Why building owners can’t afford to ignore technology
‘It all starts and ends with a genuine focus on technology improving the lives of the workforce’
Future Workplace 2019
What does the future workplace look like? Without having reached a complete consensus, experts believe it will be smarter, greener and more efficient. The Future Workplace special report, published in The Times, explores the benefits of a biophilic office, the need for dedicated learning spaces, and how setting up shop in a tech hub can give your startup a leg up. It covers how to tackle freelancer isolation and asks whether, in the era of messaging and collaboration apps, the desk phone is dead. Also featured is comment on how innovative tech can improve the life of the workforce and an infographic on how we can learn to work better together, in a time where we have five generations in the workforce
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Using tech to improve service, not just cut costs
‘Innovative technology can be revolutionary but we need to think hard about its use’
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Is the future workplace telephone-free?
Messaging and collaboration apps seem increasingly popular, particularly among younger members of staff, but there’s still life left in the old desk phone
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Why you must create space for workplace learning
Business leaders are wrestling with how to integrate formal and informal learning spaces at work to nurture a necessary upskilling culture
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Delivering food for thought and happiness
Providing staff with tasty, nourishing food is not only good for employees’ wellbeing and engagement, it also feeds the bottom line
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Rise of business hospitality
Despite the trend for workspaces that look like coffee shops, many businesses are demanding a return to more professional working environments. Landmark explains how it is harnessing the fundamentals of design and service to bring professional hospitality into the flexible workspace industry
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Rethinking workspace to connect space and people
WeWork is no longer only for co-working and startups. As people increasingly demand flexibility and enterprises crave more simplicity and agility on a global scale, large companies are embracing shared-space solutions that enable them to grow faster
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It’s the workplace, but smart
As organisations look to maximise employee engagement and productivity, building owners must move with the times, by making life as comfortable and frictionless as possible. Now, thanks to Smart Spaces, a new app from London-based D2 Interactive, developed in partnership with Great Portland Estates plc, workspaces can become more interconnected to allow businesses and their employees unprecedented control over their environment – and work-life
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Tech fact, not tech friction
Work-enabling technology in convenient workspaces empowers employees to excel
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Business Transformation
The past 18 months has forced business transformation on most companies, whether they wanted it or not. Here, we examine whether new business models are here for the long-term, new management structures and the real difference between digital transformation and digitisation.
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The Future of Marketing and Customer Experience
After a tumultuous 2020 of budget cuts, furlough and redundancies, the marketing industry is looking to rebuild in 2021. From the future of digital advertising without third-party cookies to improving diversity and inclusion and finding new ways to improve lead generation, marketers are facing new challenges.
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Future of Ecommerce 2021
As the pandemic pushed previously in-store brands online, luxury retail has finally embraced ecommerce, L’Oréal’s new digital boss explains how beauty went touchless and we explore how innovative warehouse tech can offer retail an edge. We also examine the magic of live shopping, the rise of super apps and how to get returns right
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The Future of Work 2021
As the UK economy slowly reopens, thoughts are increasingly turning to what work will look like post-pandemic. But with many people looking for a career change, issues around proximity bias and the loss of young people from the work force, there are as many opportunities as there are challenges.