Tips For Employers , Making the Switch to 'Hot Desking'.<br />CNN reports that 'hot desking,' also called <br />hoteling, dynamic or agile seating, has <br />become a popular trend among employers. .<br />All across the board <br />it’s happening. Everyone is <br />doing a version of [hot desking], Carlos Martinez, Co-managing director and principal at Gensler, via CNN.<br />With hot desking, employees have to <br />reserve a desk or meeting room <br />whenever they plan on working on site.<br />If done poorly, employees can be <br />left feeling untethered and could <br />lead to a less efficient workplace.<br />CNN reports that the goal of hot desking is less <br />about cutting costs and more about repurposing <br />offices to adapt to how people work now.<br />We think of it as a liquid workplace <br />… a boundaryless workplace, Sanjay Rishi, the Americas CEO of Work Dynamics at JLL, via CNN.<br />Flexibility is very important to people. <br />They get it. They say, ‘I’m not <br />in the office 5 days a week.' <br />That’s the tradeoff, Sanjay Rishi, the Americas CEO of Work Dynamics at JLL, via CNN.<br />CNN reports that clear communication <br />about the switch to hot desking is key. .<br />According to Sanjay Rishi, the Americas CEO of Work Dynamics at JLL, individual teams should still have a designated area within an open plan office. .<br />That area, according to Rishi, should include<br />a mix of spaces that allow for both <br />collaborative and individual work.<br />That area, according to Rishi, should include<br />a mix of spaces that allow for both <br />collaborative and individual work
