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Many Businesses are Rethinking the Way They Harness their Talent & Real Estate

With technology permeating everything that we do, it’s led to significant transformation in the workplace specifically, how, where (and who) is working and what work employees do. The speed of change and disruption across industries has also caused greater uncertainty as many businesses rethink the way they harness their talent and real estate,” suggests Susan Sutherland, the Singapore-based Head of APAC Corporate Research for real estate firm JLL. This transformation is largely driven by technology and the employee’s desire for change. A recent JLL survey shows that employees are turning away from the traditional workplace in favor of activity-based working which revolves around sharing and being part of a community. 37% of respondents said they “want to escape their desks,” 40% want more area in the workplace to recharge their energy, while 47% prefer to drop into spaces designed to aid concentration. In an article for Eco-business, Sutherland looks further into the future to paint […]

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