Workplace Conversations Report

Report

In May 2014, BIFM and the CIPD announced a partnership to look at the evolving nature of work and what it means for these two communities of practitioners.

In February 2015 the first major initiative from this collaboration was launched; the first real Workplace Conversation. An online interactive platform open to professionals from the world of facilities management, HR, IT, design and construction and anyone else interested in the world of workplace. For three months users were challenged to help identify the major hurdles in creating better workplaces and then to offer their thoughts on how they might be overcome. Throughout various stages users were able to discuss ideas and thoughts, vote for the ones that they liked best and ultimately arrive at a single idea that would be crowned champion.

The competition element of this process was only part of the story. The breadth and depth of the insights drawn throughout this process were significant. This report pulls out the key themes from the project and offers some thoughts on what the major challenges are and how, as a community of professionals with a common interest, we might be able to collaborate to solve them.