AI is transforming the workplace, from how you use your space to how we work, connect and communicate. This impact is creating increased productivity and workplace operations. As companies adopt technologies like Gen AI, the Metaverse, Virtual Reality technologies and other advanced workplace technologies are upgrading the modern workplace.  

In a world of ongoing mergers and acquisitions, it is crucial to establish centralization of workplace strategy and culture while still keeping your brands and team’s individuality. Unpack best practices and strategy tips to keep up productivity and employee experience.

• Explore best practices to centralize workplace and brands that are currently isolated or independent
• Consider the cost savings and efficiency benefits of centralization
• Unpack how workplace fits within the culture conversation and how to support the newly built culture 

Ken Stuart

Vice President, Real Estate and Workplace
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.

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Modern workplace for many companies allows for flexibility in setting schedules, with some workers being able to cash in on the benefits of both work from home and in the office; and companies are appreciating how the benefits have boosted productivity and fulfillment amongst employees. The new challenge is to understand how to balance your design of the workspace to meet workforce needs, while navigating employees to a new modality of working so their time is being used effectively in the office.

• Leverage your existing space and implement design elements that will enhance the in-office experience
• Discuss how to help employees design their day with intention when in the office
• Consider how creating an efficient space and teaching employees to optimize it to enhance their daily initiatives can deepen culture and relationships
• Understand the various tools within your tech-stack that will allow you to create additional checkpoints and boost internal team communications without making more work for everyone
• Examine how to strike the perfect balance between high-touch and high-tech to create loyal and engaged employees no matter their location

Kathryn Wright

Head of Workplace
Anthropic

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Over the last few years, the workplace has experienced a radical change at a scale, unseen for generations, and we learned that entire companies can ‘work from home’ and still function. Today, many leaders want their employees back in the office, at least part of the time, as they seek to build stronger organizational cultures, improve collaboration, reduce silos and exert control. At the same time, many organizations have streamlined their physical operations, often reducing their overall real estate footprint and services to decrease operating cost. Employees now face a juxtaposition of being asked to increase attendance at the office as it shrinks around them.

• Analyze the business drivers behind current ‘return to office’ policies
• Uncover factors needed to support the new and changing workplace and the dangers in over-indexing on efficiency in space and services
• Explore how an ‘effectiveness per square foot’ model works to address these challenges and technologies being used to make data-driven decisions for ongoing improvements
• Learn about the ‘flight to quality’ trend and a new model for building a value-driven workplace (and how to talk with your leaders about increasing investments)

Hayden Perkin

Senior Manager, Strategy & Planning, Global Real Estate & Facilities
Amazon

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This challenge is impacting each and every one of us as employees are faced with back to office guidelines and mandates. How do you communicate and manage your workers in an effective way that won’t end in turnover? How do you manage expectations and drive understanding? Join other leaders faced with the same problem to workshop some best practices and hear lessons learned on what to do and what not to do. 

Janel Bongiorno Field

Executive Director, Workplace Experience
JPMorgan Chase & Co

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