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Here's the quote from the [actual whitepaper](https://envoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Workplace_Data_Report_Final-Document-Envoy-230808-1.pdf https://envoy

by adamkf 3y ago

Here's the quote from the [actual whitepaper](https://envoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Workplace_Data_Report_Final-Document-Envoy-230808-1.pdf https://envoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Workplace_Data_...) from Envoy that this article references: > 80% of executives say they would have approached their company’s return-to-office strategy differently if they had access to workplace data to inform their decision-making. Envoy's not exactly an unbiased source here, since they sell software to collect this data.

renewiltord 3y ago
Interesting. While 80% said they would approach it differently, 66% felt they would have improved layout and space on-site and 52% would have improved amenities. That tells a different story.
jasonhansel 3y ago
Envoy sells products for managing hybrid workspaces: https://envoy.com/ https://envoy.com/ So they clearly have something to gain here.
jaculabilis 3y ago
So what this really says is that 80% of executives would have used a different approach if they had data about the subject. Which... is pretty lackluster? If you don't change your strategy in response to new data, you're bad at your job.
- MBCook 3y ago
  It says they would change their approach. It does not say they would change their position. So while some may have been more open to letting employees work from home, others may have just decided they would’ve used different arguments against it instead now that they know the ones that used didn’t hold up (as widely forecast).
- isaacremuant 3y ago
  I know for a fact that many HAD data on employee willingness and on Productivity and it didn't lead to 3 days in the office RTO but that followed interests in the retail value and government taxes due to "reviving" downtown and similar ideas of centralized economic growth (which only benefits the few who have investments in those dense office zones and actually damages decentralization, horizontal growth and environmental improvements).

by adamkf 3y ago

renewiltord 3y ago

Interesting. While 80% said they would approach it differently, 66% felt they would have improved layout and space on-site and 52% would have improved amenities. That tells a different story.

jasonhansel 3y ago

Envoy sells products for managing hybrid workspaces: https://envoy.com/ https://envoy.com/ So they clearly have something to gain here.

jaculabilis 3y ago

So what this really says is that 80% of executives would have used a different approach if they had data about the subject. Which... is pretty lackluster? If you don't change your strategy in response to new data, you're bad at your job.

MBCook 3y ago
It says they would change their approach. It does not say they would change their position. So while some may have been more open to letting employees work from home, others may have just decided they would’ve used different arguments against it instead now that they know the ones that used didn’t hold up (as widely forecast).
isaacremuant 3y ago
I know for a fact that many HAD data on employee willingness and on Productivity and it didn't lead to 3 days in the office RTO but that followed interests in the retail value and government taxes due to "reviving" downtown and similar ideas of centralized economic growth (which only benefits the few who have investments in those dense office zones and actually damages decentralization, horizontal growth and environmental improvements).