HOK Forward Report: Tech Workplace Takes Center Stage

HOK just released an in-depth exploratory report of the tech sector, “HOK Forward: Tech Workplace Takes Center Stage.” The report is a fantastic snapshot of a segment that has its handprints on every other sector and almost every person on the planet. We spoke to Kay Sargent, director of WorkPlace at HOK, about the tech industry’s challenges, and the ethos behind how HOK puts together its findings for each report. The firm’s Workplace group has produced reports on the financial, defense and insurance industries, and now the tech sector. In the pipeline are reports on AME (advertising, media and entertainment), science and more. “Our goal is to start tapping into all of the major sectors, producing quarterly reports, and then refreshing each sector with a new report every two years,” says Ms. Sargent. “We don’t believe benchmarking on its own is relevant enough. Benchmarking is valuable, but it looks backward, …