The pandemic threw the typical office environment into stark relief. And the digital fluency / remote productivity of employees threatened its entire existence. Hybrid is the answer, but no one wants to work in a new way in the old space; they need something compelling to return to: they need a Destinations, that's what we created at Airbnb, and this talk explores the elements of these spaces that can be recreated and reinterpreted to create the post-covid office all employees deserve.

This session will leverage forward-thinking creativity with knowledge of lessons learned and best practices from AECOM international research and projects. Discussion will include the importance of creating environments that support the culture and goals of each organization, based on recent AECOM workplace studies.

Aaron Taylor Harvey and Daniel Prado answer workplace design questions submitted by the audience in a fireside chat.

In this session we will explore how to use a lens of activities to understand how teams and individuals are working in a hybrid environment. Luc will share data-insights from multiple organizations to understand the true impact of hybrid working on productivity, on managers well-being and on team connection. And you will hear from Iris about the transformation she led for a big global energy company. She will talk about the impact of hybrid for the workplace and workplace services, but not without highlighting the crucial role leadership plays in this spectrum.

In the age of the “anywhere office”, technology will play a more vital role than ever. It is now crucial for businesses to understand how people are using workspaces and implement technologies that will keep teams connected, organized, safe and ultimately enhance their experience and productivity. Our expert panel shares how some of the largest and most innovative global companies revolutionise how they use technology and how they attract and retain talent.  

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In a hybrid world, the physical environment greatly enhances connections between people and thus enhances culture. Booking.com had the challenging goal of creating a Healthy, Happy and Productive workspace for all 11,000 colleagues across the globe. The workplace services team works to achieve this through both data and real time experiments, while maintaining a continuous dialogue with their colleagues, the end-users of the space. This session will share how they achieved their goal and their key learnings in the process.

In this session Hans will share how making data-driven decisions on the optimization of their portfolio of more than 500 offices worldwide, helped Capgemini implement a smart building solution based on LoRaWan technology and sensors. The real-time sensor data also enables their employees to easily find free desks or rooms. Today, contract renewals result in an average decrease of 10% in floorspace, which saves Capgemini more than 50M$ per year.

Workplace research and management is influenced by individuals from vastly different professions and disciplines, from Facilities Management to People Management, from psychology to ergonomics – the list goes on. In this presentation Dr Appel-Meulenbroek, shares insights from her open-source book series Transdisciplinary Workplace Research & Management. Attendees will leave this session with tangible steps towards integrating the presented theories into an interdisciplinary framework for developing a grand workplace management theory.

This session explores how best to create optimal environments for employees to do their work, examining how cross-functional and human-centred approaches can be leveraged to make the office and greater workplace ecosystem more purposeful. How do we measure what is great? How do we successfully work across corporate real estate (CRE), human resources (HR), and information technology (IT) to deliver it?