Reimagining Presence
Hybrid is settled. Expectations are varied.
Reimagining workplace presence in a world of diverging needs.
 
 

Why this matters now

People come to the workplace for very different reasons. When workplaces don’t respond, friction builds — not through one big failure, but through many small, disconnected moments.

Inside the report

The Workplace (R)evolution
 

The Workplace (R)evolution: Reimagining Presence report brings together data, behavioural insight and workplace experience thinking to help leaders respond to this shift.

 
Context
Why hybrid is settled — but expectations are varied
Understand why the debate has shifted from “where” people work to the varied expectations that shape everyday experience.
 
People
How different employee personas experience the same journey very differently
See how one workplace can create very different experiences depending on role, needs, constraints and collaboration patterns.
 
Choice
What employees value about home and office — and why it’s not “either/or”
Learn what people appreciate in each setting and why they value a balance of the two.
 
System
How leading organisations are redesigning the workplace as a system of connected experiences
Explore how leading organisations connect space, norms, services and technology into one coherent experience system.
Mandate
What a new mandate looks like — beyond space, utilisation and policy
Define what workplace leadership looks like when presence becomes measurable, intentional and aligned to outcomes.

 

From space to system. From presence to experience.

Download the full report to explore the insights, personas and principles shaping the evolution of the workplace.

From space to system. From presence to experience.

Download the full report to explore the insights, personas and principles shaping the evolution of the workplace.

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