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How Emerging Work Strategies are Changing the Workplace
Telecommuting was just the beginning
Alternative work strategies, which break the paradigm of an assigned office space for every worker, have been around since at least the early 1990s. For most companies, alternative work strategy is synonymous with telecommuting, an arrangement in which employees regularly work from home. However, as today’s businesses face unprecedented challenges, attention is veering to newer work strate- gies that can radically change office environments, providing opportunities to support work and workers as never before with innovative design approaches and product applications.
From the pressure cooker created by a new generation in the workforce, a mar- ketplace gone global and deep economic recession, two facts have emerged: 1) companies need to dramatically cut their two largest expenses, people and real estate; and 2) the only way to stay competitive is to accelerate the pace of knowledge work. Some companies turn to alternative work strategies such as telecommuting as a quick fix, but don’t consider how the physical space that remains needs to change in response. By rethinking both the nature of work today and the physical workplace, there’s opportunity to accomplish immediate and long-term goals.
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