Described by the New York Times as a ‘palette of places’, the office of the future will support increased productivity, remote working and staff wellbeing.
A key finding of the research is that the average office employee currently works from home one day per week. This trend is on the rise with supporting studies predicting that by 2020 UK office workers will spend 50 per cent of their time working remotely (source: TUC).
Other findings include:
- Two-thirds of respondents said their office technology could be better integrated, with accessibility and inclusivity being key
- Although 81% of staff work from a desktop, 70% regularly use a laptop at work, suggesting that many companies support flexible working
- With 43% of workers bringing their own devices to work (rising to 55% amongst 18 to 29-year olds), companies must embrace cross-platform agnostic technologies to support this trend
- Only 16% of workers say their office technologies work together harmoniously without IT support intervention
- Eight out of 10 workers, 68% of those polled, think modern technology is essential for productivity and efficiency
- Seventy per cent of respondents think a large interactive team touchscreen would improve collaborative working but only 21% of companies provide them
Chris Southern, business development manager for corporate solutions at Clevertouch, said: “We’re certainly seeing an increasing shift in the technology investments employers are making in response to growing workload demands and providing the technology-dependent ‘millennial’ generation with the tools they need to do their job efficiently. Added to this, as people’s working environments become increasingly unstructured, both in terms of working patterns and location, the technical tools of our trade need to enable people to work together – whether they’re in the office, a home environment or even the other side of the world!”
The Clevertouch report can be found online here: The Workspace of the Future
Clevertouch can also be found at ISE 2018 in Hall 13 on booth E170 where the team will be presenting the newest features of the Pro Series for 2018.