What You Need to Know About the Unassigned Experience
Wondering if your organization should adopt a strategy like free address or hoteling? Have an office with unassigned seating, but questioning if it’s working? We’re here to help.
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Is Your Organization Ready for an Unassigned Work Strategy?
- Does unassigned seating feel appropriate for your employees?
- Are people comfortable working on the go?
- Would an unassigned work experience feel like an upgrade?
- Can you provide a variety of settings designed for independent work?
- Will people get more from the experience than what is being taken away from them?
- Will everyone from the CEO to the intern be expected to follow the same protocols?
Two Behaviors to Encourage with an Unassigned Workplace Strategy
Why you should motivate people to connect and explore in the workplace.
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Three Signs Your Unassigned Workplace Strategy is Failing
What to do when your culture, management practices, and resources are turning your office into an adversary of your people.
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Notes
1. http://press.capitalone.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=251626&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2297152
2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/12/30/google-got-it-wrong-the-open-office-trend-is-destroying-the-workplace/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d776b4caf7fe
*All other content comes from Herman Miller Herman Miller Research, “The Unassigned Experience,” Fall 2016.