In the state-of-the-art space at 100 Liverpool Street, professionals from a variety of leading organisations gathered for a Roundtable event. The focus of this event was exploring what our people really value about coming into the office, and unpacking whether our assumptions were accurate.
In this article, we summarise some of the key takeaways that were arrived at in the discussion:
I headed down to the Workspace Design Show last week, and as always, it was a valuable temperature check for the industry.
I spent the majority of my time on the stands rather than in the talks. For me, the real insight often comes from conversations with suppliers, seeing products up close and understanding how they are made, how they perform and how they could realistically be specified.
First impressions? Busy. Busier than last year, in fact. And refreshingly, fewer phone booths. It felt like the industry has finally acknowledged that we do not need endless variations of the same pod. That alone signalled a shift. Less replication, more considered innovation.
The theme this year, Connected Realities, explored how physical and digital experiences are converging in the workplace. On the exhibition floor, that translated less into flashy tech and more into thoughtful material innovation and smarter integration.
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