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Evolution of Workspaces: Adapting to Changing Trends for Increased Efficiency and Sustainability

Explore the trajectory of workspaces from the early open plan layouts to the modern era of paperless and wireless technology. Discover the impacts of workplace changes on real estate, team collaboration, remote work, and business hierarchies. Learn how shifting towards web conferencing, mobile working, and flat hierarchies influences office design, IT budgets, staff engagement, and change management strategies. Uncover the importance of adapting base building systems, enhancing acoustic privacy, and aligning conference spaces with evolving needs in this dynamic work environment.

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Evolution of Workspaces: Adapting to Changing Trends for Increased Efficiency and Sustainability

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  1. A Complex Decision: The Future of the Work Space

  2. Early Open Plan 1896

  3. 1920s

  4. Metropolis: Visionary Office

  5. Johnson Wax 1939

  6. 1950s

  7. Charles Plohn & Co Brokerage 1964

  8. Amalgamated Lithographers 1964

  9. White & Case Lawyers 1967

  10. 1970s

  11. 1980s

  12. Paperless and wireless

  13. Technology

  14. Overall real estate compression to 100 usf to 200 usf per head • Movement toward team collaboration in multi- location settings • Shifts to web conferencing at the desktop and use of other technologies • Up to 20% of a given workforce working remotely/ mobile working • Continued flattening of business hierarchies The Workplace is Changing

  15. What Are The Impacts? • Greater densities = a closer look at base building systems (HVAC, electric, etc.) and how they are accounted for in the lease • Acoustic privacy and ability to concentrate at your desktop • The need to increase conference seats and room types that align with your specific needs • An increased IT budget to support new technologies and a mobile workplace • The need to engage staff and leadership via a well-organized change management program

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