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    Measuring Productivity in the Workplace

    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 ...

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    How the Connected Workplace Boosts Employee Productivity

    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 ...

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    Employee Productivity and the Workplace

    “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 ...

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    Using Workplace Experience Software to Build Community

    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 ...

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    Workplace Experience: the Secret Behind High Performing Teams

    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 ...

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    Refining Your Flex Space Strategy

    Though there is no one-size-fits-all solution, there are strategic ways to think about offering a flexible working environment for tenants and their employees. Below, we walk you through four major questions to align ...

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    How Employee Experience Platforms Enhance Office Flex Space

    Flexible workspaces (also known as flex spaces) are on the rise as the hybrid workforce expands. These workspaces are attractive to employers who need to scale up or down based on who comes into work — and for those ...

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    Driving Productivity with Workplace Technology

    As companies around the world embrace hybrid models of working, which see employees splitting their time between home and the office, the concept of productivity is evolving. Organizations are no longer able to quantify ...

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    How Flex Enables ‘Work from Anywhere’

    Work-from-home. Remote work. Hybrid work. The past few years have introduced an abundance of buzzwords to the commercial real estate (CRE) industry, all focused around the idea of empowering tenants and their employees ...

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    Five Ideas for Employee Appreciation Day

    Showing employees they are appreciated is good for morale and for business. It’s especially relevant in 2022 as employers struggle to hire and retain staff amid the Great Resignation. Though reports show that a lack of ...

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    Enhancing the Employee Experience with HqO

    Harvard researcher Jacob Morgan found that companies that invested heavily in their employees’ cultural, technological, and physical environments were four times more profitable and generated two times more revenue than ...

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    How a Workplace Experience Platform Helped DMK Restaurants Build Lasting Relationships

    The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound impact on workplace environments and the commercial real estate (CRE) industry. It put HR departments at the forefront of hospitality-focused employee experiences, caused property ...

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    Grant Powell, CEO of Arterial Group

    Grant Powell CEO, Arterial Group Grant Powell is the CEO at Arterial Group, a real estate collective that brings a hospitality focus to challenges surrounding today’s flexible economy. The organization partners with ...

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    Making a Company Impact with Workplace Experience Technology

    There are many decision-makers in your organization who may budget for workplace experience technology, but these modern tools go beyond meeting a dollar amount. It’s important to outline how workplace technology can ...

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    Using Employee Engagement Software to Attract and Retain Talent

    Today, there are more open positions than available workers, thanks to the Great Resignation. This talent shortage — driven by the mass quit rates at every level of the workforce — is projected to have a continued and ...

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    Is Technology the Key Behind Hospitality Experiences in the Workplace?

    The commercial real estate world is collectively progressing, thanks in part to the continued integration of technology at all levels of the industry and across all property types. While the real estate sector is not ...

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    Apple Wallet Touchless Entry Underscores the Need for Workplace Experience Solutions

    In today’s fast-moving and ever-changing market, mobile access and flexibility are paramount when selecting a workplace experience provider, particularly when it comes to touchless entry. Tenants and employees are no ...

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    Why You Should Invest in Employee Experience

    The workplace — namely, employee experience — has changed significantly in the last few years. According to Accenture’s Future of Work study, 83% of workers now prefer a flexible, hybrid work model over being full-time ...

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    The New Workplace App: Fostering Meaningful Engagement

    Workplace technology has changed. Over the last few years, industry-leading commercial real estate (CRE) teams began moving away from disparate communication and work order management tools and began adopting all-in-one ...

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    Doing Right: How Tech-Enabled Workplaces can Improve Employee Well-being

    According to The Starr Conspiracy’s recent report, Workplace Well-being: The New Reality, the estimated 2021 market for workplace well-being technology was worth $16.3 billion. This estimate came hot on the heels of a ...