Research & Insight

BLOG

Matching Mission to Action Will Enable Organizations to Stand Out

When companies act graciously and generously, people come to fully appreciate just how genuine their mission really is. If you want your organization...

BLOG

A Future Vision of Workplace Metrics

Here's how people-centric workplace design is changing our definition of workplace performance.

BLOG

Amenities at the Edge: Where the Workplace Meets the Street

We have an opportunity to reimagine the ground floor of our cities — reinventing sidewalk-facing storefronts to serve the community, not just the...

BLOG

The Future of Work Is Seasonal

Our lives are influenced by seasonal and cyclical events, so what if our work behaviors followed suit? We explore the possibilities of seasonal work.

BLOG

Are People the New Workplace Amenity?

Being with people may be the new workplace amenity — and a compelling reason to draw people back to the office for those that haven’t returned.

BLOG

What Workplace Can Learn From Airports

The best airports put a hyper focus on the passenger experience, so what if we leveraged the same lessons from the best in aviation design to enhance...

BLOG

There’s No Place Like the Office: Infusing Hospitality Design Into the Workplace

In this episode of the Gensler Design Exchange podcast, we discuss the importance of infusing hospitality design into workplaces to turn offices into...

BLOG

Optimizing Hybrid Meetings for Neurodiversity and Inclusion at Work

Here are some inclusive design guidelines for hybrid meetings to benefit all participants — whether they’re virtual or in person, and regardless of...

BLOG

Why It’s Time to Demand More From Our Workplace Experience

Here are 10 considerations for reimagining the workplace to deliver more from technology, be bold on resilience, and enhance our humanity, health...

BLOG

3 Steps for Setting the Stage for a Successful Hybrid Meeting

With hybrid work now a fixture of our professional lives, here are some best practices for creating a more seamless, effective hybrid meeting...

BLOG

The Key to Attracting and Retaining Talent Is Your Office Design

Now that more employees are returning to the office, we're observing changes in how the workplace is being used. Enhanced technology, a focus on...

BLOG

Hybrid Is Here to Stay: 5 Considerations for Creating a Better Hybrid Experience

Here are five reasons why hybrid work is here to stay, including design implications for creating compelling, people-centric hybrid experiences.

BLOG

How Emerging New Workplace Realities Will Drive Corporate Real Estate Strategies

Coupled with Gensler’s workplace research, our survey of CRE executives offers valuable insights on return to office timing, the long-term impact on...

BLOG

How Inclusive Design Supports Resilience and Climate Preparedness

We have an opportunity to design places that are inclusive for all people that can also promote resilience and make preparedness more accessible in...

BLOG

10 Considerations for Transitioning Back to Work in a Post-COVID-19 World

Here are 10 considerations, tools, and methodologies for creating a better workplace experience and attracting people back to the office in a...

BLOG

What the Workplace Sector Can Learn From Retail’s 20+ Years of Designing Hybrid Experiences

In an increasingly hybrid world, offices, retail stores, and other physical places need to bring people together and create community. Now, as the...

BLOG

3 Guidelines for Making Hybrid Meetings Work for You

For hybrid meetings to work, meeting formats shouldn’t just be an afterthought; to achieve an effective hybrid engagement for everyone, we need the...

BLOG

Understanding Changes in Project Costs Is Crucial to Designing Great Workplaces

For workplace developers, designers, and tenants who are rethinking the office in response to new ways of working, today’s cost challenges are...

BLOG

Why the New Workplace Ecosystem Is Key to the Future of Work

As we think about the future of work, consider a new workplace ecosystem — a Swiss Army knife approach to choosing the whole suite of places and...

BLOG

New Gensler Workplace Survey Findings: Employee Expectations for Future Office Design and Culture

In this episode of the Gensler Design Exchange podcast, Gensler workplace experts share key findings from Gensler’s latest U.S. Workplace Survey and...

BLOG

3 Lessons From Today’s Students That Will Shape the Future Workplace

Coupling findings from Gensler’s Workplace Survey and Education Engagement Index research, we’ve identified three key findings that the future...

BLOG

Unlocking Workplace Purpose Starts With Self-Awareness

Companies that are making the most successful decisions about their workplaces are not following a prescriptive method or imitating others. They are...

INSIGHT

Design Forecast 2022: Consulting & Real Estate Services

By helping organizations understand the intersections of global challenges, we can unlock the potential for real estate decisions to meaningfully...

