Process
Data-Driven Design
Transform Your Office into a High-Performance HQ
Businesses today have been forced to develop processes and create environments that fuel productivity and collaboration, while simultaneously eliminating “Zoom” fatigue and loss of motivation. With the right direction and focus, your business can revitalize its workforce and cultivate a culture of innovation, collaboration and engagement.
Workplace strategy is involved throughout our entire process – from the first discovery meeting all the way through to post-project measurement.
HIVE Design Principles
HIVE’s north star is rooted in data-driven design principles. Based on your company’s goals and aspirations, we create overarching guidelines to help facilitate and carry out the successful creation of a workplace ecosystem.
The goal is to move your office from a fully assigned workstations, to fully unassigned workstations with support space.
- Illustrate the values of well-being, diversity, and inclusion throughout the workspace.
- Tell a story of sustainability through materials and furnishings.
- Curate a unique balance of spaces for concentration, connection, and collaboration.
- Go beyond the value of "mobility” in space to instill resiliency in teams.
- Foster the sense of belonging, trust, and connection to purpose, rather than a physical seat or office.
The Hybrid Technology Experience
Foundation to a successful hybrid model
Creating the ecosystem for success
Proposed Project Timeline
Understanding Current State
Our process always begins with a deep dive into your data. The HIVE team submits an information request to obtain relevant documents and any necessary background material. Once this information is fully provided Workplace Strategy can begin.
Defining Future State
After reviewing and assessing the current state, we begin the work of defining your ideal future state. Using various tools, the HIVE team will work alongside your stakeholders to identify the various gaps and opportunities and co-create a Workplace Strategy that illustrates your ideal office ecosystem. We complete this phase with a final vision session and test fit design that determines the perfect size, location, and balance of spaces required to create a custom-fit work environment for your company.
Market Study & Real Estate Transition
Now that we know the size and location, we work with your broker team to find the best opportunity in the market. To best ‘fit’ we oversee landlord test fits for proposed spaces and determine the opportunities and constraints of the proposed spaces to enable you to make an informed decision. This phase ends with a secured transaction.
Detailed Design, Construction, and Change Management
The HIVE team coordinates with expert designers and architects to prepare final design concepts for working drawings. Once a design is approved, and permits are in place, construction can begin, and your dream becomes a reality. HIVE works with your leadership teams, employees, and appointed champions to communicate and engage in the new work environment throughout this process. We desire to align your teams on the strategic objectives to enable a new hybrid way of working.
Leading the Change
Change in action – after many months of planning and design, tactics are finally put into practice and your workplace ecosystem is brought to life. We work with your leadership and employee champions to enable them to lead the change, manage the activity and curate new connected experiences for employees.