Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 4, 2017

In it they list two powerful forces shaping workforces and workplaces: "the growing adoption of artificial intelligence in the workplace and the expansion of the workforce to include both on- and off-balance-sheet talent." .  They describe this in their recent article Forces of Change: The Future of Work.

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APRIL 3, 2017

  Because of this, their report - The 2017 Global Workplace Trends Report  - focuses on workplace trends.  The Workplace as a Wellness Destination: Interesting look at wellness, which is clearly an important workplace trend. A Workplace For Me: Personalization of the employee experience.

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MAY 26, 2020

For example, the Global Workplace Analytics Work from Home Experience Survey found that "U.S. .  And one of the most consistent findings of these studies is most people want to continue to work from home, but most of those only want to work from home part-time. employees want to continue working from home an average of 2.5

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The Washington Post’s Female-focused co-working spaces offer career and child-care help still lacking in many traditional workplaces covers the rise of coworking spaces catering to women and/or offering childcare. The Laya Center is an interesting example of this trend, which is covered in several recent news articles.

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Networking UPS 165

Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 16, 2018

. The evidence shows that social support—family and friends you can count on, as well as close relationships—can have a direct effect on health and buffers the effects of various psychosocial stresses, including workplace stress, that can compromise health. This is where coworking comes in.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Repeating a quote from our post yesterda y: Everything that we know about landlords and how workplaces are designed, built, managed and staffed is being disrupted. Fast forward to today and it's clear coworking has not only become a successful industry, it's disrupting and changing the entire commercial office real estate industry.

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Corporations are moving to coworking: The growing need for greater workplace flexibility and agility is leading more corporations to use coworking spaces for some of their space needs.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 18, 2019

He does not view this mindset as a trend so much as a movement that’s been building over time as people integrate pets more fully into daily life — the workplace, dining, shopping and celebratory occasions." People want to take the best care of their pets, like they are a member of the family.”

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 21, 2016

  These findings were part of a broader workplace study conducted by Staples. Go to their Workplace Index site for more information. This is yet another survey showing that more and more people are taking on side gigs and/or moonlighting.  A total of 1,528 employees were surveyed in the U.S.,

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 25, 2018

Rejecting commitment also plays out in the workplace, as consumers say no to corporate 9–5jobs and instead choosing entrepreneurial lifestyles on the road.   Their 3rd trend - The Borrowers - covers the continued growth of the sharing economy.

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DECEMBER 18, 2017

Corporations are moving to coworking: The growing need for greater workplace flexibility and agility is leading more corporations to use coworking spaces for some of their space needs.

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Key quote from the report on this trend: Video and digital collaboration tools have transformed the modern workplace. While we like all of these trends, we find The Power of Being There in Person the most interesting.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 7, 2016

Lots of good stuff, including presentations on the changing nature of the economy and work, the important role community plays and lots of cool information on the leading edge of workplace design.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2017

"  But as the industry evolves and hybridizes, we're seeing more spaces going beyond just being workplaces and communities. .  In the early years of the coworking, for example, the industry's tagline was "come for the space, stay for the community."  They are becoming lifestyle brands.

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OCTOBER 17, 2017

.  But what caught our eye was how many of the articles focused on or mentioned the importance of humanness or "being human"   Examples of articles including this theme include: Now is the time to bring humanity back to the workplace. How will our working patterns change with the future of work?

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Key quote from Joyce Bromberg, chief strategy officer at Convene: Everything that we know about landlords and how workplaces are designed, built, managed and staffed is being disrupted, necessitating a new name for what Bromberg predicts will become the way people work and how real estate will be consumed.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 21, 2018

They "experience their workplace like regular employees do, just without the benefits of a traditional job -- benefits, pay and security." This group, according to Gallup, "can truly be their own boss and enjoy the often-touted benefits of gig work more frequently -- flexibility and freedom."

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 13, 2018

Thanks to a variety of workplace-as-a-service offerings, large corporations are starting to outsource the design and operation of their offices to firms offering to build and operate coworking-like office spaces to house their employees. But the coworking's impact on commercial office real estate goes much further.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 8, 2017

.  Key quote on their view of the key drivers of the future of work: The future of work is being shaped by two powerful forces: The growing adoption of artificial intelligence in the workplace, and the expansion of the workforce to include both on- and off-balance-sheet talent. 

