Workplace Insights

Choice-Based Work

how to support employee-driven environments

Giving Employees a Choice

Choice-based work supports both assigned workspace for each person, or one person to one desk. Yet it also provides access to a variety of other spaces that support different work styles—spaces for ideation, focus, interaction, and regeneration—integrated holistically into the overall workplace design.

By thinking about choice-based design now, you could help position your organization for future flexibility, while offering your employees the variety of spaces they need throughout their workday.

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One Size Does Not Fit All

These are just some of the many trends and challenges in workplace design today:

Need for more flexibility in how, when and where employees work
Accommodating needs of a multi-generational workforce
Expectations of the newer workforce
Attraction and retention of employees
Lower real estate costs for corporate footprint
Accommodating corporate expansion
Rise of contracted or temp workers
Increase of coworking options

75%

of workplace strategists believe the choice-based environment will become more prevalent in the coming years

50%

The average space utilization rates hover around 40–50% in most organizations.

38%

Across all sectors, 38 percent of corporate executives expect their remote employees to continue to work two or more days a week away from the office.* Source: McKinsey Global Institute

4 Things to Consider

Consider these idea starters when planning your approach to workplace design:

How should you allocate space, if it is utilized less than 50% of the time? Average utilization is 40–50% in most organizations.
How will your workplace accommodate the workforce of tomorrow (contract, temporary and remote) and also support the return to the office by full-time employees?
Does your workplace meet the needs of employees at all tenures and life stages?
Does your workplace design reflect the culture of your organization?

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The idea of choice-based work may be relatively new, but it’s not going away. Download our latest white paper to learn more.