The easiest way to handle your return to the office is to make changes in your workplace design. If you want a safe workplace you need to structure it after social distancing guidelines and therefore there might be need for some refurnishing.

A majority of workers don’t want to work from the office full time. Instead, they want the flexibility to work both from home and from the office. Voilà! The flexible workplace is here!

As your employees will spend some days at home and some days at the office – your workplace rarely will be full. The occupancy will decrease, and seats will be left empty. But do not despair, this doesn’t mean that the purpose of the workplace is lost. It just means that its character has changed.

Space for collaboration

There are plenty of room reservation systems on the market, so how do you know which one to get? As with most products, it all comes down to features.

Ideally, the one you choose should be a fully integrated system. Meetio, for instance, is a software and hardware suite. It has an app that lets people book a meeting room anytime and anywhere. Reservations are then automatically displayed either on a tablet outside a venue or even a flatscreen TV, notifying others where and when the room is booked.

If you’d like to know more about Meetio and its features, feel free to request a free demo here.

Social space

Imagine the dream office: happy coworkers, ideas flowing and a lot of motivation flowing around.

The social interactions are by no wonder what people have missed the most during these months of lockdowns, quarantine and working from home. One of the major disadvantages that has come to light after a longer period of remote work is that many employees have expressed challenges with mental-health and loneliness. A return to office is therefore not only important in relation to business goals, but also to get employees back on the social wagon again.

Social distancing policies will probably not disappear anytime soon, but we still need to be able to hang out and socialize with each other. If we step out of the design theme for a moment – what is the workplace really except for a place where wo go to work?

Well, it’s the place where we create our business culture, our values and our feeling of belonging. Don’t you agree? These not so small details are so important in today’s business environment and should not be overlooked. Make room for the social hangouts, the lunches and the Christmas parties. Soon they will be back on schedule.

We wish you good luck with your project. If you need any help – don’t hesitate to get in touch!