Tag: hybrid workplace

The modern workplace is failing to keep pace with transformative shifts in how people work, reveals Gensler’s 2025 Global Workplace Survey. Gensler is a global architecture and design firm with 53 offices worldwide. Picking the ideal work environment is a complex, time-consuming process that demands intentional design and flexible office planning.

I am quite concerned that 29% of the women surveyed globally have expressed that they feel their right to live free from violence is deteriorating. Closer to home, it is concerning that at 19% more than the global average, 50% of the South African women surveyed feel that their right to earn an equal wage is deteriorating.

As more businesses adopt hybrid workplace models and with lockdown levels now reduced, leaders are wrestling with unresolved concerns. Successful hybrid work poses a difficult challenge for leaders. While many of the obstacles of remote working were effectively addressed, four remain that need to be managed to capture the benefits of new ways of working and propel organisations forward.