Issue #1: Going Hybrid

How is your org “going hybrid?” The pandemic has forever changed the way people and organizations look at work. Between the abrupt shift to remote work to adopting hybrid work to compete for talent during the Great Resignation to managing the latest Covid workplace safety rules, business leaders have learned that surprises, large and small, can come out of nowhere.

What to Read

How to Effectively Optimize your Office Real Estate & Hybrid Workspace: As more organizations shift to a hybrid strategy, they are faced with unprecedented uncertainty when it comes to real estate, facility and space management. They need to understand what activities are taking place at their facilities if they are to monitor the effectiveness of their return-to-work and hybrid workplace strategies.

The Facility Manager’s Role in a Post-COVID World: Hybrid has become the new standard, with surveys showing as many as 80% of employees preferring hybrid or remote work arrangements. This means major changes for the role of a facility manager. As we make this dramatic shift in the workplace, it is useful to think about the reasons that office space has been important.

The Workplace Management Solution Buyer’s Guide: Finding the best possible combination of digital workplace solutions for your organization’s specific needs is hard. This guide breaks down different solutions and their benefits as well as spells out red flags to look for in vendors.?

What to Watch

Who benefits from Workplace Management solutions? Industry expert Jennifer Heath goes into the different benefits that technology can bring to different roles in your organization’s workplace management process. Whether you’re a Facility Manager, Corporate Real Estate professional, HR, or IT manager, workplace technology brings useful data and processes to benefit your role and ultimately your organization.?

What to Know

With the shift to hybrid, it's a critical time to reflect on the effectiveness of your organization's return-to-work policies and optimize them even further. Real estate is your 2nd largest expense, every percent of utilization counts. Workplace technology can help your Real Estate teams use a data-driven approach to portfolio planning. Learn how different workplace technology solutions can help you hone in on your building utilization.?