Why silence, focus and flexibility are more important than ever

You probably know it. You walk into an office and before you've even taken off your coat, you sense it: phone calls, online meetings, consultations at desks. It's buzzing with activity but at the same time you see colleagues struggling to concentrate. At the end of the day, they might go home feeling dissatisfied: “I worked all day but actually accomplished very little. At home, I work so much more efficiently.”

That picture is recognizable to many organizations. Hybrid working, partly from home, partly office, is now the norm. It offers flexibility, but has also permanently changed the expectations of the office. Employees want to be able to concentrate there, meet each other, cooperate and proudly meet with their clients.

In short, the office should be more than a place with desks and meeting rooms. It should be an environment that inspires, brings ctranquility and feels like an extension of the organizational culture. This requires a new way of thinking about space. No longer fixed in walls, but flexibly arranged so that the office can adapt to how people really work.

That is where booths, call cells and pods offer a fantastic solution.
They bring ease, privacy and flexibility back into the workday. They prevent unnecessary blockage of meeting rooms, provide space for focus work and restore energy to collaboration instead of noise. What today is a quiet place to focus can tomorrow be a space to share ideas, flexible, forward-looking and without the need for reconstruction.

In this magazine, we take you step by step through that quest:

• What does hybrid working really mean for the role of the office?
• What challenges arise in the workplace?
• How can booths and pods help bring back peace and balance?
• And what should you pay attention to when choosing, placing and using them?
  
  

At InteriorWorks we tested several booths and pods ourselves, in a variety of situations, with real users. Independent of brand or product, but to share our honest findings.
Our role is to advise, compare and work with you to see what really suits your organization. We look beyond specifications: we consider usage, comfort and the possibility to easily adapt the work floor when the organization changes.

Because in the end, it's not about the booth or pod itself, but about the people who work in it. Our goal is simple: to create together a working environment in which employees with focus, energy and pride are able to do their jobs.