At FlexWorld 2022 in London last week, we announced our joint solution with leading flexspace and hybrid software provider, OfficeRnD, for managing the full ecosystem of hybrid work - Hybrid Anywhere - from home to coworking to HQ.
Hybrid Anywhere brings together the LiquidSpace Marketplace and OfficeRnD's Hybrid platform to offer the first total hybrid work solution.
Your employees can now seamlessly plan their work, coordinate with colleagues, and reserve the best workspace for them. Whether it’s a day at head office, collaborating with teammates at a regional hub, finding a stopping point while on the road, or a coworking space for focus closer to home.
For the first time, every option is in one place.
- Access: to all hybrid workspaces options
- Visibility: of employee adoption, use and spend
- Control: set team-based or individual permissions
Hybrid Anywhere gives HR and workplace leaders one source of truth for data insights to understand the new rhythms of work and inform strategic workplace planning.
In the Opening Keynote at FlexWorld, our CEO, Mark Gilbreath and OfficeRnD CEO, Miro Miroslavov, explained the need for such a solution.
“We can’t hide behind the shallow belief that we’re simply going to be returning to the way things were before. We’re three years into the ‘great return to office’ that will never be.” said Mark.
“As we look forward and begin to act on the future of work today, it’s vital that we bury the past. Employers, employees and the planet all demand something other than simply a return to the office commute and the office as it was.”
“Unleashing the potential of hybrid requires employees to be equipped to do things differently. This new solution gives individuals true choice, where any place can be an option, and gives companies a platform they can trust. They can trust in LiquidSpace and OfficeRnD."
The past few years have shown us that even from our homes we can still get the work done. This has fundamentally changed the way we look at the working day. It’s no longer about getting up, putting on our work clothes and mindlessly heading out on the commute, and doing the same thing tomorrow.
There’s now intentionality to our day. Employees are getting up in the morning and considering ‘What do I need to do today, who do I need to work with to get it done, and where are they?’ That’s the deciding factor for working from home, working at a coworking space local to the team, finding a quiet space to really focus, or heading into the corporate head office to connect with a bigger team.
Mark explained: “Workdays are a blend of work behaviors and technology needs to take the friction out of the journey. That’s why, we’ve embedded the power of OfficeRnD Hybrid within our LiquidSpace Marketplace experience.”
“We’re on a mission to allow companies to set up policies and strategies for using coworking spaces and we believe that we’ve found the perfect recipe for success.”
The challenge for the employer is knowing the rhythms and patterns of the working day as it is now. With Hybrid Anywhere, employers are gaining full visibility and control whilst offering employee choice. Companies can curate their own network of spaces, based on the criteria they want to meet - health and safety standards, location, quality - they can set budgets according to their workplace policies. And they can see where and when their teams are using space.
"As champions of flexible working we always knew that coworking would play a key role in the future of work,” said Miro. “We're extremely excited to partner with LiquidSpace and bring real optionality to employees' work lives. Hybrid work is not just about home or the office. The world has so much more to offer than that. We want to see people working truly from anywhere and this partnership helps that."
You can watch a recording of the demo Mark and Miro gave at FlexWorld, here.
You can find out more about Hybrid Anywhere, here.
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