With modern, activity-based office concepts, there is no need for rigid back-to-office rules. Attractive corporate structures and cultures convince employees to return to their ‘home base’ all by themselves. Because the boundaries between work and community are becoming blurred and the office is no longer just a place of work, but also a vibrant meeting place.
With reference to the HaspaONE corporate headquarters that opened this year, we demonstrate how it is possible to create adaptable corporate cultures and structures that offer employees a great deal of freedom and self-determination in choosing their place of work and at the same time create major advantages for companies: The more flexible their corporate structure is, the better organisations can respond to economic and demographic challenges and prepare themselves for the future. They also strengthen the potential of employees and impress with their agility.
We discuss with Volker Widdra, Head of Purchasing, Facility Management and Logistics at Hamburger Sparkasse (Haspa), how offices can become a cultural reference point that creates identity and what it takes to bring employees back to the office. With our ‘Starter Check’ we are putting corporate culture to the test!
Photo: © Lara Thiesbrummel, combine Consulting