BLOG

How Are Companies and Employees Planning for the Future of the Office?

Amid a constantly evolving pandemic, how are companies and employees planning for a return to the office? Gensler's workplace survey research offers...

RESEARCH

US Workplace Survey Winter 2021

Our U.S. Workplace Survey Winter 2021 uncovers what employees are expecting as the return to office begins — and how workplaces can adapt to...

BLOG

A Living Lab: Our Experience Designing Gensler Miami’s New Hybrid Office

Gensler Miami’s new hybrid office eschews traditional workplace planning methods to create an office space crafted around purpose and engagement.

BLOG

Why Inclusive Design Is a Critical Advantage in the War for Talent

For companies who are looking to compete in the war for talent by delivering a positive employee experience, inclusive design is a critical...

BLOG

5 Trends CRE Leaders Can Use to Reimagine a New Workplace Reality

Here are five trends commercial real estate leaders are evaluating to drive business performance, innovation, and employee engagement.

BLOG

How Companies Are Using the Office to Transition to the New Reality

By giving employees the power to tailor their own experience, we can create an office that’s ready for multiple futures.

BLOG

The Future of Work Is Flexible

What does the future of work look like? If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that the future is flexible, and we must stay nimble so we can...

BLOG

How Younger Workers’ Preferences and Workstyles Will Define the Future Workplace

The preferences and workstyles of our younger workers will increasingly define the future of the workplace for everyone. How will this impact how we...

BLOG

Here’s Why Employees at Top-Performing Companies Need the Office

Top-performing companies support flexibility and encourage remote work, but they also value the role of the physical workplace to bring their talent...

BLOG

Why Top-Performing Companies Are More Likely to Increase Their Real Estate Footprint Post-COVID

Even though delta changed the timeline, workers around the world still place a great deal of value in the physical workplace — and our newest data...

RESEARCH

US Workplace Survey Summer 2021

Top-performing companies are three times more likely to increase their real estate footprint post-pandemic, according to findings from Gensler’s...

BLOG

Three International Lessons for U.S. Workplace Well-being

As organizations across the globe grapple with questions around the return to the workplace, figuring out how to adapt an organization’s culture is...

BLOG

Lessons From India: 4 Interventions to Inform the Future Workplace

Gensler’s India Return to Work Survey 2021 reveals that workers in India are embracing a hybrid work model — but they face unique challenges and...

BLOG

4 Emerging Patterns About Hybrid Work and the Future of the Office

As workers around the world continue to experiment with how and where they work in the face of ongoing uncertainty, Gensler's global Workplace...

BLOG

Why Now Is the Time to Rethink Workplace Amenities

As global enterprises prepare their return to the office, many are asking: what amenities might deliver the greatest returns in today’s evolving work...

BLOG

Will Remote Work Trends Benefit Smaller, More Affordable Cities?

How can cities function as an attractive extension of the office in the age of “anywhere work?”

BLOG

China’s Return Offers a Glimpse Into the Post-Pandemic Workplace

China’s profound and successful transition back to the office was the first of its kind — here are some emerging findings from our China Workplace...

RESEARCH

China Workplace Survey 2021

Chinese workers are back at the office — and the workplace is still the primary anchor of the workweek.

BLOG

Lessons From China: What Hybrid Work Really Looks Like in Practice

The Chinese workplace is back open — and the experience of these workers holds lessons for the rest of the world as we consider what a hybrid...

BLOG

5 Tips to Negotiate Your Next Commercial Lease Like a Pro

Here are five tips to bring better clarity and increase confidence when you approach your next lease transaction.

BLOG

Vuja De: Seeing the Office With Fresh Eyes

Because of the new perspective we've developed after working from home work over a year, we'll be seeing the office in a new light when we finally...

BLOG

Sketching the New Hybrid Workplace

In this look at the future of hybrid work, Gensler architects and workplace designers shared their visions for the post-pandemic workplace and how it...

BLOG

5 Design Interventions to Mitigate Virus Risk in the Workplace

To help return to work safely and to reduce future operational risk, Gensler collaborated with Haven Diagnostics to simulate how design impacts the...

BLOG

The Power of the Pilot: A Low-Risk, High-Reward Real Estate Solution

The stakes are high for those making real estate portfolio decisions that will affect organizational culture and performance for years to come. But...

