Best Practices: Hybrid Workplace Strategies For SMEs
Susan Clarke
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Executive Summary
As flexible and agile working becomes a global standard for office-based industries, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are implementing hybrid working programmes. To help SMEs define a hybrid workplace strategy, this report provides practical guidance and offers a set of actionable steps to create a new workplace fit for the hybrid era. The report draws on learnings from ongoing Verdantix experience as well as our interviews with small firms and experts across the facilities management sector. The research finds that firms should take an integrated approach across HR, IT and employee engagement to define workplace strategies. Once a firm has defined its new hybrid working strategy and the supporting policies, the next step is to consider how a specialist software solution could add value. This report should inform the thinking of business managers on the front line for implementing new workplace strategies.SMEs Must Start By Defining Business Objectives And Employee Preferences From Hybrid Working
Firms Should Take An Integrated Approach Across HR, IT And Employee Engagement To Define Workplace Strategies
Reopening Offices In The Hybrid Era Opens Up A World Of Practical Considerations
Four Key Considerations When Selecting A Software App To Enhance Hybrid Working
Figure 2. Designing A New Workplace Strategy Is An Iterative Process
Figure 3. Five Steps To Implementing A New Hybrid Working Programme
Figure 4. Value-Adding Software Features For An SME Implementing Hybrid Working
About the Authors
Susan Clarke
Research Director
Susan leads the Verdantix Smart Buildings practice. Her current research agenda focuses on software solutions for real estate management including integrated workplace managem...
Rodolphe d’Arjuzon
Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder
Rodolphe co-founded Verdantix in 2008. As Chief Product Officer, he leads the firm’s research strategy and intellectual agenda. With over 20 years of experience in techn...
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