Curious about the 2021 trends in mobile workplace management? Discover how a company can save money, increase productivity and attract the best employees.
Trends in 2021: workplace management
A modern workplace strategy increases productivity and saves money. Moreover, it is good for your image as an employer. Especially when you are looking for (young) IT professionals, a hip and modern workplace can just make the difference. Which trends of 2021 should you respond to?
1. Personalize the business workplace
Today’s employee is an experienced digital consumer. He is used to an environment that you can personalize yourself. By adapting the workplace to the person, workplace technology can help knowledge workers to work more efficiently, more productively, and more motivated.
For example, a data scientist has a completely different need than a front desk employee. By making use of personas, you can respond to this in a handy way. This way you deliver custom work, but the amount of work for the IT department can still be overseen.
2. The user as the starting point (instead of the device)
Employees use more than one device for their work. Where previously people only worked on the desktop, employees now switch between laptop, tablet, and smartphone. As a result, it is increasingly important for IT departments to adopt an integrated approach to managing mobile, traditional, and hybrid devices.
Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) enables administrators to manage all workplace environments on all devices. By jointly managing the growing diversity of devices, apps, and cloud resources, you can give employees the same business experience as private.
3. Data science is becoming increasingly important
In 2021, there are opportunities in the field of data science for IT departments. You can use existing data to create interesting dashboards. This allows you to view business processes in real-time, enabling you to respond to opportunities.
It also becomes possible to accurately predict device defects by using automated algorithms. These can recognize tiny deviations that we as humans do not notice at all. The advantage is that you can apply predictive maintenance to the devices, for example, and thus prevent loss of productivity.
4. Trends in 2021: working with folded, rolled, or projected screens
Because we have access to our workplace through cloud-based working via the browser, it becomes possible to use any screen that is connected to the internet for work.
In addition, the idea of foldable or collapsible screens is becoming more and more popular. In the future, it will even be possible to use any surface as a screen, which probably makes the workplace even more flexible.
5. Work more efficiently in the Smart Office
The continuous progress in integrating workplace management solutions increases the efficiency of many processes. For example, an online invitation can initiate several steps to arrange a meeting. You can also rent an ipad or rent a macbook for a shorter period of time if you need a laptop with two screens for a small freelance project.
This includes booking the room, setting up the beamer, the telephone system and even adjusting the heating in the room, depending on the number of participants.
Some offices are already very far in integrating smart solutions. For example, HP’s new office is fully equipped for mobile working and better meetings.
