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Plan Better with Pilot Spaces
Our Plan Better Series explores What will your workforce need in order to remain productive and move organizational goals forward? Experiment & Learn What the pandemic taught us, along with exhaustive research by Steelcase, is that workplaces must do more to support human needs. Figuring out how to plan for facilities or real estate needs in the…
Plan Better with Pulse Check Surveys
Discover employee needs The pandemic has impacted employee’s workplace expectations and leaders have the difficult task to define the future of work. How and when can employees safely return? How should they modify their workplace? What do employees value in the workplace? We can provide Returning to the Workplace Surveys as an effective pulse check…
Work Better
The pandemic has reshaped many aspects of our lives, including where and how people want to work. Their experiences working from home, and what they face when they return to the office, have influenced what they want and expect to see in the workplace going forward. The things they liked about their office before the…
Designing a Better Work Experience
Four new design principles meet new employee needs. After having spent months working from home, people’s expectations of the workplace have changed. They want and need a safe and compelling workplace that’s inspiring, more flexible and helps them get work done. They also want more control over where and how they work and designers will…
An Interview with our CEO about the post-COVID Office
This post is part of our ongoing exploration into workplace strategies in a post-COVID environment. Transcript Terri: Hi everybody, I am Terri Jackson, I am the Real Estate Workplace Consultant at Atmosphere Commercial Interiors, here in our Minneapolis office. And I’m joined today by our President and CEO, Carlene Wilson. Hi Carlene! Carlene: Hi…
Pivoting to a post-COVID office
Facility managers, corporate architects and designers have been reacting with a myriad of design and product solutions to safely bring people back into the workspace, including redefining how space is laid out, more mindful technology integration to unite off-site and onsite workers, creative outdoor footprints, and exploring anti-microbial finishes— once only typically used in healthcare applications. Based on our survey responses, almost…
The Importance of the Office
The impact of a global pandemic on offices and urban centers has turned our industry nearly upside down. The combination of disrupted supply chains, vacant commercial real estate, and safety measures— like physical distancing— have left many wondering what the value of office space is anymore. And rightly so. With billions invested in real estate and maintenance of the workplace, companies would be…
