Your head of human resources wants to build a more connected culture… but your managers are struggling to get everyone on the same page.
Only half of your workforce wants to go back to the office … but you’re looking at a multiyear lease agreement on a commercial property.
With budgets tight, your teams strive to leverage existing methods, systems, and technologies. But trying to solve 2023 problems with 2019 solutions will never work.
And while everyone keeps talking about how the hybrid is here to stay, for many, the hybrid just won’t work. Forty percent of companies will try to undo work-anywhere policies and instruct employees to come to the office more often, according to Forrester.
Creating an ideal workplace experience is the only way to stay ahead, whether employees work hybrid, remote, or on the front lines. But the stakes are high, so you can’t afford to make changes that won’t work.
Some companies are cracking down on meetings and even banning those involving more than two people.
Some mandate that most employees work from the office—or else.
Others focus on equal flexibility for frontline workers.
If the policy change is enough to solve all the issues.
The State of the Workplace Experience
While an organization may mandate a return to the office, its people don’t want to return to a physical space if they don’t feel connected to their workplace culture. And they will never feel connected if they are cut off from the information that puts them on the pulse of their company—or if simple, necessary tasks like finding a table, booking a meeting room, or welcoming one guest would be too much. complicated.
Amua 2023 workplace trends and insight research proves that employees need their tools to be productive:
- 70% say they waste time moving between the office and remote work locations.
- 35% of hybrid workers struggle with feeling connected and engaged.
- 29% reported that it took days or longer to receive important information.
With these challenges as a backdrop, it’s no wonder that 93% of respondents felt that their organizations could improve the in-office experience.
This is the workplace experience of 2023, and it’s not good enough. The workplace should feel alive, but for many, it’s on life support. Organizations need new ways to support and engage their employees—the office nine-to-fivers, the stay-at-home types, the critical frontliners, and everyone everywhere in between.
A retail giant we work with faces challenges in employee engagement and delivering consistent communication to nearly 300,000 employees, many of whom do not have a desk. The retailer adopted digital signage as a cost-effective way to reach its teams, create a more connected experience for frontline workers, share important safety information, and improve career opportunities.
A Platform for All
Employees don’t need more tools—they need better tools.
While digital signage reinforces the must-see messages in physical offices, workplaces need technology that connects the entire organization — its people, places, and spaces — through channels of communication that employees use every day.
The employee app and intranet keep the latest information at everyone’s fingertips. Space reservations make it easy to book rooms and tables. Contactless visitor management and intuitive wayfinding ensure people get where they need to be. When all these important solutions and more are on one platform, employees don’t waste time managing unrelated products. And as many companies look to cut costs and IT teams are forced to do more with less, technology consolidation is one way to achieve that result.
The reality today is that some workers don’t want to go back to the office—ever. And others did. The real winners of the future of work will be organizations that can use technology to make siled tools and systems a thing of the past and integrate physical and digital workplaces to make work connected and engaging. experience—wherever it occurs. Because we all deserve a workplace experience we love.
Learn how Appspace can help your organization connect your people, places, and spaces.
