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Your business strategy has moved on. Has your workplace?

Most organisations revisit their strategy every few years, and sometimes far more often. New markets, a merger, a shift to hybrid work, a push for growth or a drive to cut costs can each reshape how teams need to work. Yet the office those teams walk into is often still designed for the business as it was when the lease was signed.

That gap matters. When the workplace no longer reflects how the organisation operates, it quietly works against the very goals leadership has set. Collaboration stalls, space sits empty, talent drifts and the culture you are trying to build never quite takes hold.

The good news is that a workplace can be realigned with intent. The starting point is not a floor plan. It is a clear, evidence-based workplace strategy that connects where your business is going with the environment your people need to get there.

What is the value of a purpose led, people centred workplace?

At the heart of every business is its people. An unhappy team of people leads to mediocre performance at work, high staff turnover and cultural issues, including lack of collaboration and innovation. If a business has ongoing problems like this, eventually the quality of services and products are affected, and this impacts the bottom line.

Being aware of these problems is one thing, but overcoming it is another. Despite their best efforts many companies are unsure how to create a workplace strategy that will improve the happiness and wellbeing of employees and in turn improve the culture and performance.

That is why this year, Axiom in conjunction with the Global Workplace Collective hosted the “Purpose Led, People Centred” events in Australia and the USA. We invited industry experts to come together and discuss their firsthand experiences and share how they solved these familiar challenges to build their own “Purpose led, People Centred" workplaces and boosted their businesses success.

The way we work has changed significantly over the past couple of years – and there’s no going back. Here’s how technology can help your organisation support the workforce of the future.

A new, hybrid way of working is having a profound impact on the role of workspaces.

“Today the workplace acts more as a connector,” says Dean Rikanovic, Workplace Interior Architect at Axiom Workplaces. “It needs to enable people to engage, exchange, share, learn. To connect with culture and the brand.”

Offices that can do this well will support hybrid work, foster social connections and enhance performance through technology – and create a happier, more productive workforce.

The role of Audio-Visual technology has never been more critical for developing a thorough workplace strategy than it is today. As businesses increasingly rely on effective communication and collaboration tools, there’s a growing expectation for workplaces to provide reliable and user-friendly AV solutions that support interactions between remote employees, in-office teams, and clients. Axiom regularly works with reputable AV companies to ensure our clients are informed of the latest digital workplace technology and can decide how to include this in their new commercial office fitout. We asked AV Company Workspace AV to share how their AV technology can boost workplace communication and function.

For International Women’s Day 2024, we asked our Studio Director of Strategy & Design Cassandra Kirk, her insights and advice to fellow women striving for success in their careers.

Ask your marketing team and they will tell you that a focus on branding is essential to business success. In fact, 77% of B2B marketers say branding is ‘crucial for growth’ and your clients agree. According to McKinsey & Company, B2B buyers consider the brand ‘a central element of a supplier's value proposition’.