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Allstate Offers Flexible Workspaces Via LiquidSpace For 54,000 Employees

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has found that even remote workers need occasional in-person collaboration. With fewer cubicles and more collaborative spaces, the company is reimagining its office layouts to accommodate both focus and teamwork. After downsizing its office footprint by two-thirds and selling its Chicago headquarters, Allstate Corp.

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U.S. Telework Success Story Faces Uncertain Future

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Department of Labor is among the agencies navigating this terrain, with policies that increasingly pull workers back to the office. In her local office, just four cubicles accommodate 12 to 14 employees under a rotating schedule, with a shared conference room available for collaborative needs.

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Google’s Myth Of Losing Social Capital In Hybrid Work

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Google announced its hybrid work policy, requiring employees work in the office for at least three days a week. That policy goes against the desires of many rank-and-file Google employees. However, you do lose social capital if you try to shoehorn traditional, office-centric methods of collaboration into hybrid and remote work.

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Instead Of Trying To Compete With The Home Office — Work With It

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Despite this, many corporate leaders are struggling with how to lure workers back to the office by combining mandatory attendance policies with perks like snacks and company-provided lunches, citing collaboration, innovation and networking as the need for in-office days. Creating Spaces that Support Culture.

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Offices Of The Future Will Be Uniquely Tailored To Each Company

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While remote work has benefits, there are still advantages to physical office spaces, particularly for community building and collaborative events. And that’s being exacerbated by policies like New York’s new congestion pricing rules, which will charge vehicles entering Manhattan. So are heavily closed-off cubicle farms.

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Design Lessons Learned From The Coworking Revolution

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This significant surge signifies the growing desire for flexibility, autonomy and collaboration in modern work environments. Cultivating a Collaborative Environment Coworking spaces thrive on a higher level of collaboration, as they bring together diverse professionals and encourage spontaneous interactions between members.

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How the Rise of Four-Day Work Weeks Could Reshape the Coworking Industry

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As more professionals and businesses embrace the four-day work week, the need for networking and collaboration opportunities may increase. Over the past half decade, the concept of a four-day work week has experienced a huge transformation from an obscure idea to a leading-edge policy that corporations worldwide are considering implementing.

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