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Back to a Hybrid Future: The Return to Distributed & Flexible Work

By Pontus Kihlman on 7/7/21 1:19 PM

"How do we get started with hybrid working?" and "When can we go back to work, back to the office, back to business as usual?" These questions are on the lips of many. While many are (and have been) eager to see restrictions lifted, we must remain patient, and this time around – think and plan ahead. One step and stage at a time - the social, physical and digital workplace need to realign with a new way of working.

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Guest blog: Covid has changed the office market forever

By Dave Cairns on 4/29/21 8:45 AM

We are now over a year into a pandemic-induced workplace (r)evolution. To no one’s surprise, views on the role of the office are still polarized. Within commercial real estate, many corporate leaders are hoping for a return to old ways of working. However, inflection points are simply part of life. Covid-19 is a huge inflection point for the office world. Now it’s the customer, both tenant companies and end-users who are in the spotlight, who will have their turn to write the next chapter of what it means to “go” to work. For those whose income and business model is tied to supplying or servicing the world of offices, a beginner’s mindset has become necessary, to survive.

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A floor plan increases the usability of real estate applications – where would you add a floor plan?

By Jukka Nisula on 12/22/17 12:43 PM

Digitalization is the current buzzword. This may sound like yesterday’s news, but it's a fact that digitalization is accelerating in all sectors and is on everybody's lips. Service platforms, ecosystems, disruption and open data are adding to the hype. Even traditionally conservative sectors such as property and construction are waking up to the reality of the digital transition.

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How choice architecture nudges organizational behavior with activity-based design

By Pontus Kihlman on 10/6/17 11:20 AM


Spaces can be designed to encourage certain types of behavior, such as individual work or collaboration.

Choice architecture is used to help nudge us to behave in certain ways – in the workplace, too, where the aim usually is to optimize organizational effectiveness and well-being. 

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The future of space management

By Toni Gyllenberg on 4/18/17 1:35 PM

 

We want to prepare for possible software and file format changes in the coming years, and to create more drawing related services that better serve our customers. Therefore, we conducted a space management feasibility study.

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