-Alternative Workplace Strategies—Fifth Biennial Benchmarking Study

This report summarizes the findings of a survey fielded in 2017. It represents a continuation of a study initiated by an organization known as NewWOW (New Ways of Working) in 2008. With support from Haworth, Inc., similar surveys were fielded by NewWOW again in  2009, 2011, and 2013. The purpose of the survey, from the beginning, has been to benchmark workplace strategies and practices and monitor trends.

NewWOW disbanded in 2016, but Chris Hood, one of the original members of the group, couldn’t fathom abandoning the rich longitudinal data that had been collected over the years. He enlisted Dr. Gabor Nagy, from Haworth, Inc., the original sponsor of the study, as a co-conspirator and Kate Lister, also a member of NewWOW, also joined the team, So, with permission from the founder of NewWOW, the triumvirate set about to re-field the survey and produce this report.