1、Space chargeback:A fresh perspectiveSpace chargeback:A fresh perspective/September 2023ContentsContext 3Six leading change factors 5Disrupted workplace 5Chargeback tools and methodologies 7Remote work and unassigned seating 9Efficacy versus simplicity 11Managing shared spaces 13Forward planning 15A

2、fresh perspective 172Space chargeback:A fresh perspective/September 2023Could anyone have foreseen the extent to which the workplace and the future of work would be permanently changed by the global pandemic?Yet in many respects,the changes were simply an acceleration of what was already happening.Y

3、ears of change compressed into months.Then,after the dust had settled,a new landscape began to emerge.More resilient than before,more flexible,sometimes reconfigured with new functions,often with different operational needs and space requirements.Despite early expectations that the world would retur

4、n to the way it was before,this has never happened.The former workplace is history and the world is embracing a new perspective on the role of the office in a redefined workplace.New working practices that might once have been long-term objectives became short-term imperatives.The haste with which m

5、any of these adjustments had to be made often short-circuited normal decision-making processes,creating shockwaves which are still being felt by real estate and facilities management teams.This has led to some fundamental reappraisals of office spaces and their current and future fitness for purpose

6、.Remote working,for example,has proven to be more viable,more quickly,than anyone could have imagined.Productivity and job satisfaction are often higher among hybrid working employees,who also tend to be more deliberate with their use of time and even have greater awareness of what their colleagues