as t w s i A   03 What’s next Workplace design hasn’t yet caught up to new We’re seeing most organizations taking either a workforce expectations. Instead of continuing non-negotiable, directive approach or a more to optimize what exists, companies should democratic one. The first means setting out completely reimagine work, addressing with leadership’s expectations and enforcing them, intention both tangibles and intangibles. regardless of the risk that employees will walk. Intangibles should be treated as must-haves rather The second involves including employees in the than nice-to-haves, and leadership will need to be process, understanding their current life priorities 100% on board. Simply making it a policy won’t and what they want from their working experience, work—they need to be confident in their strategy then finding a compromise between that and and put in the work to make it effective. business objectives. In our view, neither of these will truly work. + futuristic, surrealism, movie scene, diverse, photo realism, diverse subject, optimistic, 8k ada, aspect ratio 2:3, algorithm version 4 Copyright © 2022 Accenture. All rights reserved. 41