BLOG

Real Estate Must Offer Human Experiences, as We Escape Virtual Lockdown Living

The recovery is an opportunity to realign real estate value with human experience.

BLOG

Across the Globe, Workers Want a Hybrid Work Model

Gensler's latest Global Workplace Surveys uncovered some universal truths: most office workers want a hybrid work model, and the office is still the...

BLOG

Surprising Truths About the New Hybrid Workplace

Gensler's Workplace and Research leaders host a Q&A with Michael Gao, M.D. of Haven Diagnostics, on the return to the office and the future of the...

BLOG

Rebuilding Community in the Post-Pandemic World

When we can return to the office and resume other in-person activities, creating places for people to spend time together and rebuild community — not...

BLOG

5 Trends Driving the New Post-Pandemic Workplace

Here are five workplace trends that have been accelerated and now are driving priorities for the new post-pandemic office.

BLOG

How the New Hybrid Workplace Can Support Equity for All

The future workplace must evolve to serve new needs, support flexible, hybrid working styles, and promote equity for all workers.

BLOG

Why Curated Workflow Is Essential to the New Hybrid Workplace

As companies transition employees back into the new hybrid workplace, how do we get the right mix of people in the office at the right time?

BLOG

11 Considerations for Making Hybrid Meetings More Effective

When it comes to hybrid meetings, certain new etiquette is essential. Here are 11 considerations for making hybrid meetings more effective.

RESEARCH

UK Workplace Survey 2020

The UK Workplace Survey 2020 explores what office employees want from their future workplace.

BLOG

Design for the New Hybrid Workplace

As we plan for the new workplace, we need new design tools to meet the new design demands, and advances in technology and design tools is driving...

BLOG

Digital Communications Tips for Workplace Reentry

Here are four best practices for digital communications when preparing employees for their reentry to the workplace.

BLOG

Real Estate Design Strategies for Leasing in a Post-COVID Market

Here are four key strategies that building owners and developers can leverage to have more informed conversations with prospective tenants in the...

BLOG

Graph by Gensler: Spatial Analytics for Design

Introducing an advanced spatial analytics service that reveals the impact of design choices, visualizes behaviors, and maps human experience to drive...

BLOG

The Office Building of the Future Should Be an Essential Part of Its Community

Over the past 70 years, the workplace has evolved slowly but surely. Now that evolution has accelerated far more dramatically and when we return, the...

BLOG

What 10 Million Square Feet of Data Tells Us About Social Distancing in the Workplace

Through our data and benchmarking, we’ve surfaced some key themes when it comes to social distancing in the workplace

BLOG

The Future Workplace Will Embrace a Hybrid Reality

We won't be returning to our former offices. Instead, the hybrid office might look similar in many ways, but it’s going to be strategically modified...

BLOG

Accessible Design for All in the Post-COVID Workplace

Here are some inclusive design strategies we can take to make the return to work accessible.

BLOG

5 ‘Out of the Box’ Strategies for the Retail Real Estate Market

Here are five recommendations for retail reuse to align under-utilized real estate assets with growing community needs.

BLOG

How Companies Can Support Work-From-Home Best Practices in the Long Term

As businesses eye a strategic and safe return to the office, here are the operational mechanisms they should consider in order to support partial...

BLOG

For Law Firms, COVID-19 Has Accelerated the Inevitable

The overnight shift to working from home is upending the model of how much real estate law firms really need.

BLOG

How Should Office Buildings Change in a Post-Pandemic World?

For those who design and develop office buildings around the world, the current crisis has introduced a new challenge: Once we are cleared to return...

SUSTAINABILITY

Impact by Design 2020

In Impact by Design 2020, Gensler introduces Strategies for Climate Resilience to improve the impact on climate change in the built environment.

BLOG

Taking Care of Each Other in the Post-Pandemic Open Office

Once we return to the office, we’ll need to transpose our newly discovered sense of community accountability back into the workplace.

BLOG

What Happens When We Return to the Workplace?

It’s not too early to start planning how we can return people to the workplace once the COVID-19 crisis ends.

RESEARCH

Evolution of Creative Learning at Work

An investigation into how organizations can trigger, promote, and sustain learning behaviors.

RESEARCH

"Excuse Me, Robot..." The Rules of Human-Centric Space in the 21st Century

An exploration into designing space for the coexistence of humans and robots.

