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• Square Footage/Employee is decreasing.

Economic Trends

• Mobile work force and shared space. Pitfalls could be loss of tribal knowledge.

• Technology has decreased in size and uses less space.

• Smaller space is accepted through Effective Planning of Non-Territorial space.

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Collaboration Space

Principle :

As mobility increases, the need for SHARED space increases.

Offers large mobile tables to spread out and gather. Minimal footprint.

Location: Perimeter CollaborativeMeeting Areas.

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Internally Mobile:

Principle :

Workstations can be shared since less individual workspaces are occupied intermittently due to the significant amount of time spent away from desk.

Offers a highly collaborative work area to exchange information back and forth and offer visual sightlines just above worksurface. Limited individual storage space

Location: Open Plan Collaboration Areas.

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• Boomers want to continue to work, but on their own terms.

Cross Generational Convergence Trends

• Millennials prefer open space, social areas, a think tank style environment. Less need for hierarchal divisions.

• Reverse mentoring .

• Provide choices to groups to obtain user buy-in

Workplace Trends

• Number of private offices decreasing.

Hierarchal Trends

• Size of private offices decreasing.

• For change to take place, Management must Lead

• Managers must be first to move, put files in central storage, retain immediate need files, un-tether from technology.

1. Open benching & storage2. Enhanced benching & storage3. Storage based benching4. Benching with 120◦ privacy 5. Hybrid approach with panels

6. Height adjustable shared office7. Progressive private interaction office8. Classic private interaction office9. Team or meeting collaboration room10. Progressive shared interaction office

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Workplace Trends

• Telecommuting.

Technology Trends

• Web-Conferencing.

• Web-based software.

• Office is not just the office anymore.• Coffee Shop• Home• Client’s space

Is this my office?

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Working beyond wallsCrown Copyright 2008Photo source: Phil Barton

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• Eco-friendly build out. (LEED or as-LEED)

Sustainable Trends

• Sense of community, giving back.

• Time off for community service project.

• Build brand into space. Create buy-in from top to bottom of organization.

• Planned inconvenience to drive organizational interaction.

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• Focused Collaboration for business purpose.

Financial Services Trends

• Knowledge and idea sharing critical.

• Design space for innovation and creativity.

• 120 degree planning to utilize space efficiently.

• Locate senior staff in CBD and support staff to less expensive real estate.

Interactive

Principle :

Workstations can be shared since less individual workspaces are occupied intermittently due to the significant amount of time spent away from desk.

Offers a collaborative and concentrative work area. Visual sightlines are open amongst team members but 54” to aisle ways. Shared storage terrace above stations for reference materials. Limited individual storage space

Location: Open Plan Collaboration Areas.

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Workplace Trend Sources

Workplace Trends

Deloitte…Workplace Flexibility Minds At Work

LA Times

Journal of Property Management

PR Newswire, United Business Media, Richard Cadiz of CoreNet Global

Talent Management Magazine, Deb Busser

Entrepreneur.com, Michelle Rafter

CCIM Institute

Contract Magazine…Ruth Jansson

Benching…An Important Piece of Today’s Workplace, Terry Carroll