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The Key to Attracting and Retaining Talent Is Your Office Design
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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...

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

How Emerging New Workplace Realities Will Drive Corporate Real Estate Strategies
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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...

How Inclusive Design Supports Resilience and Climate Preparedness
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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...

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

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

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

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

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

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Design Forecast focuses on design strategies that will define the future of the human experience. With strategic advice, research, and projects from...

Design Forecast 2022: Financial Services
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Design Forecast 2022: Financial Services

As the war for talent heats up, financial services firms have an opportunity to lean into new, culture-defining space typologies to enhance the...

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

US Workplace Survey Winter 2021
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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...

How Hospitality Can Revamp Financial Services and Professional Services Firms
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How Hospitality Can Revamp Financial Services and Professional Services Firms

By infusing the future workplace with hospitality-inspired design, firms can create a purpose-driven environment that empowers employees, nurtures...

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

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

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

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

US Workplace Survey Summer 2021
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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...

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

Lessons From India: 4 Interventions to Inform the Future Workplace
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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...

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

Why Now Is the Time to Rethink Workplace Amenities
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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...

Will Remote Work Trends Benefit Smaller, More Affordable Cities?
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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?”

China Workplace Survey 2021
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China Workplace Survey 2021

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

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

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

What Do FinTech and Decentralised Finance Mean for Workplace Experience?
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What Do FinTech and Decentralised Finance Mean for Workplace Experience?

These disruptions in the finance industry present a significant opportunity to create next-generation workplaces with the choice, independence, and...

Financial Services: Design Strategies for a Post-COVID World
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Financial Services: Design Strategies for a Post-COVID World

Gensler’s Global Financial Services Leaders discuss how the design of new work environments should balance technology with human connection, and how...

Sketching the New Hybrid Workplace
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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...

5 Design Interventions to Mitigate Virus Risk in the Workplace
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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...

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

Across the Globe, Workers Want a Hybrid Work Model
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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...

Surprising Truths About the New Hybrid Workplace
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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...

Rebuilding Community in the Post-Pandemic World
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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...

5 Trends Driving the New Post-Pandemic Workplace
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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.

Navigating a Fast-Changing Economy With a Workplace That Reinforces Purpose and Transparency
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Navigating a Fast-Changing Economy With a Workplace That Reinforces Purpose and Transparency

At the Miami headquarters of City National Bank of Florida, a recent workplace renovation takes what we’ve learned during this downturn and uses the...

Design for the New Hybrid Workplace
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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...

Banks in Beta Mode: Repositioning a Place in the Community
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Banks in Beta Mode: Repositioning a Place in the Community

There is no one-size-fits-all solution for reimagining the next evolution of physical banking locations, but it’s an opportune time for banks to...

How the Pandemic Has Shaped Our Understanding of the Trading Floor
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How the Pandemic Has Shaped Our Understanding of the Trading Floor

Now that COVID-19 has challenged the norm, Gensler is examining how design should support trading floor activity.

Graph by Gensler: Spatial Analytics for Design
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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...

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

The Future Workplace Will Embrace a Hybrid Reality
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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...

Insights From Gensler’s U.S. Work From Home Survey 2020
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Insights From Gensler’s U.S. Work From Home Survey 2020

The Gensler Research Institute published its U.S. Work from Home Survey 2020, featuring findings on the experience of working from home during the...

Creating Meaningful Customer Relationships in the Midst of a Merger
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Creating Meaningful Customer Relationships in the Midst of a Merger

A merger has a profound impact on the customer experience, but also provides an opportunity to re-focus on what is working for current customers and...

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

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

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

Creating a Beautiful, Energy-Efficient Building for Harbin Bank
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Creating a Beautiful, Energy-Efficient Building for Harbin Bank

Harbin Bank’s new headquarters in Beijing is both aesthetically pleasing and high performing. By maximizing natural daylight and energy efficiency...

How Can You Win the Talent War?
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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...

Designing the Connected Workplace
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Designing the Connected Workplace

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

Workplace Trends: A Decade of Data
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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...

Corporate Headquarters: From the Inside Out
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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.

Want to Attract Top Talent? Focus on the Employee Experience
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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.

A Workplace Designed for the Innovation Economy
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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...

An Ode to Vinyl
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An Ode to Vinyl

Vinyl album sales are making a strong comeback. Korean credit card company Hyundai Card has taken the notion of vinyl revival to a whole new level...

Trading on Stress
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Trading on Stress

Can better trading floor environments mitigate stress? Stressful trading environments can contribute to: poor decision-making, exacerbated market...