The Quiet Revolution - Gensler ⇢

More evidence that a feeling of engagement with work has large consequences:

Sense Of Engagement

“Place making is back in the corporate vocabulary,” says Tom Vecchione [a workplace leader at Gensler New York]. Perhaps the most tangible sign of the workplace revolution’s next phase is a renewed belief that work’s settings should be inspiring, above all else.

“When people are engaged by their work, there’s a confidence and camaraderie that let them feel they can do anything,” he says. “Companies that acknowledge this and design for it can accelerate that engagement.”

The upside of that greater commitment is huge. A recent Corporate Leadership Council survey of 50,000 office workers found that when people are engaged by what they do, they make, on average, a 57% gain in discretionary effort (they’re willing to do more on their own initiative), a 20% gain in personal performance (the effort pays off) and an 80% drop in their desire to change jobs (they’re happier).

“Work patterns have changed, but the office is still a critical component,” says Christine Barber [Gensler’s director of research]. “It’s the cultural glue that holds the organization together.”

Getting the workplace right is still key, so that people can create and share culture, and build social connections, even in an increasingly mobile world.

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