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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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of workplace strategists believe the choice-based environment will become more prevalent in the coming years
The average space utilization rates hover around 40–50% in most organizations.
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
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