Carol Colbert, Director of Global Workplace Strategy and Innovation at The Coca-Cola Company, hired a space design professional to collaborate on the redesign of The Coca-Cola Company’s Singapore headquarters. 

Coca-Cola’s new hybrid workplace  

Coca-Cola provided employees with some communal areas to relax and connect with colleagues, which means the new workplace incorporates the communication culture of Singapore. 

Another important part is that the redesigned office has a more casual and open work area where there is a corridor with a view of the sea, allowing employees to work in a comfortable and beautiful work environment.

Colbert and space design professional Anoma Baste also equipped the space with some open seating arrangements and bike desks facing toward the water, so employees can exercise while working, helping to reduce work stress. 

Moreover, Baste says the space was designed to allow employees to “take some time to sit quietly and meditate, [and] do some quiet work.”  The result is they have found it to be a very popular workplace for employees because the quiet workspace helps staff to relax and contributes to the quality and productivity of their work. 

What else is Coca-Cola focused on? 

Colbert and baste worked on redesigning and transforming Coca-Cola’s Singapore location to enable hybrid working. The redesigned office features fewer fixed elements and walls, plus provides mobile equipment, such as hot desks, to support employees to work flexibly. 

Additionally, Coca-Cola “relies heavily on Microsoft Teams” and is working on “pop-up technology”. The aim is they want to offer some multi-functional communication tools and technology for employees, allowing them to communicate and collaborate with various colleagues and support remote colleagues back in the office work seamlessly. 

Reason for Coca-Cola implementing hybrid work 

Coca-Cola’s workplace rights policy is comprised of provisions outlined in international human rights standards, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Coca-Cola states its mission in developing the policy, stating “We value our relationship with our employees.”  

They are committed to creating an open and inclusive workplace based on recognized workplace human rights, where all employees are valued and motivated to be their best selves.

As a result, they have decided to give employees flexibility in their work by implementing flexible work and allowing them to arrange their own personalized work schedules by themselves. Also, Coca-cola believed that these approaches can help them to retain talent.  

What setup can support a hybrid office? 

A hybrid office should use a functional office management system, which helps Singapore employees use office resources efficiently, such as rooms, desks, and office equipment, and support them to have remote work and virtual meetings with their colleagues in the office.      

ONES is one of the famous all-in-one smart office systems that can help you to easily implement hybrid working at ease.  Coca-Cola Hong Kong has already implemented ONES in their office which can easily help them to perform virtual meetings, desk hoteling, and digital office management with our Room Booking, Desk Booking, and Visitor Management features.    

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One of the examples is Microsoft Indonesia, which implements some great approaches for remote work. 

What does Microsoft Indonesia prepare for remote workers? 

According to the sharing on their website, Microsoft Indonesia list 5 approaches suit for remote workers and explains some experiences to their audience. 

Offer virtual meditation sessions  

Remote workers often do other things to disconnect from work after business hours, such as meeting with friends or talking with family. The reason is they want to separate from the work of the day through these activities, keeping their brains relaxed and their creativity high. 

Microsoft Indonesia explained that they offer virtual meditation courses for remote workers that help them release from work. 

The method is simple. Microsoft Indonesia recommends that beginners need a quiet space and set the microphone to mute so that to enjoy the peaceful atmosphere.

Also, using a camera to watch the course leader’s instruction on breathing techniques. Experienced can turn off the camera and completely focus on calming the mind. 

Set break time after meetings 

Microsoft Indonesia encourages employees to schedule meetings to conclude five minutes before the end of the hour or half hour, and set this period as a break. 

They believe that lots of meetings in one day make employees prone to potential burnout. Therefore, providing a short break from work for employees can ensure they have enough rest time so that they have more energy to focus on their work. 

Set a complete work guideline for remote workers 

Microsoft Indonesia distributed comprehensive work-from-home guidance to employees. It instructs managers on how to have the best practices for communicating usability to team members, including setting up physical and virtual workstations for employees.  

The reason for this approach is they understand many people are no experience in remote work and just have little time to prepare for this change.

Hence, there has a need that offers a remote work training manual for remote workers. Microsoft Indonesia also noted that most organizations already have training manuals on how employees should navigate their office environment. 

Provide a suitable training plan 

In fact, the Work-at-home guidelines explain that managers need to set specific challenges for remote workers and need to review their performance regularly that make sure they have suitable training methods.   

Microsoft Indonesia believes that improving the management skills of its employees requires the support of its managers. And this approach can inspire remote workers thinking and problem-solving skills, which will help them work independently and ensure they have good productivity.

Most importantly, if the new remote workers were trained by the seniors as well, it would help the new remote workers be the future leaders of the company. 

Build a virtual work culture 

Microsoft Indonesia encourages all employees to hold meetings or birthday parties virtually, providing more channels to let colleagues get closer, thus it can build a good team culture.  

Microsoft Indonesia says that while virtual events may seem challenging, it’s worth the extra effort to keep everyone connected and moving forward. And fostering a good work culture builds an enjoyable work environment that helps retain talent. 

While Microsoft offers some ways to cater to remote work, these approaches are not the only ways to suit remote work. Moreover, there has a more comprehensive working style to support remote work. 

What should you do for your hybrid office now? 

If employers want to retain their talent, they must accommodate what employees want and make changes to incorporate work models that support both remote and office working, i.e. hybrid working. 

Flexibility is required as the workforce places a greater emphasis on worker well-being and better work-life balance. Whether corporations like it or not, hybrid work appears to be here to stay. 

ONES is one of the famous all-in-one smart office systems that can help you to easily implement hybrid working at ease.  You can easily perform virtual meetings, desk hoteling, and digital office management with our Room Booking, Desk Booking, and Visitor Management features.    

Feel free to contact us for more detail to implement your hybrid office! 

Contact us: hello@ones.software, or visit ONES Software official website for more information: https://ones.software/.    

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