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From 1500 to 900 workstations - and Gustav as a tool that made the transition to flexible working enormously easier. Matthias Krumpel, Team Leader Facility Management at telecom provider Drei has experienced how the modern toolbox inspires employees and contributes significantly to making life in the office easier.
Working when and where you want: What sounds like a dream for employees brings new challenges for employers in terms of corporate culture and office design. Andreas Gnesda is the managing director of teamgnesda and an enthusiastic entrepreneur. He knows how companies can design meaningful work environments - and thus ensure satisfied and successful employees.
The best tools for Hot Desking and Activity Based Working
Activity-based working offers suitable environments for different professional activities. We show the best tools for it on the Gustav Blog.
The advantages of Activity Based Working are well documented: staff feel more trusted and therefore more motivated; the amount of space required is reduced which can allow for real estate savings or ‘spaceless growth’, and quality of work improves as employees can collaborate or remove distractions more effectively.
Switching to a new way of working is never easy, and the importance of a well thought through change management process cannot be underestimated.
In our latest blog post, we share best practice of what a change management process looks like and how Gustav can help as a tool.
What is activity based working?
Activity Based Working is a way of designing a workplace in order that it provides physical spaces appropriate for the range of tasks that employees might carry out. Typical examples of ABW spaces are quiet rooms for focused work, bookable meeting rooms, spaces such as breakout areas and café-style booths for more informal collaboration, and so on.
A key principle behind the ABW approach is to acknowledge the effect that space has on how we feel and how well we are able to work - a stark contrast to the more traditional fixed desk way of working.