The Office of Tomorrow

“By 2021, a new blended workforce will emerge with 20-30% of people working remotely 2-3 days a week.”  Employees and clients must feel confident that management is making safety a priority.  Buildings will be increasing automated and touchless, with physical distancing, space utilization apps and health and safety protocols. Remote working will be part of the business strategy. There will be a continued surge in technological innovation. Zoom today, who knows what tomorrow?  I have a few thoughts to add to this. I remember after major earthquakes where folks run out and put together a box or two of non-perishables, water, flashlights, and other emergency items, which sits in their garage for the next ten years. It doesn’t get restocked, the water might have gone bad, batteries expired. When we are past this Covad19 will the measures we had to take to survive this pandemic stay with us and cause continued change, or will we slowly morph back into old habits? I do agree that increased remote working is here to stay. What about the huge corporate campuses like the 2.8 million square foot Apple ‘spacefhip’ campus which can accommodate 12,000 employees, or the humongous office campus Google is planning for downtown San Jose which with 8 million square feet could possibly accommodate 50,000 employees?

Corenet Global   June 18, 2020  Guest Post by Heidi Hendy and Anna Grayhek, H. Hendy & Associates