Furthermore, the hybrid workplace can take advantage of technology to combine face-to-face and virtual collaboration both within the office and remotely
Cisco's McCarthy Ranch campus in Milpitas California has become a hybrid workplace, Hundreds of mobile workers who use the campus have access to eight different kinds of massigned work spaces workstations, touchdown spaces, privacy rooms, focus booths, open project spaces, team rooms, lounges and dens. The spaces support many different kinds of virtual collaboration using IP technology and audio and video conferencing And Cisco isn't alone. As reported in the New York Times, companies like Intel and Delostie are using similar strategies to make the office space they have more fexible.
What is on the horizon for the workplace? It's fair to expect the following :
1.Continuous change in the way workers collaborate by using new technology
2.New cultural norms and protocols for virtual working
3.More opportunities to plan for shared work spaces with outside organisations
4.Demands for cities and city governments to create space to support new ways of working
All of these changes will present challenges to the way in which workplace are designed and built by developers, architects, landlords and suppliers of all kinds.
The idea that virtual communication and remote work environments will entirely replace the need to physically gather people together is perhaps not true. for fast paced and unplanned interactions, Which help to speed up decision making and information flow in ways that have not yet been fully matched by virtual work environments. At the same time, traditional work environments are becoming increasingly unproductive and will soon be outdated among the leading corporations, if they aren't already. The hybrid workplace is the future and will be essential for businesses looking to stay ahead