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- COVID-19 has accelerated workplace trends that were already
- underway. By doubling down on health, safety and well-being,
facility leaders can shape positive human experiences in the post- COVID-19 workplace. Following are five ways forward:
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- areas. Make collaboration areas accessible
with spatial distancing. This could mean removing chairs from a conference room, still allowing people to meet but with fewer shared surfaces. If you offer food services, take other measures, like replacing buffets with carry-out kiosks and spreading out tables — including outside, ideally. Increase the amount of collaboration but in shorter, more focussed chunks of time and include ALL levels
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longer healthy, for people to cluster around points of entry elevators, rest areas. Reduce crowds and save people time by managing entry during peak hours. Changing shift start times may impact on hourly productivity but may maintain it through longer running
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- tions. Nurture a safe culture
with thoughtful communications and signage, whether you’re reminding employees to distance in the lobby or sanitize their
- hands. Champion individual wellness where possible. For example,
to reduce crowding in an elevator, save lines, and support physical fitness all in one go, make signs nudging people to take the stairs. (Did you know you can burn 1.2 calories per step?)
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want to be in the office for all-hands meetings, but the fact is that’s not likely to happen for a while. The next normal will be a blend of physical presence and online meetings. One way to help: add videoconferencing screens in the lobby, so folks working from home might enjoy casual encounters with those on site, too ; great for the social interactions that many thrive on
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Building standards that promote health and wellness, to embracing a workspace that blurs the lines between work and leisure, today’s workforce craves unique, positive experiences. Collaborative spaces will still be possible in a post-COVID world–they just may need to include wider aisles and broader staircases.
Adapted IFMA white paper – Peter Ankersterne
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