CoreNet Global’s latest issue of THE LEADER features an article by Kat Randolph, Microsoft’s Director of Unified Communications Strategy and Business Value. In it, she outlines Microsoft’s Workplace Advantage (WPA) program, which the company launched in 2005.
Based on internal research, the company recognized that job roles did not always mirror working patterns. This led planners to completely rethink the way the organization approached workspace design and abandoning the notion that “one size fits all.” Additional research in 2009 helped the company identify changing work patterns across the globe.