WORKPLACE CHANGES
Six digital trends that will change the future of the region’s workplaces CallisonRTKL highlights successful workplace transformations for the future evolve around three key components: people, place and purpose
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lobal architecture, planning and design firm, CallisonRTKL (CRTKL) has recently revealed six key trends on how technology can support and transform the Middle East’s workplace of the future. With the nature of work and the workplace changing, following the outbreak of Covid-19, new technology, practices, and processes will come to change offices in the MENA region. With both employers and employees in the region having faced radically different circumstances over the past nine months, the opportunity to leverage digital solutions in the workplace has never been more abundant. The Middle East is at the forefront of
global technology adoption, and nations across the GCC have emphasised the importance of digital development within national economic strategies. With so many employers having to suddenly create flexible working solutions due to the pandemic, workplaces have significant opportunity to see the integration of technology into their day to day operations.
New technologies Although fuelled by new technologies, the workplace of the future will continue to be centred around people. Accordingly, workplaces need to be designed to be user-centric for employees. CallisonRTKL
have identified three key components for enabling the workplace of the future: people, place, and purpose. In doing so, employers ensure their people continue to perform well in their workspace, while still building a strong community. “As companies deal with the widespread effects of the pandemic, Middle East employers have a transformative opportunity to change the status-quo of how staff engage with their office space,” affirmed Matthew Tribe, Executive Director, CallisonRTKL. “Implementing programmes through digital transformation ensure that employees who are working remotely remain engaged and connected at all times. In doing so, business leaders in the Middle East will be forging the future of the region’s workplaces,” he added. The six workplace trends from a technology perspective are:
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Leveraging Data
Utilising technology to collect and manage data from a work environment can be highly informative and useful for the future of workplaces. Being able to gather and evaluate the data not only informs companies of their current status but it can also highlight a variety of opportunities to help improve awareness and operational inefficiencies. 52 DECEMBER 2020
