The Goop California office can easily be mistaken for someone s home kitchen. Photo: AFP
The balance between work and personal life, the attractiveness of offices in large cities, management of hybrid teams made up of in-office and remote workers. the challenges of the workspace of the future are numerous.
To lure present and future employees, companies are inventing the workspace of the future. Will it be enough for them to appeal to employees post-pandemic?
The spread of Covid-19 has had an impact on the use of open spaces. Noisy and conducive to the exchange of germs, offices have been in large part abandoned. Yet, after a year of working alone, many employees want their workspace back, without going back to a culture of competitive presenteeism.
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At the Goop California offices. Rapt Studio pic
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PARIS, May 1 The balance between work and personal life, the attractiveness of offices in large cities, management of hybrid teams made up of in-office and remote workers. the challenges of the work space of the future are numerous. To lure present and future employees, companies are inventing the workspace of the future. Will it be enough for them to appeal to employees post-pandemic?
The spread of covid-19 has had an impact on the use of open spaces. Noisy and conducive to the exchange of germs, offices have been in large part abandoned. Yet, after a year of working alone, many employees want their workspace back, without going back to a culture of competitive presenteeism.
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“Change drives innovation. We must continually evolve into what a successful workplace looks like,” said Nicole Senior, director of workplace experience, Tinder. Change, innovation and human connection were topics of prominence in a December 17 Think Tank, hosted by Rapt Studio, and titled “Looking Back, Looking Forward: Workforce Lessons for 2021.”
An overriding theme was employee happiness after many difficult months of remote working. “We’re slowing down and focusing on mental health,” said Lisa Hennessey, chief people officer at Happy Money, which is on track to double its revenue in 2020. “How do we make people not feel isolated? How do we create moments of delight?”