Companies emerging from the recession will aim to spend significantly less on corporate real estate, look for growth in headcount without taking on additional office space and intend to deliver real advances in sustainability according to a report released at Mipim by Regus and Unwired Ventures. The report reveals that the main goal for corporates is a reduction in cost per head from as much as $19,000 (EUR 13,800) to $7,000 through innovation, mobility and adoption of new workstyles.
Companies emerging from the recession will aim to spend significantly less on corporate real estate, look for growth in headcount without taking on additional office space and intend to deliver real advances in sustainability according to a report released at Mipim by Regus and Unwired Ventures. The report reveals that the main goal for corporates is a reduction in cost per head from as much as $19,000 (EUR 13,800) to $7,000 through innovation, mobility and adoption of new workstyles.
Entitled Agility@Work, the report is based on the collective insight of property directors from global organisations such as Nokia, Accenture, BP, Barclays and the BBC as well as case studies from Vodafone, Macquarie Bank and Interpolis among others. It concludes that six factors should be considered to achieve the cost per head reduction: real estate, culture, people, technology, transport and sustainability.
Mark Dixon, CEO of Regus, commented: 'Our current model of work is clearly unsustainable. It is an industrial-age approach so out of place in our modern world that it is either at the heart of or a significant contributor to many of the problems we face; from our often chaotic work-life balance, to the perilous state of many a corporate balance sheet and the degradation of the environment. Adopting a better way of working, embedding agility at the heart of how, where and when we work will enabled us to improve our lives, improve business and improve the environment.'