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 23, 2017

Older Americans value the highly flexible nature of gig work and are turning to it to supplement their incomes and/or stay engaged in the workplace. This confirms something we see across all our survey work on the gig economy. In addition to the article linked to above, click here for the more detailed report on the findings. 

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 7, 2013

The group is moderated by Martina Mangelsdorf, who is Swiss and the managing director of Gaia Insights , a firm focused on Gen Y and the workplace. It has about 700 members focused on the future of work and workplaces. If you're interested in the future of work or workplaces, join AWE. Many are worthless.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 30, 2013

Freelance Independent workers trends workplace' .   We'll have more on this topic in September when we release the 3rd annual MBO Partners State of Independence report.  To see last year's report, click here.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 26, 2016

This means despite being seen as a workplace for millennials, mature ODE workers (aged 55+) are roughly equally represented in the ODE workforce as in the overall workforce.  This is borne out by the research on the on-demand economy (ODE) we conducted with Intuit. 

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 17, 2014

Scott's the COO of Pacific Workplaces and President-elect of the Global Workspace Association , so he knows his stuff. The workspace-as-a-service industry includes office business centers, coworking facilities, incubators and other shared office environments and services.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 9, 2017

Rather than going to work at a “job” with your “colleagues” in an “office,” your workplace becomes the local embodiment of what the McKinsey Global Institute has dubbed “talent platforms” — the online exchanges connecting people to projects, talent, and resources."

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Small Business Labs

JULY 9, 2014

While we're still processing the data, it looks like the number of independent workers reporting they are using online talent workplaces at least part of the time is up substantially this year over 2013. are also showing strong growth.   We'll have more on this topic in the coming weeks.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 19, 2016

They also focus on bridging the gap between graduation and the workplace. Short-term "bootcamp programs" like General Assembly  provide immersive technical education and career transformation services for rapidly growing numbers of students. Udacity is now doing the same.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 17, 2012

  Aftering crunching a series of metrics that include economic, workplace, community and personal choice factors, they  are suggesting we all move to North or South Dakota (or at least nearby). Gallup's Where You'll Want to Live in 2032 looks at the state and regions of the U.S. with the brightest future.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 28, 2011

It's no surprise that companies continue to cut workplace benefits.  " The article goes on to list 21 workplace benefits that are going away, with reductions in retirement and health care benefits leading the way.   According to a U.S.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 2, 2014

. Advanced technological tools are beginning to make it possible to measure and monitor employees as never before, with the promise of fundamentally changing how we work — along with raising concerns about privacy and the specter of unchecked surveillance in the workplace.   trends Web/Tech'

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 27, 2011

.  In this work we forecast that over the next decade the growing array of Web-based technologies will reinvent the workplace, making these “third places” (including coworking facilities) for work outside of the traditional office and home more commonplace.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 13, 2014

.   The picture below with the oddly dressed women - turtle neck sweater and jacket as if it's cold, but nothing on her legs or feet - shows how this might look.

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 4, 2012

 In particular I liked the article "Musings on Knowledge Work and Place" and "Listen UP, 10,000 People Have Told You What They Think of Their Current Workplace" which covers the results of a very large, ambitious and ongoing survey of office workers. I just finished the first issue and was very impressed.  

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Small Business Labs

MAY 20, 2014

And there's little doubt that robots and automation are replacing growing numbers of humans in the workplace.  The picture above, for example, is from the article Will Baxter and Other Robots Take Your job.   But there's also a positive side to botsourcing. The

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

He's holding the Social Workplace Conference in October in London to explore the role of social interactions in work.  To offer you the privacy you need to be productive, as well as the community you need to stay invigorated. This theme is echoed by work being done by European coworking expert Jean-Yves Huwart.

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Small Business Labs

JULY 7, 2015

They have a great tagline - creating an online workplace for the world - and I also like their phrase "talent with boundaries"   If your small business is interested in becoming an exporter a great resource is The Global Small Business blog.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 30, 2014

  The study also found starting salary pay equity across men and women and that women don't see themselves as being at a disadvantage in the workplace. .  Also, men are more open to women having equal career options and are much more likely to believe in an equitable division of home and child related work.

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