Are you considering a transition to activity-based working? If yes, that’s great! At Meetio, we believe that ABW is a great way to improve productivity and employee satisfaction. But before you run off, let’s plan a bit. You need to prepare your transition – and we are here to help you!
To be successful with ABW you need to plan your workplace after the people in it. Otherwise the benefits you looked forward to will be lost.
Before you start planning the design of your new office, let’s hear what your employees have to say. Create a poll where you ask all the important questions as “When are you the most productive?”, “In what environment do you feel most comfortable?” and “What type of environment do you miss at the office today?”. By doing that you will get a clear answer of what types of workplace areas you need to add to your coming office.
The next step is to begin to visualize the new workplace. Depending on what type of business you’re in you might need more or less meeting areas – both formal and informal – or quiet space. The whole point with ABW is to have spaces that suits all type of work. Not the easiest thing to fulfill but with detailed planning you will succeed.
What type of spaces should be included in your sketch?
How much space that should be spared to each category depends on the size of your organization, what kind of business you’re in and the result of the poll.
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Hello, this is the modern era calling. Today there is an abundance of different tools to use to ease your workday. What you need to do is to single out what you need to make your workplace work for you, and not the opposite.
If you for example are considering hot-desking, you will need some sort of hot-desking solution. It’s always important to visualize if a desk, room or phone booth is occupied or not. If your workplace is big maybe you need digital signage to show where there is free desks or free rooms, without your employees needing to walk around looking. Think about what challenges you might face and work from them.
Big changes rarely happen overnight and depending on if you’re moving to a new office or re-arrange your old one you will have two entirely different situations. If you’re moving, everything will be new for your employees, and you will have the chance to make a proper onboarding. If you’re changing your old office there might be some other challenges
Start by changing one area at the time. If you have an open floor plan today, start off by putting in some phone booths and create a lounge area. If you’re buying in on new tech you will have a golden moment to onboard the new tech and educate on how to use it in ABW manner. Remember, ABW is primarily a way of working, and not a workplace design. Not sure what we mean by that? Read our interview with Henrik Axell, his explanation is on point!
Sometimes things don’t go according to plan, that’s just how it is. Maybe you get indications that an area isn’t being used by your employees or another area might be to small. Happily, you can always go back and change what needs to be changed. You’re never finished, but that’s also the charm, right?
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