At Office Principles, we live and breathe agile working. Agile working is all about creating a flexible and productive environment. By creating different working areas within the office you can ensure your staff have the complete freedom and flexibility to work where they want, when they want. Our expert team has more than 25 years experience in the industry. They work with your existing culture to create an agile working space that’s perfect for you and the way your organisation works. We are always researching the latest agile designs to bring you a unique and efficient office space that’s different from the norm. Providing your workforce with the freedom to make individual choices spurs creativity and intuitiveness, helps generate fresh ideas, and improves productivity and communication across different departments. With high-pressure, world-class organisations such as Google and Unilever utilising such environments you can be sure that your office interior design attracts the right talent, and brings positive measurable results to your business. We have years of experience that we use to bring you a totally unique and customised agile working strategy; working with you to decide what will work for you, and what won’t. We understand and appreciate that each client is different and we always tailor our designs to suit each clients individual circumstances, so you can embrace the innovation of agile working spaces with confidence.

1. WHAT ARE
THE
BENEFITS
OF AGILE
WORKING?

2. Space utilisation
A lot of companies are spending
money on space that is under-
occupied. The introduction of
agile working results in a
significantly cheaper workplace
in terms of fit-out and
occupational costs and can free
up space for other work
purposes.

3. Increased productivity and
efficiency
It is vital to create an efficient
and optimal working area where
your team can feel energised
and motivated. Not only can
great office design strategy
elevate productivity and morale,
but it can also hep to promote
and reinforce a corporate
identity.

4. Attract and retain best talent
Take a look at exceptional
companies such as Google,
Unilever and BT who have
maintained an outstanding
reputation as employers. By
creating a stimulating workplace
and valuing their workers; they
benefit from staff loyalty and high
performance.

5. Improved staff performance
A well-designed office
environment is the foundation for
a successful workplace. A good
design will enable your workforce
to be truly dynamic through
empowering staff to select the
best place and time to undertake
the task in hand.

6. Increase staff engagement
An agile office can increase
flexibility in communication and
staff engagement. In doing so
the business can create a more
responsive and effective way of
working that can lead to
increasing profitability.

7. Increase brand equity
First impressions are everything
in the corporate world. How a
customer views your
organisation is crucial to your
business image. A successful
design can act as a great
advertising strategy by portraying
your company as a strong and
dynamic organisation.

8. Reduce real estate costs
Traditional office space is costly
for any business so minimising
your real estate costs is a big
part of the equation when it
comes to reducing your
overheads. By investing in an
agile environment your
organisation can save on
heating, maintenance, lighting,
staff turnover, service charges,
rental and more.

9. Increased innovation
An effective design strategy can
help to stimulate divergent levels
of thinking by providing and
environment that is conducive to
employees needs, therefore
keeping workers engaged at
work. A flexible physical working
space also enables technology to
adapt to the needs of the
workers who use them.

10. Business continuity
A business needs to be able to
stay on track when faced with
challenges. Optimising the
workplace allows your team to
deliver a service even during
disruptive periods, as agile
working gives employees the
freedom to utilise the tools and
teams they need in order to
provide the best outcome for the
organisation.

11. Reduce absenteeism costs
One of the biggest causes of
employee absence is lack of
motivation. By optimising your
workplace you can improve staff
enjoyment therefore boosting
their incentive to come to work.

12. Accommodate fluctuating
workforce
An agile office built with change
in mind, and will prepare your
company for the inevitable.
Because space and resource
efficiency are key functions in an
agile workplace, your business
can quickly adapt to expansion
and contraction.

13. Reduce carbon footprint
Designing a new office brings the
opportunity to create a greater
and smarter working place. This
can greatly improve sustainability
while reducing cost and a
company’s carbon footprint.