What Are Some Of The Most Effective Ways To Future-Proof A Workplace?
We at BOS, Haworth Best In Class, think that maximizing the value of your workspace by making sure it will last through ever-changing environments. This can include changing floorplates, moving to a new office, or hiring new personal.
Through innovation, flexibility, and culture any type of business can create a workspace to thrive and be inspired in. Adding collaboration areas to your space is one way you can spark creativity within your team.
There are many ways to incorporate areas that inspire your team to work better together. Check out some expert opinions from our team that best explains how a furniture partner can help you future-proof your workplace.
A companies needs do not change quickly, in a typical situation. With Covid we have see a quick change but the reality is that another change will not be as quickly developing. A great way of future proofing is to get buy in from the company on what they require. BOS has amazing tools to be able to work with your employees to find the culture and space that works best for the long run.
I would say lead the change with making everything as modular as possible. You could do this with actual modular floor to ceiling walls, obviously modular workstations, as well as shift on the fly ancillary furniture. This makes changes to your space very easy in the future and certainly helps the environment with keeping product out of landfills.
Short term, flexible leases from the real estate side, and finding a trusted interiors and furniture vendor to keep your space relevant and cost efficient as trends and times continue to change. Try to be agile in both mindset and the interiors strategy your organization deploys.
Plan spaces that are flexible and standard room sizes that can be both offices and meeting spaces interchangeably to help change to the future.
Fully utilize the Kit of Parts concept. It has been proven time and again to work. We have proven it to ourselves in our own space.
The integrated palette and making initial decisions based on facts instead of guesses (employee surveys, space reflecting the culture, etc). Space that is built with the culture of the company and the work being done in mind rarely goes out of style
