REIMAGINING THE OFFICE SPACE

Many people’s idea of what the workspace should look like has changed over the pandemic – and Nobo has responded to that with a new range designed with flexibility in mind

After two years of our lounges, dining tables and bedrooms pulling double duty as our workspaces, our idea of what the working environment ‘should’ look like has certainly changed. Just as we’ve flexed the spaces of our home to fit our needs, the office needs to flex to meet the new ways of working that staff will adopt as part of hybrid working models. The challenge now is understanding those needs and equipping your customers with workplace solutions that are as dynamic and adaptable as the staff who will occupy them.

INVITING AND REWARDING

Many businesses will rightly be looking at ways they can make their workspaces inviting and rewarding places that staff actually want to spend their time in. Therefore, office refurbs will be high up on the agenda, with employers introducing new furniture, lighting and tools to make their workplaces more functional and comfortable. The new office needs to add value that remote working does not. Now that staff know just how much can be accomplished independently from home, it is likely that the primary value-add of the office will be to facilitate the type of collaboration, communication, and brainstorming between teams that cannot be as easily accomplished virtually.

Some of the best actions stem from teams sitting together and throwing out ideas. Capturing these thoughts as they happen is crucial for putting the pieces together, and whiteboards, noticeboards and flipcharts provide the perfect catch-all to facilitate this. Nobo’s traditional wall mounted options provide a stylish fixed solution to more permanent designated meeting areas, while solutions such as the new Move & Meet range draw on the flexibility that staff have come to value by allowing them to turn any space into a meeting room. The collaboration systems in the range are equipped with lockable castors for easy movement between locations, allowing teams to capture inspiration wherever it may strike. The mobile base holds up to four removable double-sided whiteboards or notice boards, providing 8x the surface area for writing and collaboration.

MULTI-PURPOSE PRODUCTS

Open plans with flexi-space will become popular in the new office, allowing staff to use their workplace however they need to. For the times when separation is desired, Nobo’s Move & Meet boards can be used to create specific zones. For example, the boards can be wheeled in to divide the room into an impromptu meeting area with the whiteboard side available for notes, or a social area with the noticeboard side exposed to share any important updates.

As we begin to shape what the future workplace will look like, there needs to be an intentional focus on the types of products that are introduced during refurbishments or redesigns. Products that can serve multiple purposes will be highly desirable to the decision-makers responsible for delivering these design projects and meeting these needs should be top priority for resellers.

To learn more about the Move & Meet Range, visit: https://www.noboeurope.com/ en-gb/collaboration/move--meetcollaboration-system/