Why Are You Doing That?
We’re excited to promote our upcoming event at Café TenantSee, “Why Are You Doing That?”. For the uninitiated, Café TenantSee is an intimate quarterly in-person event designed to provide highly relevant, useful insights and perspectives for office occupiers. The café opens at 8:45 am on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. Come and order a specialty coffee or tea drink from our expert baristas. Light breakfast is also provided. Our program runs from 9:30 to 10:30. Unfortunately, our café is small. We can only accommodate 50 attendees, so space is limited.
A little about our topic. One of the most vexing issues facing occupiers today is how to formulate the new workplace. Everyone knows the pre-pandemic version of the office no longer serves the more agile, purpose-driven needs most companies are solving for today. Yet there’s many approaches and iterating change can be expensive and risky, given its impact on culture, employee engagement, productivity, brand, recruitment and retention. The stakes are high. Not surprisingly, a recent study by Urban Land Institute and The Instant Group found that many occupiers are still assessing “…activity-based workplaces, flexible working and hybrid”. Indeed, the study finds that only 14% of occupiers have managed to align their offices with their business objectives. We’ve clearly seen this challenge among our client base.
While many struggle to define their version of the future office, we think it’s important to note there are learnings to be shared from companies that have aligned their workplace in service of very specific values and objectives. Our event, “Why Are You Doing That?”, is an opportunity to hear from leaders at 3 such companies, to understand what they’ve done, why they did it and how it’s working. It’s time to move beyond academic discussions of what might happen, to fact-based analysis of how modern workplace solutions are actually changing to better serve the organization.
We’re truly grateful to host 3 amazing leaders from 3 incredible companies, each of whom has chosen a decidedly different path forward. Tracy Hawkins is a leader in the future of work, an expert in remote and hybrid work models. She is the VP Global Head of Workplace Experience and Connection at Grammarly. Grammarly’s approach is Remote-First. Carrie Brandes is VP, People & Talent at Finix. Carrie has a long career focused on people and experiences, giving her unique perspective on the relationships between space and people. Finix is Office-First. Britney Pierini is Global Director, Workplace Experience + Design at Harness.io. Britney also brings deep experience in both people and workplace. Harness.io’s approach is Destination-First.
Attendance is limited, but we’re always eager to know of your potential interest in our programs and content – so reach out if you’re interested. If we can’t fit you in for this one, we’ll keep you top of mind for our next event! We hope to see you there!
P.S., You won’t want to miss the wise sharing from of our special guest panelist, ChatGPT.