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[Video] Why reactive maintenance is draining your facilities budget
As part of our series on asset management, our product team explores the hidden costs of reactive maintenance, and the steps you can take to get into a proactive mindset.
Culture in the workplace: David Cocchiara talks hybrid leadership
Everyone understands the importance of fostering the right culture in the workplace. But this is an increasingly complex task, as more and more companies commit to hybrid and remote environments. Even the best companies may be unsure how best to support employees and maintain a shared set of values in this future of work. We sat down with OfficeSpace CEO David Cocchiara to gain insight into how companies can answer these questions, using the spaces and software available to them to enhance employee performance and engagement. A hybrid leader himself, Cocchiara discusses how hybrid work impacts culture in the workplace. We also explore how hybrid leadership can create a more positive work environment that supports their people and their core values.
Workplace metrics: David Cocchiara talks data and hybrid
As companies work to get hybrid right, many are struggling to figure out what workplace metrics to track (and how to track them). Everyone understands the importance of making data-driven decisions when it comes to corporate real estate and employee engagement. But knowing what data to collect and why is increasingly challenging in increasingly dynamic workspaces. We sat down with OfficeSpace CEO David Cocchiara to explore how leaders can best use this report, along with how they can identify and use the right workplace metrics to support both their people and their long-term business goals.
The physical office: how to optimize hybrid physical workspaces
The way we view the physical office post-pandemic may have changed, but one fact remains: good physical workspaces are still critical for most businesses. In this article, we explore the new and critical role of the physical office in a hybrid world. We’ll also share tips for optimizing the physical workspace to better meet the changing needs of both employees and employers.
Workplace collaboration tools: a guide to what offices need now
As companies work to improve their hybrid work models and support an increasingly more distributed workforce, they’re quickly coming to appreciate the value of workplace collaboration tools. In this article we explore workplace collaboration tools. While this will include a rundown of the most useful and popular collaboration platforms, of course, we’ll also develop new tools and approaches for our new ways of working.
Agile room booking: agility to support collaboration in the hybrid workplace
In our new and hybrid normal, there’s only one way to achieve meaningfully agile room booking, or any agile work environment type, for that matter. In this article, we explore how to achieve more agile room booking. First up, we’ll cover why companies should aim for room booking agility in the first place.
Meeting room setup styles: strategies to improve hybrid collaboration
Gone are the days of cramming as many people as possible into a stuffy boardroom; today’s meeting room setup styles now take into account a wide variety of factors, to accommodate a wide variety of purposes and goals. This in turn leads to a more exciting and wider variety of meeting room design than in the past. In this article, we explore the latest meeting room setup styles, working through which work best for different types of meetings, cultures, and approaches to work.
Real estate forecasting: using data for commercial real estate forecasts
Real estate forecasting is always a challenge, even when chief economists aren’t warning about slowdowns, price declines, and rate hikes. In this article, we explore real estate forecasting, focusing on how companies can future-proof their offices and make better real estate investments for the future of work.
Hybrid real estate strategy: how to optimize CRE for hybrid
More and more companies are beginning to understand that if they really want to optimize hybrid work, they need an optimized hybrid real estate strategy to match. In this article, we explore how companies and CRE professionals can use advanced workplace analytics to create a hybrid real estate strategy that better supports both workers and long-term business goals. We’ll also explore how and why hybrid working complicates real estate strategies—and what to do about it.
How workforce and workplace data analytics help optimize office space
Workspaces are changing, along with the workplace data analytics that companies need to use to stay nimble and productive. In this article, we explore how workplace data analytics can provide an accurate picture of what’s actually happening in the office, therefore supporting a wide range of initiatives. We also provide a comprehensive review of what workforce analytics companies can collect to improve workforce effectiveness (along with how to use them).
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