The Workplace of the Future

We have known for a long time that the way people work is evolving. Companies will build amazing cultures  – fostering diversity, collaboration and innovation – while supporting work-life balance by offering people the flexibility to get work done wherever, whenever and on whatever device works best for them. In this world, people embrace mobile workstyles.

Citrix sponsored the Workplace of the Future global survey, which shows the formula for the workplace of the future as one person using an average of six devices to do their work and being dedicated to only two-thirds of a desk.

Nineteen hundred senior IT decision-makers from nineteen countries around the globe were surveyed by an independent research firm, Vanson Bourne. This research shows that workplaces are getting smaller, they’re being better designed, and we’re seeing a reduction in the number of desks per person. This is a trend we call workshifting, where people shift work to more convenient times and locations. We’re also seeing people choose and use their own consumer devices for work, known as Bring-Your-Own Device (BYOD).

The Workplace of the Future research shows that organizations around the world are getting huge operational and strategic advantages by embracing these trends. They are able to:

• Recruit and retain talent with cutting edge policies for personal devices and flexible work schedules
• Offer modern, flexible, and economical workspaces that inspire people while reducing facilities and real estate costs
• Increase productivity for people working anywhere by offering easy, yet secure, access to business resources

Continue reading

• Press release
  
• Mick Hollison blogs about the implications
• Workplace of the Future report

Citrix solutions

• Workshifting
• Bring-Your-Own Device

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