In a world wherein folks have extra selection about how and the place to work, how can organisations meet their various and ever-changing wants? And the way can they entice them to the workplace with out issuing controversial mandates? Among the UK’s most high-profile office, design, property and amenities administration specialists met lately on the London showroom of MillerKnoll to debate one of the vital vexed questions of current years. Specifically, how do you create workplaces that meet the wants of people that have extra selections than ever of how, when and the place to work? And its corollary: if you need folks to spend extra time within the workplace with one another, how do you entice them to take action with out making it an obligation?
The touchstone for the dialog was a paper from Dr Nigel Oseland and Dr Gary Uncooked. It explores the elements that drive folks’s preferences, what they imply for office strategists and the way organisations can supply a working tradition and selections that enable folks to tailor the way in which they work whereas additionally assembly the broader wants of the organisation.
On this particular complement we discover the problems round this most vital of matters, with contributions from the members of the panel. We summarise the findings of the analysis and supply seven items of actionable recommendation from the examine.
The analysis gives helpful insights into the preferences and influences of workers in terms of working from residence or within the workplace. It’s clear from the examine that there isn’t a one-size-fits-all strategy, and organisations want to think about the particular wants and preferences of people. By creating workplace areas that assist focus, privateness, teamwork, and a way of function, organisations can entice workers again to the workplace whereas additionally offering the flexibleness and private advantages that include distant work.
The onus is on organisations to search out the suitable steadiness between residence and workplace, making a office that meets the varied wants of workers and fosters productiveness, collaboration, and wellbeing.
