AI expands the possibilities of workplace analytics. As well as combining data on occupancy, usage and indoor climate, AI applications can also analyse behaviour and attempt to identify indicators of stress, mood or engagement. This offers opportunities, but requires a clear distinction to be made between measurement, interpretation and conclusion. Workplace analytics should primarily help us understand how well the working environment supports the work itself, not how employ

Change doesn't always start with major decisions or visible results. Sometimes it begins with a single colleague who is the first to show different behaviour. In Activity-Based Working, ambassadors and frontrunners can lower the social threshold for others in this way. What initially feels unusual can, step by step, become normal and accepted behaviour.

An integrated Activity-Based Working (ABW) trajectory only succeeds when work environment, ICT, and socio-organisational change reinforce each other. A new office can be technically, sustainably, and financially successful, while the intended collaboration, knowledge sharing, and flexibility fail to materialise. This article explains why the socio-organisational component must be organised from the start and become part of day-to-day management.

If working from home works structurally better, yet employers are still bringing people back, then the return can only succeed if the office compensates for that distance. And that is precisely where the problem lies.

Many discussions about Activity-Based Working focus on workplaces, occupancy rates, and hybrid working. This article argues that a working environment does more than support work. It also communicates what matters, which values are central, and what behaviour is encouraged. Drawing on Ghoshal, Becker, and Interpolis, the article calls for a broader view of the working environment.

ABN AMRO wants employees back in the office more often, and it is not alone in this. More and more organizations are reverting to mandatory office days. But does presence really solve the issues around connection, knowledge sharing, and culture? This article examines three mechanisms behind the return to the office and argues for organizing hybrid work more effectively.