Posts by HqO

It’s almost impossible to avoid: the future of work is all about agility. The hybrid workplace model has taken center stage in the past few years, and now that remote work is both plausible and acceptable, we may never ...

In its 2021 Future Forum Pulse Report, workplace messaging platform Slack revealed that 44% of executives surveyed “want to work from the office every day, compared to 17% of employees, [with] 75% of executives saying ...

The more the workforce changes, the more companies have to adapt. Work models and environments look very different now than they did in late 2019, when the COVID-19 pandemic instilled mass uncertainty in commercial real ...

To learn more about today’s workplace experience and emerging office trends, HqO partnered with leading research firm Verdantix to conduct exclusive interviews with executives from leading companies across the globe at ...

A few weeks ago, HqO sat down with Steve Kelly, the Vice President of Business Development at Ritual, to talk all things food and beverage. Ritual is one of HqO’s exclusive Marketplace partners that focuses on enhancing ...

Nearly 90% of employers surveyed have implemented some type of hybrid work arrangement, but overall they remain dissatisfied with how these models are working To learn more about today’s workplace experience and ...

To support the new hybrid work model, commercial real estate (CRE) firms and business leaders have aligned on a shared goal to improve employee experiences in and out of the office. To do so, they are adopting return to ...

The idea of being able to work from anywhere, at any time, requires a seamless experience irrespective of where an individual is located. This means the workplace experience needs to transcend the office building into ...

Companies are being more deliberate with their office strategies as they adapt to today’s hybrid workforce. Human Resources and Workplace Experience Managers are replacing hunches about what they think makes a great ...

As a software engineer, my job is to work on the small details. When I saw an opportunity to contribute to HqO’s blog, I jumped on it, because I thought it’d be a fun change of pace to step back and discuss the bigger ...

The tools and technology employees have at their disposal will shape much of what they experience in their work. Much like the consumer-grade technology many employees use in their personal lives, they want their ...

Commercial real estate (CRE) data has spoken: when considering what to do with your office space this year, you need to put your tenants at the very center of your workplace planning strategies. In a recent CBS News ...

Even before the pandemic, workplace trends were paving the way for an entirely different set of expectations for many employees. Three areas in particular were accelerated by the impacts of COVID-19: flexibility, choice ...

“Companies should put tenant and end-user preferences at the center of every business decision,” writes Surabhi Kejriwal of Deloitte. Improving and unifying the workplace experience across a company’s real estate ...

“To win in the marketplace you must first win in the workplace.” Perhaps Doug Conant, former CEO of Campbell’s Soup, could predict the future. Conant shared these insights far before the COVID-19 pandemic came into ...

In today’s day and age, employers need to define employee productivity through value — meaning that the more companies invest in their people and spaces, the more productive their business will be. That being said, how ...

Workplace engagement and productivity are the top focus areas for business leaders in 2022. Regardless of where an employee physically works on any given day, employers now understand that they need to provide the ...

“Employee productivity is always a priority,” reads an April 2021 Gallup study. “But the shift to remote work a year ago made it a burning issue. Businesses that had few — or no — remote workers were compelled to ...

The modern workplace is all about how company cultures build community. Whether you’re a property team looking to create a thriving community of office tenants, or an employer who is seeking help in attracting top ...

It goes without saying that the workplaces we are experiencing today are very different from the workplaces of just a few years ago. In a relatively short period of time, we’ve witnessed the unparalleled impacts of the ...