As the nature of corporate real estate shifts before our eyes, there is a lot of talk about future-proofing real estate portfolios and workplace designs against on-going change. This makes perfect sense as a concept. Anytime things are in a state of constant change, making yourself resilient against future state impacts is wise. The challenge…
Tag: Workplace
Occupancy data is a reflection of in-office preferences and decisions. In times of dramatic change, it is most important to stop, look, and listen than to dive into historical data.
After writing my post a few weeks back on dangerous data, I kept coming back to this mental image of what is actually happening within our workplaces that makes the data so misleading and untrustworthy. Dangerous data does not simply spring forth from nowhere, it is the result of circumstances unlike those that came before….
Change, change, change. Workplace occupancy has returned but only when measuring across new time windows.
Are we officially post-pandemic yet? No? One thing we are past is everything we used to know and understand about corporate real estate and how people use the space their companies provide to them. If headlines are any indication, workers are not returning to offices as expected. Companies require a return (Apple x2, Goldman, Tesla)…
How much technology should you be planning for in your workplace?
Technology and Real Estate share a strange overlap. Colleagues want a workplace that makes their workday more productive which implies the need for technology. They also do not want a workplace that is outdated and inefficient which implies any technology that is implemented needs to be maintained and upgraded regularly. If a workplace design is…
Workplace Experience is to CRE what UI/UX is to software
Software conversations often circle around the concept of User Interface and User Experience. No one uses poorly designed software unless they are forced to (plenty of these examples exist) but plenty of people freely choose to use beautiful, simple software even if it doesn’t do everything they’d expect. An experience is all about how the…