Rapid advances in the ever evolving world of technology means that the traditional office environment is vastly changing. Employees - especially millennials - require “flexible offices” that enable them to work from any location, using whatever devices they feel most comfortable with. These types of employees know that with the advanced audio and video collaboration tools that are available that a “as good as being there” communication experience can be delivered. whether they are in a coffee shop or on the beach.

1. How technology
is transforming
the workplace

2. Smartphones Ultra-fast internet
Flexible working Social Media
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Collaboration toolsMobility
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Technologies and trends like these are vastly
changing the traditional office environment.

3. Employees, especially millennials, require
flexible offices that enable them to
work from any location, using whatever
devices they feel most comfortable with.
These types of employees know that with the advanced audio
and video collaboration tools that are available, a as-good
as-being-there communication experience can be delivered,
whether they are in a coffee shop or on the beach.

4. Here are some of the trends
that will kill the colourless
cubicle and stuffy boardroom

5. Bleisure, the portmanteau of
business and leisure, recognises
how modern employees juggle
the work life balance.
Workspaces should be designed
to favour collaboration and
innovation. Bleisure workplace
designers are creating spaces
like serendipity corners and
chance-encounter corridors to
foster interaction, creativity
and engagement.
The ‘bleisure’ concept
Foster interaction,
creativity and
engagement.

6. Collaborative open spaces and
‘I want to be alone’ nooks are
starting to co-exist in freshly-
renovated offices where the
cubicle walls have finally come
down. Many companies are
enabling their employees to use
off-site co-working spaces that
are now available in many hotels
and public spaces.
The shape-shifting office
Collaborative open
spaces and ‘I want
to be alone’ nooks
are starting to
co-exist in freshly-
renovated offices.

7. Today, almost every electronic
device is connected to the
Internet of Things. Soon, these
devices will have the ability
to anticipate our movements,
objectives and work patterns,
and communicate with each
other, making everything we
do, whether at home or at work,
increasingly seamless.
The age of everyware
Almost every
electronic device is
connected to the
Internet of Things.

8. Millennials expect the world to behave
and think as they do, in ways that are
collaborative, connected, and creative, but
also local, artisanal, agile, and civically aware.
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Their mobile devices are indispensable to
them, and all-wireless offices are being
designed to meet their needs.
The mobile generation
work ethic
50%
eschew the 9-to-5
routine in favour of
working late evenings

9. New offices are being created
based on the concept of
a micro-village: they break
down the barriers between
executives and employees by
transforming one person offices
into collaborative group areas
organised according to function
rather than seniority. Designs
like these offer teams greater
opportunities for innovating,
sharing, and simply having fun.
The higher-ups come
down to earth
Designs like
these offer
teams greater
opportunities
for innovating,
sharing, and
simply having
fun.

10. The Future Laboratory reports
that tomorrow’s offices will be a
manifestation of new work attitudes,
featuring zoned areas in which
workers can alternate between
business and leisure. The
new workspace will look less
like an office and more like a
multipurpose apartment or leisure
park, where workers can eat,
sleep, relax, play, and work.
The rise of bleisure
hives
The new
workspace will
look less like
an office and
more like a
multipurpose
apartment.

11. The rise in popularity of co-working
spaces for freelancers and start-ups
in urban centres attests to the value
of sharing ideas with other business
categories. They enable workers to
cut rental costs and to network
with other entrepreneurs. But
many executives believe it’s just a
matter of time before companies
adopt them.
Co-working spaces go
corporate
They enable
workers to cut
rental costs
and to network
with other
entrepreneurs.

12. “These spaces are melting pots of
creativity. They generate a level
of synergy that results from the
proximity and collaboration of like-
minded people. New relationships
are developed. Ideas are challenged.
Problems are solved.”
Beau Britton.

13. Want to incorporate the bleisure concept
into your workplace?
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