Introduction:

As we entered 2020, we were already living in a world of dizzying and constantly accelerating change, with the idea of the ‘workplace’ under extreme pressure. Since then, the global coronavirus pandemic has delivered a seismic shock to the concept, enforcing remote working and raising a host of unfamiliar questions about the future workplace.

To help provide the answers to your most pressing questions, we are curating a major new event called Workplace Wellbeing By Design. This will take place on 8 October 2020 and is co-located with the global workplace culture, mental health and wellbeing event Mad World Summit.

To ensure the content of the event is as timely and relevant as possible, we want to understand: how the coronavirus pandemic is pushing forward notions of wellbeing and workplace design; and which workplace design issues are keeping you awake at night.

Please take a few moments to complete the survey (it should take no longer than 5 minutes). All responses will be confidential and used purely for research purposes. Courtesy of Obo, respondents who complete the survey and leave their contact details will be entered into a prize draw to win a fantastic Gustav Original.

Anonymous insights from the research will be shared in a report and will also form the basis of a live discussion at Workplace Wellbeing by Design on 7th October.

I – You and your workplace

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* 1. What industry do you work in?

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* 2. What is your job title?

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* 3. Post coronavirus, do you think that mental and physical health will be considered equally when thinking about workplace design and layout? (Please tick one)

Yes

Maybe

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* 4. In your view has the pandemic created more or less parity of esteem between mental and physical health in workplace design? (Please tick one)

Less

Same as before

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* 5. As people return to work, which elements of your workspace or the workspaces you are designing are being adapted to minimise the risk of spread of infection? (Please tick all that apply)

Lifts

Desk arrangements

Technologies

Other (please specify)

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* 6. As people return to work, are your workspace or the workspaces you are designing being further adapted to support psychological safety and mental health? (Please tick one)

Yes

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* 7. If you answered Yes to question 6, how are they being adapted? (Please tick all that apply)

Collaborative and meeting spaces are being adapted to accommodate social distancing

There is more emphasis on creating social spaces

Colleagues are being asked what they need to feel safe

The specific needs of neurodiverse colleagues are being taken into consideration

Other (please specify)

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* 8. Which behaviours that people have developed whilst working from home could / should be adopted in the workplace?

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* 9. Has your approach to self-care improved or worsened during the pandemic? (Please tick one)

Improved

Worsened

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* 10. What do you think the most significant change in workplace behaviour will be post coronavirus?

II – The Agenda

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* 11. Please indicate which of the following topics you would like us to feature at WWbD? (Please tick all that apply)

What is Wellbeing, and how can design deliver it to a diverse - and neuro-diverse - working population in a world impacted by the coronovirus pandemic?

New management priorities: If productivity and profit must now share the emphasis with holistic wellbeing, re-defining the workplace as a place that gives health as opposed to merely sustaining it, what are the impacts on workplace design?

Should spaces be designed with wellbeing at the forefront, or is it a luxury that should be catered for if budget allows?

Self care and individual ‘custom’ design; if the responsibility for individual wellbeing in the workplace becomes the individual employee’s rather than the employer’s, how does the designer respond to a collection of unco-ordinated needs?

How can a sense of coherence and belonging for employees be improved in the workplace through design?

How design enables and accommodates technologies to support and promote workplace wellbeing;

Humanity and humane design in the workplace.

The impact of the rise of remote / home working on workplace design.

Case studies explaining the implications of people-centred design in spaces that have to deliver efficiency and productivity at the same time as a holistic experience that promotes wellbeing.

See no evil, hear no evil: acoustic separation and visible inclusion.

Sensory design: Biophilia and bringing the power of nature into the workplace.

III – And further…

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* 12. Are there any other topics you would like us to address?

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* 13. Are there any case studies that you would like us to feature?

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* 14. Would you be interested in attending WWbD?

Yes

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* 15. Would you attend if the event was virtual?

Yes

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* 16. What are the three key objectives you would hope to achieve by attending the event?

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* 17. Please enter your contact details if you would like us to keep you informed about plans for WWbD. By entering them you agree to receive notifications from us. Respondents who complete the survey and leave their contact details will be entered into a prize draw to win, courtesy of the survey sponsor Obo, a fantastic Gustav Original.

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