The New Insurance Workplace: An HOK Research Report

Many industries face similar challenges in talent retention, workforce shifts, and workplace strategy. But taking a zoomed-in view into one specific industry can help designers find the pulse of each specific issue. In December 2018, HOK released a research report titled, “The New Insurance Workplace: An investigation of the forces reshaping the insurance industry and how workplace design can position companies for success.” We’ve known for some time that the insurance industry now operates in tumultuous conditions. Drastic legal, political and social change has created a work climate of imbalance and uncertainty – one requiring a nimble, flexible outlook from insurance companies. We found the information in the HOK report to be valuable and applicable to the workplace design of many other industries, and we’ll share much of it here at officeinsight. In addition to HOK’s Workplace leadership team and its global delivery network partners, HOK worked with insurance company …