Perspectives on...

The key takeaways from the previous surveys are given below.

Perspectives on Working from Home (April 2020)

“ … the workplace landscape will be very different from the one we shut down in March 2020. With previous studies showing offices at an average of 45% utilisation and the current situation showing that technology allows us to largely work effectively from home,. Is this the evidence we need to design the future workplace less around individual tasks and more around collaboration and organisational identity?”

Perspectives on Returning to the Workplace (June 2020)

“organisations seem to be heading in the right direction when it comes to … the return to the workplace. The most popular strategies for addressing reduced capacity … are those informed by studying work functions and encouraging staff to continue to work from home wherever possible.

This experience of working from home will have a lasting effect … however, there is still a lot of uncertainty over returning to the workplaces that were vacated several months ago.”

Perspectives on the Future Workplace (March 2021)

“One year into lockdown, and there is still ample evidence that we are ‘people’ people. 90% of participants saw the most positive aspect of the pre-COVID workplace as having access to their colleagues.”

“There is still uncertainty over the attendance model – just over ¼ said they were unsure as to what form the blend would take and who would determine it. 24% stated that a flexible model implemented at team level was their preference.”