Survey of executives responsible for providing work-from-home tools for employees and their view of the future. A profile of the future of home office provisioning, delivery and returns, and the surprising ROI. The September 2020 survey focused on who employers think should pay for home office technology, furniture, and other costs.
Will offices go the way of the dodo bird in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis? That’s a question on the minds of workplace designers, CRE and FM executives, employers and employees everywhere.
According to this FMJ article by Kate Lister, president of Global Workplace Analytics and Dr. Anita Kamouri, Co-Founder of Iometrics, Inc.: “In a word, “no.” Evolution in the workplace as in nature, doesn’t happen overnight. But will the crisis change the way we work and accelerate the remote work trend? Almost certainly. Here’s why.
Kate Lister, President of Global Workplace Analytics was one of three witnesses invited to testify at a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works titled, “Lessons Learned from Remote Working during COVID-19: Can the Government Save Money Through Maximizing Efficient Use of Leased Space.” This is her written testimony. A link to the video is included in the document.
This is the U.S. Chapter of Telework in the 21st Century (Edward Elgar, 2019). The chapter was written by Kate Lister and Tom Harnish and is part of a multi-country study of telework conducted by Jon Messenger. It is based on peer-reviewed research and is regularly available for purchase at over $100. The chapter has been made available for free during the COVID Pandemic, thanks to the publisher, Edward Elgar.
