions at the office and remotely, you can increase employees’ adaptability to the […]

Behavioural changes aren’t easy to make. Yet they are crucial if a business or organisation wishes to implement a new way of working, especially if the move is towards a flexible or hybrid method.  Research shows that the majority of organisational changes concerning behaviour patterns do not meet their goals. A change in the way […]

Creating an effective work environment is about more than building a better office or changing to a new way of working.  Instead, a strong workplace strategy considers how the office and ways of working can be designed to encourage productivity and wellbeing. This will change from organisation to organisation, and even between different groups within […]

Workplace Principle 4: Increase Adaptability When planning a new and improved workplace, the technological environment is as important as the physical office environment. So when it comes to encouraging employees to make the best decisions at work (also known as increasing adaptability, more on that here), providing seamless tech connections is key.  The 30-second rule […]