Making your office space work — from sparksheet.com by Danny Groner
What happens when you move your startup into the Empire State Building? You learn what a difference a well-designed space can make, reports Shutterstock’s Danny Groner.
Photo by Bilyana Dimitrova.
Photo by Bilyana Dimitrova.
The office goes live — from avnetwork.com by Steve Harvey
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The corporate workplace is undergoing a transformation, due in large part to a combination of influences such as cost, collaboration, convergence, and the cloud. What will the future office look like, and what part will AV integrators play in its evolution?
“The workplace is not evolving, it’s being revolutionized,” according to Julian Phillips, executive vice president of Whitlock. “More businesses are moving towards ‘European style’ open plan office environments to make better use of space and create a more collaborative working environment. This drives a need for more informal meeting spaces.
“Research has shown that the average meeting is now with less than four people in the office, although more may join virtually, therefore we are seeing a demand for fewer medium-sized conference rooms for eight to 12 people, but many more ‘huddle’ spaces for four to six people.”
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Worklogik’s Todd McCandless points out that in the next decade baby boomers
will consist of less than 25 percent of the workforce. Gen Ys will represent over 50 percent,
and collaboration is the key to their work ethic.