How Are You Adapting to Survive?

I have a folder on my desktop called "Covid Design." Never did I imagine having a collection of articles covering the future of commercial design, work place information and a virus on my computer. Over the past four months I have participated in a variety of webinars focused on the changes and impact Covid-19 will have when companies start to return to their offices. Even before all of this, there was a decline in the extreme open plan furniture solution called Benching, which has employees sitting nearly shoulder to shoulder and nose to nose. With the CDC's 6' distancing recommendation how do we achieve this in the office environment?

A few ideas:

• Create shift teams A-B-C rotating in to the office based on their desk location
• Freestanding screens and surface mounted screens available in a variety of sizes and styles
• Reconfigure existing offices, desks and the direction employees are facing
• Take informal meetings outside to a local park or a coffee shop with a patio

If you would like to learn more please reach out as I am happy to share articles from my Covid Design folder. I am also offering to talk about your office set up and how you may want to make changes to ensure your employees feel safe when back in the office.

I wish you and your family a happy and healthy summer.