With COVID, business leaders, managers, and employees are reimagining how they think about work. Whether in-office, hybrid, or fully remote — the how, when, why, and where of work — has fundamentally changed. Along with it, the workforce is embracing a new reality: where you live no longer dictates where you work. For employers facing an increasingly tight labor market, meeting the needs of employees has taken on greater importance, while the cost savings from shedding unwanted office space has further accelerated the drive toward a reimagined workplace.
This type of workplace transformation doesn’t take place overnight and requires answers to challenging questions about how to:
Returning to the office is more than social distancing and hand sanitizer. It’s reconfiguring our spaces for new work patterns, preferences, and technologies.
The new hybrid workforce gives us the opportunity to reinvent how we interact and facilitate meaningful team engagement and collaboration.
Retooling and future-proofing our organizations through technology ensures we not only survive the next business disruption but thrive.
Learn more in the checklist for HR, Facilities, and IT professionals.
Get Reimagine the Workplace GuideHR departments are taking the lead on reimaging the workplace and creating environments that drive collaboration and innovation.
Return: Strategically protect the health and safety of employees while satisfying both
company leaders and team members.
Reconnect: Create work environments and policies that foster collaboration and productivity within hybrid teams.
Renew: Establish forward-looking policies
that enable flexibility and increase the ROI on attracting and retaining talent.
Learn more in the checklist for HR.
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Provide peace-of-mind that your building is safe, healthy, and ready for occupation and the future.
Return: From hot desks to contactless technology, reconfigure workspaces for safety and distance.
Reconnect: Build and reconfigure the infrastructure for anywhere, everywhere communications and with AV design services.
Renew: Optimize your infrastructure for the coming waves of wireless, security, networking, and smart building
technologies.
Learn more in the checklist for Facilities.
Get ChecklistDrive change through technology to reimagine how people work, interact, and communicate — no matter where they are.
Return: From the front door to the office area and beyond, technology is key to making the
hybrid workplace work.
Reconnect: Rethink the collaboration experience to ensure every team member, everywhere, is engaged, inspired, and contributing.
Renew: Optimize the promise of business resiliency with seamless,
secure communications and operation from anywhere.
Learn more in the checklist for IT.
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The pandemic gave us the freedom to rethink the workplace in ways that were previously “unthinkable.” Every HR, IT, and Facilities leader has the same high-level goals: Return, Reconnect, and Renew the workplace. The tactics and strategies you use will depend on your role.
Get the GuideGone are the days of boring cubicles. Whether you’re working from home, the office, or a coffee shop, the new Reimagined Workplace is wherever you are. Discover how you can make your new workplace fit in a box with engaging, secure collaboration and communication tools that make it as easy to connect with co-workers and clients from anywhere, at any time, on any device.
The traditional “9-to-5 work environment” is gone and in its place is a new work from anywhere ecosystem where workers flow fluidly between and within office spaces. So, how do you ensure your building is safe, healthy, and ready for occupation when teams do return?
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How can you use AV technologies to shape the hybrid workplace? Take a look at these seven trends that will help you define your workplace transformation
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During the lockdown, a Northeast municipality employees couldn’t access files and applications remotely due to the absence of security features. Black Box provided a security platform that protected access to data for all users, devices, and applications. The result was a $1.1 million gain in productivity — plus millions saved by thwarting security breaches and ransomware attacks.
Providing luxurious, high-functioning office space with the latest IT and support is the foundation of a European co-working company’s business. When installation at their latest location went awry, Black Box jumped in to complete the job in just six weeks, becoming a trusted partner for future locations in Europe and the United States.
To enhance security and reduce loss, an international home improvement retailer wanted to upgrade its analog security cameras to high-tech, IP-based 4K cameras. They turned to Black Box, a trusted partner of more than two decades, for the large-scale, enterprise-wide rollout resulting in a reduction in losses.
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Black Box is a trusted IT solutions provider delivering cutting-edge technology solutions and world-class consulting services to business around the globe. For more than 45 years, we have helped clients reimagine their workplaces with technologies from all leading manufacturers so you get the best solution for your application. We can help your hybrid workforce return to the office, reconnect and collaborate seamlessly, and help you renew your network to build future-proof business resiliency.
The breadth of our global reach and depth of our expertise ensures you’ll get accelerated, standardized technology deployments at all your locations to meet your timeframes. You also benefit from our expertise and experience in handling and diffusing any problems due to worldwide supply-chain disruptions
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