New guidance to help facilities managers manage the transition to ‘agile working’ within their organisation has been published by the British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM).
The Agile Working Change Management Guidance Note covers agile working’s benefits, ‘and how to successfully plan and implement an integrated approach to deliver sustainable change in working behaviour’. The BIFM said: “Agile working – underpinned by mobile technology – applies to people working both in and away from the traditional office, such as at home, on the road, or remotely in other locations.”
BIFM research and information manager, Peter Brogan, added: “The work environment is shifting rapidly, as the landscape is redefined. Facilities managers will be at the forefront of eliminating barriers to enable people to work more effectively, helping to play a key role in creating flexible environments that meet the evolving needs of employees, and help forwardthinking organisations increase productivity and their business performance.”
The document has been authored by workplace expert, Andrew Mawson, co-founder of Advanced Workplace Associated, who has worked with organisations such as Microsoft, Lloyds of London, and UNICEF, ‘to help them realise the economic, social, and productivity benefits linked to agile models of work, place, and organisation’.
