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The 100 sq ft per desk rule is out of date. Hybrid teams plan at 6:10 or 3:10 desk ratios. Run your numbers. Try it here: iqworkspace.co.uk/office-spa…

Paying rent on empty desks? Our free Ghost Space Calculator puts a number on it in under 2 minutes. Run the calculator on our website today. iqworkspace.co.uk/the-ghost-… #iqresourcesuite

Three calculators, four guides, zero sales calls required. The iQ Resource Suite is live. Explore the Suite Here - iqworkspace.co.uk/resource-h… #iqresourcesuite #officemovestrategy

New look, same team. Meet the new iQ Workspace and a free Resource Suite for anyone planning an office move or simply a office furniture upgrade. #iqworkspace #iqresourcesuite #officespaceplanning

30 years of commercial workspace. Something's changing at iQ Workspace. Same people, sharper look. More soon. #iqworkspace

Your office is competing with a spare bedroom, a better kettle, and no commute. Act like it. Hospitality is not a beanbag. It is light, acoustics, coffee, and somewhere you would choose to sit. #OfficeDesign

If your ‘workplace strategy’ still uses a five-day average, you are planning a building that does not exist. #HybridWork #FacilitiesManagement

Shrinking the lease and keeping the benching is not a flight to quality. It is a flight to crowded. Quality means fewer metres, better rooms, furniture that can move, and a Wednesday that still works. Are you cutting space, or actually changing it? #UKOffices

Many companies could cut their space by a third. Most people don’t like to hear this. Extra space once showed status, but now it just means more empty desks. Smaller spaces can mean better quality and more use. If you could cut your space by a third, would you go for it?

You can’t win East Anglia’s talent war with a 2014 open plan. Your office is a daily recruitment ad. If the only reason to come in is “because we said so”, the best people will leave. Fix the light, acoustics and desks, not just the policy. #EastAnglia #Talent #WorkplaceStrategy

A decision involving a chair that costs £120 is never merely that; you're also paying for early replacements, staff physio, and silent resentment. Since ergonomics is an investment in staff retention rather than a bonus, buying a cheap one postpones the real cost. #Ergonomics

You can tell in ten seconds whether people want to be in an office. Not from the brand wall. From the small stuff. None of that is a furniture-catalogue problem. What’s the first thing you notice when you walk into someone else’s office the thing that tells you the truth? 👇

Hybrid work failed because of furniture, not policy. If you kept assigned desks and one phone booth for 80 people, you just made the office optional. Did your layout change with your policy? #HybridWork #WorkplaceStrategy

The most expensive thing in your East Anglia office isn't rent. It is the empty meeting rooms. Two people taking a Teams call in an eight-person room is a total waste of space. Check last month's bookings. If the numbers embarrass you, it is time for a redesign. #OfficeDesign

A 3D model that does not change a decision is a trailer for a film you have already finished. Take this list. Send it to whoever is drawing your floor. #SpacePlanning #OfficeDesign #WorkplaceStrategy #OfficeInteriors #CommercialDesign #WorkspacePlanning

Which meeting rooms will be empty, and why are we still building them? 5. Where do the noisy team and the quiet team sit relative to each other? 6. What did you change after you walked it in 3D, not just after you rendered it?

1. What would you cut if we had 20% less floor? 2. Where does a private call actually go? 3. What happens to this layout on a Friday?

If you are about to brief a 3D office plan, do not ask for a walkthrough. Ask for the argument. Send this list. If your supplier cannot answer it, they are decorating, not planning. 🧵👇 #SpacePlanning #OfficeDesign