ProspeKtive

Kardham conducted a survey to capture the experience of working remotely during and after lockdown. The objective was to measure the feelings of employees to understand how this experience upset their work environment, in an organizational and spatial sense. More than 3000 employees belonging to 8 organizations from different sectors have therefore assessed 65 criteria which cover all the dimensions of the work environment: daily management, performance at work, relations with others and with the company, management and information sharing.

The questionnaire also included an exploratory part to understand projections on the future of employees. In addition to the overall results and the most influential variables, the procurement method by organization allows for a comparative approach. What are the differences between companies where employees have been assessed as performing better during this distance work experience and others? What can we learn from?

The way of working of the knowledge worker has reached a turning point, for which it is necessary to rethink the models of work- time and space management. Work takes place in complex places, which are generated by the collimation of multiple and different interests, often conflicting.

Deserted during the health crisis, heckled by the economic crisis, the office is at the center of all attention. The facts are in. Today, 80% of employees want to continue teleworking*. The reconfiguration has prompted companies to once again give massive preference to telecommuting. In the first half of 2020, new leases are 60% smaller than in 2019**. One wonders if the office, which represents the second largest expense item for companies, will be forgotten. In any case, the question is worth asking. Should you renegotiate your lease, reduce your surface area, transform your offices or sublet part of them? For companies whose employees do not want to/can't telework, what are the alternatives?

Point of view of Jean-François Couëc & Nicolas Cochard in Business Immo

Should we go back to work at the office? The answers to this question differ depending on whether the respondent belongs to the group of those who have been impatiently awaiting a return to normal, those who have discovered telework and have come to terms with it, or those who remain staunch opponents of it.

Article published in In Interiors

Matter and materials are at the heart of the thinking of the architect and the interior designer. Through their approach, Chantal Aïra-Crouan, associate architect, head of the Paris Île-de-France architecture pole, and Alexandra Plat, project director within the Studio team at Kardham, bring the two together. Cross-interview ...