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Improving Your Workplace Experience ToolsetThe concept of ‘work’ has continued to evolve the more we navigate a post-pandemic world: recent data by Leesman, an HqO company, reveals that 60% of employees currently work in a hybrid way. Similarly, 37% of employees ...
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How Landlords are Using a Return to Office App to Promote the WorkplaceNow that employees are returning to the office, landlords and employers alike are navigating how to support the growing need for hybrid work models. Additionally, since employers (tenant companies) are prioritizing ...
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Gathering Data with a Workplace Experience AppAccording to HqO’s State of Workplace Experience report, a growing number of landlords and commercial real estate (CRE) companies view data as significantly important to their overall business strategies. Moreover, a ...
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Employee Experience Platforms and ‘Collaborative Equity’In the last few years, the state of the workplace has drastically changed and employers are prioritizing hybrid workplace environments. Since COVID-19 has upended how corporate leaders interact with their employees and ...
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Risky Business: Addressing Hybrid Work ChallengesIt’s June 2022, and you’re sitting at your desk… in the office. This hasn’t always been the case over the past few years; the COVID-19 pandemic prompted your company to reimagine its workplace model. Maybe you used to ...
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Using Data to Generate Higher-Level InsightsIn a world defined by constant change and elevated levels of economic uncertainty, commercial real estate (CRE) companies and property teams have increasingly recognized the need to gather more information on tenant ...
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Workplace Experience Software and the FutureOnce upon a time, workplace technology was looked at as a supporting tool that tenants and employees used, on occasion, to help them do their jobs. Now, the importance of tech has been brought to the forefront of the ...
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Navigating Uncertainty with Workplace DataAccording to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, the commercial real estate (CRE) space has now entered a period of what it calls “certain uncertainty,” which is driven by higher-than-healthy inflation, a chaotic labor ...
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#AskHqO: Advice for the Hybrid WorkplaceThe more employees return to the office, the more the workplace thrives. In our latest social campaign called #AskHqO, we gathered thoughts and opinions from our very own HqO employees about returning to a physical ...
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Mobile Access and the Office: Making it ‘Click’I sometimes try to remember what mobile access meant to me before joining HqO a year and a half ago. Up until that time, my only experience with mobile access was staying at a hotel that featured it as an amenity. As ...
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The Office as a MagnetIn September 2021, leading commercial real estate firm CBRE released a study on the global trends shaping the future of the office. “Consolidation,” the report reads, “remains a focus for many multinationals. In EMEA, ...
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Property Management Software and the “Experience War”The future of the workplace is changing. As we move forward into the contemporary workplace, office environments must be positioned to provide best-in-class employee experiences. This is because the physical workplace ...
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Inside HqO: Juliana MedeirosJuliana Medeiros People Operations Associate at HqO Juliana joined HqO in December 2021 as a People Operations Associate. Working on the Human Resources team, she collaborates regularly with professionals from other ...
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What Landlords Need to Know in 2022To download the full report, click here.
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5 Must-Have Workplace Events for the SummerSummer is here and planning season is in full swing. As more and more employees make their return back to the office, the need for purposeful and engaging physical work environments is high. In fact, According to ...
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Workplaces of the Future: The Pillars of Space OptimizationWe can divide the role of workplace technology in office space optimization into three categories: agility, flexibility, and productivity. Correctly leveraged, a workplace experience platform simultaneously covers each ...
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Opportunities for the Office in 2022Only a few years ago, commercial real estate (CRE) was all about tradition. The industry depended on long-term, sometimes decades-long leases. Property demand was measured by location and physical amenities, meaning ...
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Why Your Company Needs a Workplace Experience AppSince the onset of COVID-19, the state of workplace — and the workplace experience — has changed. Corporate employees now have the ability to choose where they work, causing remote and hybrid work to become the new ...
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Inside HqO: Samuel WarrenSamuel Warren Vice President of Sales, Europe, at HqO Sam started at HqO in 2019, as the company’s first international hire. In his new role as a Vice President, he can be found having regular meetings with customers, ...
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92% of Landlords Believe Employees Want More From Their Buildings – And They’re Prepared to DeliverLandlords investing in tenant experience teams and tech-based communication tools Fresh off the heels of HqO’s survey of corporate employers, we’re pleased to release key findings from our commissioned survey of select ...