May 27, 2021
Search Results for: hybrid
Research from 
May 20, 2021
Flexible and hybrid working policies undervalued by UK Gen Zers
Only 3.7 percent of UK Gen Zers value flexible and hybrid working policies as most important to them in their future company, claims a poll of over 4000 UK Gen Zers from Yubo. Despite the current discussion regarding maintaining flexible working from home policies as the UK restrictions begin to ease, Gen Zers do not value this as highly as other aspects of work. More →
May 18, 2021
DV Signage teams up with Scale Space to launch high-end collaboration workspace for hybrid working
The workspace innovator DV Signage has partnered with Scale Space, the UK’s community for scale-ups, to offer an exciting new Collaboration-as-a-Service workspace to be branded Interaction.Works. The Interaction.Works concept responds directly to the emerging hybrid working trend as companies begin shaping the Future of Work as the UK emerges from lockdown. More →
New research by 
April 27, 2021
The hybrid workplace sagas, part one. Ginnungagap
“Hi Dougie – how’s the new hybrid workplace going?”
“Morning Clara. You mean the Team-Rostered Attendance Programme. It’s fantastic – we have control at last!”
“Wow, I’m jealous. I guess you all just fell into it?”
“Yeah. How did you know?”
“Just a hunch. So how does it work?” More →
April 16, 2021
Hybrid working risks becoming a meaningless term
Hybrid working runs the risk of becoming a blanket term, interpreted on a very surface level, when it has the potential to offer a much greater opportunity for businesses to open up and re-examine the culture and experience of their staff, alongside where they want to take their business in the future, as well as fast-tracking mental health and wellbeing to play a central role in workplace strategy. More →
April 6, 2021
UK civil service signs up to hybrid working deal
The UK civil service is set to pioneer a widespread hybrid working strategy with the announcement of a new deal with serviced office provider IWG. The details of the deal, reported first in The Telegraph newspaper (paywall), will include the creation of a nationwide network of ten coworking spaces for the use of civil servants when they are not in London. The report suggests that up to 430,000 employees could now have a better chance of adopting a hybrid working culture. More →
March 23, 2021
Hybrid working must be at heart of plans for regeneration and growth, claims new report
A new report from think tank Demos and Legal & General calls on the UK Government to back policy change that supports growth of hybrid working and local offices to drive forward its plans for regeneration and economic growth. The report, Post Pandemic Places, claims that huge increases in home working, coupled with a desire for continued flexibility, could support significant increases in local spending. On the back of the findings, the report calls on the government to incentivise the establishment of more local offices and hybrid working initiatives. More →
March 10, 2021
Working from home experience boosts demands for hybrid working
New data from Steelcase claims to highlight what the UK workforce is enjoying most about working from home, and which elements of work are suffering without access to the physical office. Nearly all (97 percent) of respondents want to return to the physical office for some or most of the time when possible, but nearly a year of working differently has altered expectations of the office, and businesses need to make vital changes to reflect this. More →
February 17, 2021
Hybrid working is the new expectation of pressured employees
The past twelve months have proved to be a watershed year fo
r workplace digital transformation and the urgent shift to remote working has seen the world experience two years of digital transformation in two months. New research from Microsoft Surface claims to examine the impact of this transformation on the UK workforce, suggesting that employees are happier, but under more pressure working from home – despite almost 9 out of 10 (87 percent) of employees reporting their businesses have adapted to ‘hybrid working’. More →
April 28, 2021
The hybrid workplace sagas, part two. Valhalla
by Neil Usher • Comment, Flexible working
“Wow, Dougie, they’ve remodelled our office while we were away!”
“Fantastic. Did you know about it?”
“No, they said the surprise was a key part of the change programme.”
“So what’s different?” More →