RESEARCH

Flexible Workspace in the Post-Coworking Era: A European Perspective

Identifying key models and drivers attracting large corporations to European coworking culture.

RESEARCH

The Culture of Innovation

An investigation into the cultural conditions for innovation within organizations.

RESEARCH

Enhancing the Client Experience

We investigated the top drivers in creating a positive client experience.

RESEARCH

Beyond the Senses

Creating a tool to help better incorporate sensory design into our projects.

RESEARCH

Japan Workplace Survey 2020

We analyzed the Japanese workplace to address and improve workplace quality and experience.

BLOG

Remote Working Offers an Opportunity to Experiment and Learn

As COVID-19 disrupts our lives, working from home is now a sudden reality. How can we apply the best practices and tools that make a...

BLOG

Designing Office Building Lobbies to Respond to the Coronavirus

People spend up to one-third of their lives at work, many of them inside office buildings. If these buildings were proactively designed with features...

DIALOGUE ARTICLE

Is There Still a Difference Between Live, Work, and Play?

As our lives blend together, our spaces need to become more hybrid as well.

BLOG

Did Your Building Grow With BOMA 2017 Office?

Developers, landlords, and building owners have been adding balconies, patios, and other outdoor amenities to keep up with tenant demand, but the...

BLOG

10 Key Design Interventions for a Healthier, Happier, and More Productive Workplace

Healthy, happier people are more productive, more likely to collaborate, and more likely to innovate in ways that benefit the bottom line.

DIALOGUE ARTICLE

Climate Change Solutions for Workplace Design

Buildings contribute 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions. We have an opportunity to make a big impact.

RESEARCH

Designing Intelligent Retail Places

Using spatial data and mixed-methods research to facilitate a better retail experience.

DIALOGUE ARTICLE

Managing a Work Anywhere Culture

As work increasingly happens anywhere, what are companies doing to get people to come in to the workplace?

DIALOGUE ARTICLE

Giving Talent What They Want

Organizations are attracting the best talent by creating workplaces that boost innovation with great work experiences.

DIALOGUE ARTICLE

The New Shape of Building Design

By providing things like large open floor plates, indoor-outdoor transitions, open sightlines, and bridges and stairs between floors, designers can...

BLOG

California's New Gold Standard for Net Zero Developments

The latest innovation from the state that gave us blue jeans, popsicles, personal computers, skateboards, and the Internet has arrived: California's...

RESEARCH

Emotional Security in the Workplace

Investigating which relational conditions allow organizations to thrive.

BLOG

Designing a More Flexible, Healthy, and Expressive Legal Office

When it comes to recruitment and retention at law offices, it’s no longer enough just to have a workplace that functions well. A workplace has to...

RESEARCH

A Path Toward Net Zero Energy Buildings

Creating a roadmap for 80% reduction in predicted energy performance by 2030.

RESEARCH

The Value Opportunities of Machine Learning Design Strategies

An exploration into applications for machine learning in architectural design.

RESEARCH

The Future of USPS Real Estate

We investigated how the U.S. Postal Service can best use its existing real estate to further its mission in the community.

RESEARCH

Achieving Inclusivity in the Design Process

Exploring how we can design great experiences for users

RESEARCH

Real Estate and the Intelligence Economy

An exploration of how the intelligence economy will catalyze evolving roles and relationships in the real estate value chain.

BLOG

The Open Office Isn't Dead (Redux)

It’s time for a new narrative around work and the workplace — one that reflects the realities of the needs and desires of today’s workers and the...

RESEARCH

Germany Workplace Survey 2019

A deep dive into the changing German workplace and how they can improve productivity and satisfaction through workplace design.

DIALOGUE ARTICLE

Slideshow: A Closer Look at Company Headquarters Around the World

This collection of headquarters reveals how companies are inspiring employees to be more than just productive workers. The office is now a place to...

DIALOGUE ARTICLE

How Can You Win the Talent War?

The competition for talent is heating up each day and potential employees are firmly in the driver’s seat. Gensler Co-CEO Diane Hoskins calls out...

DIALOGUE ARTICLE

Designing the Connected Workplace

Gensler is creating a new type of connected workplace using building software and sensors, and it’s transforming office design.

DIALOGUE ARTICLE

7 Fun Perks Employees Expect in Today’s Workplace

Some office perks are worth the commute. These in-house amenities cultivate a strong company culture and keep employees engaged.

