A number of factors are currently affecting the workplace and are causing a need for new design strategies. These include: four generations working together, a low unemployment rate which contributes to a ‘talent war,’ consideration for employee’s physical and mental well-being, technological changes, and remote workers.
A multitude of studies on engagement and productivity within working environments suggest the spaces that best foster the creative and collaborative atmosphere Union Bank hopes to achieve, are spaces that provide choice and care for employee’s well-being.