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While no official global data currently exists around the number of people who joined companies or started new roles during the pandemic, it’s safe to say that many people did. Trying to navigate a nascent or growing career is all the more hard when conducted virtually.

MovePlan recently held its third Workplace Experiment roundtable, with participants from across the technology, healthcare and automotive sectors. The organisations in attendance ranged from those with headcounts of 1,000 employees, to nearly 80,000 and those attending had director roles looking after real estate and workplace design strategy and experience.

Going Forward with a Clear Vision was the theme of IFMA’s fourth annual Boston FMForward Conference held at Bentley University.

Attendees at a MovePlan roundtable event shared their experiences of returning to the office post-Covid. Titled The Workplace Experiment, we welcomed Steve from the financial industry, who has had a long partnership with MovePlan as one of our clients.

“Don’t be afraid to fail” was the message taken away from a hugely successful in-person conference MovePlan attended in Austin, where two of our clients presented.

From booking apps to sensors tracking movement around the office – attendees at MovePlan’s Roundtable event titled The Workplace Experiment heard how different businesses have adapted to the challenges presented by the pandemic.

MovePlan’s Regional Director EMEA Siobhan Byrnes spoke to City A.M. to discuss rethinking ESG as working policies are being rewired. As ESG becomes integral in any business strategy, Siobhan said it has become a way of securing investment and attracting talent.

Our CEO Cathy Ridley spoke exclusively to Business Leader about her time in business, the foundation of MovePlan, and whether the challenges facing female entrepreneurs have changed since the 1980s.

There was a lively debate at MovePlan’s roundtable event when attendees had a discussion around the theme: The Great Workplace Test – Are You Ready? MovePlan’s Siobhan Byrnes chaired the event, welcoming Martin Frohock from global chip designer Arm as a global workplace innovation, technology, and design lead.

Focusing on how we work, not where we work, is the key to transitioning the workplace out of the pandemic, according to MovePlan’s Vanessa Manipon. Our Regional Director for US-West and Asia Pacific wrote an article published in HR Review looking at how businesses are now finding their new rhythm of working after adopting hybrid and flexible working models.

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) and Collins English Dictionary (CED) have both welcomed the term ‘hybrid working’ this year after many businesses adopted the new model during the pandemic.

Today is International Women’s Day and MovePlan is delighted to mark this occasion by celebrating our link with WEConnect International, which recently featured us as its Women Business Enterprise (WBE) of the Week.

MovePlan’s Suki Reilly appeared in a four-page spread in the recent edition of Finance Monthly, offering her expert advice for business leaders as the role of technology swells.

Getting the employee experience right is now essential for organisations, but how can they create good experiences for a diverse spectrum of people with different needs? A new report weighs up the key factors that create ‘good days at work’

Hybrid working has become synonymous with the pandemic, the road to recovery and the gradual return to the office. However, at MovePlan, hybrid working has been a standard practice for the past 30 years, and is still our preferred way of working.

By Loki Cheeseman During recent months, business leaders all over the world have set their eyes on the post pandemic horizon. It’s a vision where their offices are buzzing all over again, and they’re able to set a routine of sorts. However, with governments all over the world requesting people to consider working from home, the post-pandemic workplace feels like it’s once again moving out of reach. But businesses shouldn’t see the current situation as a setback, instead it represents yet another opportunity.

There was standing room only at a conference to discuss the future of the workplace held in Florida last month. The IFMA World Workplace Conference 2021 in Kissimmee welcomed commercial facilities managers from all sectors who came together to debate and discuss the future of the workplace.

“So, how are you finding going into the office again?” The question on everyone’s lips, amongst employees and business leaders alike. The answer, on the other hand, is harder to agree on.

Pre-pandemic, wellbeing was something that could easily be pushed to the bottom of the agenda. Now, as we emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic, businesses are realising that the health and wellbeing of their workforce is vital. It is, perhaps, one of the positive outcomes of the pandemic, as leaders recognise the need to discuss and tackle any wellbeing related issues.

Today’s business leaders face one of the biggest challenges of their generation as we prepare to enter a new era for the workplace. If last year was all about firefighting as leaders navigated their way through the ever-changing challenges of the pandemic, now they face the even tougher task of creating a ‘new normal’.

The last 18 months of working were defined for us. There was simply no alternative but to work from home and remain conn...