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Today’s work/life style is connected, connecting, and con-
verged. With 62 percent 1 of employees working regularly
from more than one location. 65 percent 2 of workers say
they collaborate multiple times a day. 81 percent 3 report that
work activities happen during personal time. And perhaps
not surprisingly, entertainment activities on work personal
computers (PCs) have doubled. These trends are bound to
continue; the workforce will be 50 percent 4 millennials by
2020, and 88 percent 5 of millennials report wanting this
work/life integration.
As remote work and collaboration solutions have become
more productive and mainstream, physical environments
are evolving to maximize the interaction and immediacy an
office space can and should provide, including:
• agile workspaces designed for individual productivity
• informal meeting areas encouraging co-creation
and conversation
• interactive conference rooms providing efficient
and technology-enabled meetings and collaboration.
• integrated communal spaces to encourage socializing,
recreation and wellness: the comforts of home
migrating into the workplace, perhaps, in our
increasingly connected world.
It’s clear that traditional boundaries are dissolving, and
the “Office of the Future” spans across work and the rest of
our lives. Security must evolve and keep pace.
Dramatic changes have taken place in where, when, and
how people are working, and those changes will continue to
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