New look of #dynamicworkplace 1. Moveable, soundproofed pods 2. Cafe-style seating with outlets at every seat 3. Wireless device charging 4. High-backed couches 5. Screening plants allow workers to partially isolate 6. A darkened library-style room for deep work
7. Ceiling-mounted occupancy sensors track how many people are in a space 8. Banks of lockers where workers can stash their stuff 9. Digital whiteboards 10. No-contact, digital employee sign-in stations 11. Clusters of desks for departments or groups that want to work together
#Openoffice is intended to be a place where #people come 5 days a week, and get most of their #work done on site. 🔥The new vision of the #dynamicoffice is planned for people rotating in and out of the office, on flexible schedules they have more control over than ever.
The #openoffice tried to improve the office-work status quo; the #dynamicworkplace has to convince people to even bother showing up. Its biggest lures: more varied workspaces for collaboration, and a chance to be away from a distraction-filled home.
When workers want to be left alone, they’re apt to stay home, or visit a cafe or co-working space closer to where they live.
But by spending to remodel or even rebuild their offices with these new ideas in mind, companies are in danger of repeating the mistake they made when they all rushed to the open plan: ignoring the research that says these layouts may have just as many problems as the older ways.
Research on hot-desking in office spaces, for example—where employees give up a dedicated space in favor of first-come-first-serve seating—finds that it decreases socialization and trust.
In other studies, employees complain they can’t find their colleagues, that it’s a hassle to find a new spot to work every day, and that such arrangements ignore humans’ innate territoriality and desire to make a space their own.
Many of these drawbacks can be overcome with what’s called “neighborhood” or “community” flex working. In this model of flexible working, whole teams—say, HR or finance or engineering—sit together in one area, though its location, size and boundaries could change from day to day
For things people will still want to stash at work, employees could each get a locker An add enticement to come back to the office could be #microoffices. These smaller offices could be spread across city area, so that employees could go to an office in their own vicinity.
The idea is to eliminate or reduce employees’ commutes, while still providing the amenities of an office setting. It’s all part of a trend toward moving to where the talent is.