DIALOGUE ARTICLE

Getting Ahead of Change

ROUNDTABLE — In this age of uncertainty and rapid change, what actions are global companies taking to prepare their workplace platform for success...

DIALOGUE ARTICLE

Workplace Trends: A Decade of Data

INSIGHT — Ten years ago, the arena of workplace research was a different place. Today, our knowledge of workplace metrics has revolutionized the way...

DIALOGUE ARTICLE

Harnessing the Power of Urban

Cities are playing a larger role in the identity of downtown workplaces, and companies are embracing the urban rather than closing it off. When...

DIALOGUE ARTICLE

Corporate Headquarters: From the Inside Out

The job of tomorrow’s headquarters is to marry brand and experience—building a culture and connecting employees to the company’s purpose.

DIALOGUE ARTICLE

Coworking: What’s Right For Your Brand?

Businesses are adopting coworking at unprecedented scale. Gensler’s approach suggests coworking environments must lead with brand and culture, not...

RESEARCH

Using IoT Technology to Drive Evidence-Based Design

Using Gensler New York as a case study, we installed sensors and use mixed-methods to measure occupant and building data.

RESEARCH

Narrative-Driven Design: Incorporating Storytelling into the Design Process

Investigating how to successfully integrate storytelling into the design process.

RESEARCH

The Designer's Toolkit for Psychological Well-Being

Developing a toolkit to to help designers, strategists, and clients create workplace design that better promotes mental health.

RESEARCH

Developing an Agile Workplace Solution

Developing a framework and set of design research tools allowing us to quickly design and deliver flexible workplace strategies.

RESEARCH

Autonomous Vehicles and Their Impact on Real Estate

A deep dive into the impact of the increased use of autonomous vehicles on future real estate investments, specifically parking.

RESEARCH

The Human Element: Work Styles & Spatial Preferences

We investigated the link between a person's learning style and their workplace preference.

RESEARCH

Forecasting Design Shifts Under Future Vehicle Technologies

Creating a spatial prediction model to respond to shared, electric, and autonomous vehicles and their impact on the built environment.

RESEARCH

Developing a Design Approach for Sub-Saharan Africa

We researched how to integrate design with local development in Sub-Saharan Africa to improve the human experience.

RESEARCH

Working Backwards from 2040: A Process to Future-Proof Solutions

We developed and piloted a methodology to help designers and clients create proactive, informed solutions for the future.

BLOG

Employee Engagement: A Core Business Strategy

Successful business leaders realize that having engaged employees is not an HR program, but a core business strategy.

BLOG

Human Experience Is the Future of Design

We believe human experience is the future of design. People are the one constant in this era of dramatic technological change, demographic shifts...

BLOG

Want to Attract Top Talent? Focus on the Employee Experience

The workplace of the future is more about ‘how’ we work; bringing people together to collaborate, innovate, learn, and socialize.

RESEARCH

3D Printing Takes Flight

Exploring opportunities at the intersection of 3D printing and UAV technology.

RESEARCH

For the Love of Purpose

Understanding not-for-profit employees to uncover lessons about meaning in the workplace.

RESEARCH

Making Global Business Work

Documenting strategies to improve government relations in emerging markets.

BLOG

A Workplace Designed for the Innovation Economy

The ability to drive new innovation is becoming an essential requirement for organizations to stay competitive today. All the signs point to the same...

RESEARCH

Emerging Work Styles

Can individual work survive in the “collaborative” workplace? Effective focus involves managing one’s individual preferences and cognitive style...

RESEARCH

Innovation to Support CREs' Challenge

What is the future of corporate real estate? Real estate executives are hungry for success metrics that go well beyond cost per square foot.

RESEARCH

Activity Analysis

Is your work environment aligned with employee behavior? Understanding current workplace usage patterns is an opportunity to better align space with...

RESEARCH

Real Estate Repositioning Strategies

We created a menu of seven key real estate repositioning solutions in New York which can be applied to most markets.

RESEARCH

Role of Learning Spaces: A Comparative Analysis

We partnered with seven universities to track students transitioning from classrooms to enhanced learning spaces.

RESEARCH

Measuring the Workplace Value Proposition

We developed three conceptual workplace design scenarios and tested them to understand how varying degrees of open, closed, and flexible workstations...