As we explore the five key workplace trends in the next five years, my global workplace strategy colleagues and I first examined the importance of making employee experience a core part of business strategy.
Today we’ll turn to a topic that is changing every aspect of our lives: the “Internet of Things” (IoT) or the internet-fueled connectivity that is becoming a seamless part of everyday systems and objects. Translating this into the “Internet of Workplace” will drive the next level of efficiencies, productivity and profits — powered by devices, furniture and environments that interact digitally.
Today, we see IoT integration primarily at the building level, with owners and property managers using technology to gain insight into the ways spaces are used. Many of our clients employ real-time dashboards to track workplace occupancy, water consumption, elevator usage, temperatures and more — and make adjustments in the interest of efficiency.