An early look at employee behavior as US offices beganto reopen this spring illustrates that radical behavioral change isnecessary to maintain effective social distancing, according to arecent report from workplace design consultants VergeSense.
Prior to the arrival of the coronavirus, the company usedsensors to observe the mechanics of workplace collaboration. But itretooled as the infection's spread disrupted routines, training aneye on social distancing. The new report is based on data from over28 million sensor readings and 6.2 million occupancy events fromFortune 1000 office space in the months prior to the arrival of thecoronavirus through the end of May.
VergeSense found that employees were embracing solo work beforethe implementation of stay-at-home mandates, and that those whohave returned to the office have increased the amount of work theydo on their own.
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Dan Packel
Dan Packel is an editor on the Business of Law desk at ALM. He writes a weekly briefing for Law.com, "The Law Firm Disrupted," on change and innovation in the legal marketplace. He is based in Philadelphia. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter at @packeld
