Workspace Strategy

Future of Work: From Surviving to Thriving

Dana Casielles

December 23, 2021

Omdia analyst shares digital transformation tips for enabling the future of hybrid work.

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Amazon, Meta Scrap CES Plans in Las Vegas After Covid Surge

Bloomberg News

December 22, 2021

Amazon.com Inc., Meta, Pinterest, Twitter and several news outlets have canceled plans to attend the annual CES technology conference in Las Vegas, a response to surging Covid-19 cases...

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Employee Experience

5 Best Practices for Optimizing the WFH Experience

Beth Schultz

December 21, 2021

Metrigy’s analysis of what’s working at the most successful companies shows that it pays to invest in the right technologies to support at-home workers.

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Does Hybrid Work Mean a Return to a Two-Tier Workforce?

December 20, 2021

Workplace leaders need to be more attentive to issues new and old, as they march toward their future of work.

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Apple Scraps Office-Return Deadline Without Setting New Date

Bloomberg News

December 16, 2021

Apple, facing a resurgence in Covid-19 cases and a fast-spreading new variant, is delaying its corporate return-to-office deadline from February 1, 2022, to a “date yet to be determined.”

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Real Estate/Facilities

Citi Says New York-Area Staffers Can Work Remotely Again

December 16, 2021

The move, which applies to offices in New York City and Jersey City, New Jersey, was aimed at protecting employees’ holiday plans and to thin out the number of workers coming into those...

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Real Estate/Facilities

‘I Was Wrong’: Omicron Wrecks CEOs’ Plans for U.S. Office Return

December 16, 2021

(Bloomberg) -- Just as it seemed like corporate America was on a path toward normalcy, a new wave of Covid uncertainty is upending business plans from Wall Street to Silicon Valley...

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Office Design

Office Changes Require Close Coordination

Irwin Lazar

December 01, 2021

Success comes from aligning HR, facilities, and IT toward a common goal.

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Will We Ever See a Widespread Return to Office?

November 30, 2021

Two years into the pandemic, fears of a new COVID variant once again throw return-to-office plans up in the air.

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Employee Experience

5 Best Practices for Optimizing the WFH Experience

Beth Schultz

October 29, 2021

Metrigy’s analysis of what’s working at the most successful companies shows that it pays to invest in the right technologies to support at-home workers.

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Does Hybrid Work Mean a Return to a Two-Tier Workforce?

October 28, 2021

Workplace leaders need to be more attentive to issues new and old, as they march toward their future of work.

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Shhh, I’m Trying to Be Productive Over Here

October 20, 2021

A recent survey from device maker Poly shows employees are concerned about noise levels as they head back into the office.

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Hybrid Work: IT, HR, Facilities Come Together Like Never Before

October 12, 2021

As many workplaces embrace hybrid work, cross-departmental collaboration between IT, HR, and facility departments will be crucial to pulling it all off, according to one Cisco exec.

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