An Evolved Workplace: Furnishing the Post-COVID 19 Office

By: Miller's Supplies At Work

More than a year of pandemic living has had one of the fastest, most profound impacts on work patterns than any event or innovation in modern history. As vaccines roll out and teams come back to the workplace, it’s time to consider the role of the office and rethink how we engage within it.  

What will we need and demand from the next evolution of the workplace?

Connection Matters: The Role of the Office Today

According to the Gensler Experience Index, today’s workers want spaces that support community and social connection. Organizations that successfully do this have benefited from higher job satisfaction in the workplace. It stands to reason that after more than a year of missing that connection, workers will once again expect it, although perhaps in different ways.

After a year of working from home or in a hybrid fashion, one thing is clear: the workplace is more than a place to work. After decades of talking about working from anywhere, most companies had to implement it virtually overnight. And we did it pretty effectively. But what we lost was our sense of place, connection, and collaboration. We missed the relationships that are built simply by being in proximity to coworkers. Many companies and workers are ready to move to the next phase, and for many, that phase is a hybrid.

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