Working beyond walls

‘Work is what you do, not a place you go. The next generation of workforce will know that and be ready and able to work anywhere. Work has migrated beyond the conventional boundaries of time and space into a wider environment and those who manage the government estate need to be prepared.’ Sir Gus O’Donnell, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service The civil service in the twenty first century is facing the challenge of rising expectations for high quality services, increasing competition for the best quality workforce and the combined effects of climate change and dwindling fossil fuel resources. There is no doubt that to respond to these challenges the government estate must change – and it is changing. Working Beyond Walls explores the role of the workplace as an agent for change and describes a vision for government workplaces of the future. The authors discuss the issues facing those seeking to achieve change through distributed working and innovative workspaces and, with the help of case study examples drawn from the UK central government sector, offer advice and inspiration about how to achieve change successfully.

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