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THIS WEEK'S TOPIC: How may work processes, buildings and office spaces need to be radically redesigned to reduce the use of resources?

THIS WEEK'S TOPIC: How may work processes, buildings and office spaces need to be radically redesigned to reduce the use of resources?

Richard Hayler
Senior Managing Director, Economic and Financial Consulting
FTI Consulting

I AM a supporter of flexible working and believe that, appropriately implemented, it can improve productivity and staff retention. However, working from home does not necessarily, other than in terms of space utilisation, reduce the demand for resources. It redistributes the demand.

Increasing space utilisation through hot-desking initiatives would help but may impact morale. Perhaps the most obvious step is for buildings, particularly the older ones, to be less resource intensive....

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