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1. Flexibility your business. Whether that is mental with each other in new ways. These spaces
Different roles require different tools, or physical health, companies are now can be work-focused or break focused
resources, and focus. This does not becoming more directly involved in – think of how many ideas were created
mean that you need a large office to wellness for workers. For many of us, a around a game of basketball vs someone
accommodate slides and ball pits for large portion of our days is spent at work; isolated in a box? You need to step outside
your staff, but using your current space in fact, the average person will spend the box to see the world from a different
correctly allows you to create areas that 90,000 hours at work over a lifetime. perspective.
are flexible for the different needs in Employees can directly affect your
your business. Creating an engaging productivity, revenue, and success. 77% of 5. Balanced Design
environment for employees can boost talent chooses culture over money when More people are becoming conscious
your productivity, lower absenteeism, and deciding on a new company, and a little of a healthy work-life balance. The
increase revenue. investment can go a long way. importance of finding a happy balance
is crucial. Many companies are bringing
2. Sustainability 4. Collaborative workspaces in this balance with recreational areas,
Global companies like Apple and In the past companies would ask quiet areas, and living décor. There are
Google have all started creating plans their customers what new products so many options when creating a space
that focus on their sustainable efforts to and services they would like to see but and creating a balanced workspace helps
become more conscious of the impact in new studies, it has been found that employees feel energized, motivated and
they have on the environment. In the customers do not actually know what inspired. The shift in focus is becoming
workplace of the future, a company’s they want. Companies are switching to apparent, the workplace needs to be a
values need to be aligned with their own, collaborating with staff to create new place where an employee wants to be
businesses need not only to care for the products and services with a higher rather than needs to be.
environment but believe in the change success than seen in the past. Creating With that in mind, we are looking
that is necessary. collaborative workspaces increases the forward to discovering and creating
human connection. Being able to bounce new trends that serve our client’s
3. Employee Wellness ideas off one another and getting instant needs efficiently. Follow our socials on
With everything going on there is feedback is proving beneficial to all types @trendgroupsa to stay up to date with
a major focus on the health of your of industries. By creating collaborative news and projects. dw
employees and how it directly impacts spaces, you are engaging your employees

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