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Reaching Beyond The Desk: How Coworking Spaces Can Transform Communities

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But beyond this, flexible workspaces are now contributing to the community in a variety of ways, from helping to reduce the carbon footprint of daily commutes, to driving local economic growth and supporting local charity initiatives. Economic Flexible workspaces are also having a transformative effect on local economies.

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Connection and collaboration motivate people to work from an office

Workplace Insight

The key driver for employees wanting to go into the office is the need for socialisation and collaboration, according to the latest quarterly Workplace Index from Eptura. million desks, 37,000 buildings, and 440,000 floors across more than 8,000 companies as well as a survey of 6,700 employees on workplace attitudes and behaviors.

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People must take the lead on hybrid working to drive highest returns

Workplace Insight

Across the board, when employees are given the flexibility to lead the in-office collaboration days and policy, companies project a higher value to in-person collaboration. The biggest obstacles to optimizing physical asset operations are siloed functions and incomplete data , per survey respondents.

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How To Unleash The Full Potential Of Hybrid Work: A Guide For HR Leaders

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While enabling greater flexibility, this dispersal of work also risks fracturing company culture, stunting collaboration, and isolating employees. ” Sustainability Benefits: “By enabling remote work, organizations shrink their carbon footprint through reduced commutes and office needs,” said Krehlik.

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Why we need to consider switching to a 4-day workweek — now 

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After six months, in a company-wide survey, 51 percent of employees said they were “very happy” at work (up from 12 percent) and 88 percent said they had enough time for personal tasks (up from 54 percent). Shorter working hours also translate into lower energy consumption, less carbon emissions and less commuting time.