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WHAT WILL DEFINE THE NEXT GENERATION OF THE OFFICE SECTOR?
EXCLUSIVE BY CALLUM HOFLER, READY MEDIA GROUP
NATALIE SLESSOR Head of Customer & Digital, Investment Management, Lendlease
Generally, what are the key trends in the office sector right now? There’s no doubt there’s a lack of ‘muscle memory’ when it comes to the office, following two years of out, in-again, out-again, hybrid…and everything in between. It’s taking time to establish patterns that make sense to individuals, teams and businesses in terms of supercharging culture, growth and outperformance. And the tight, and tightening, labour market alongside economic stress adds complexity it would take a 3D Chessmaster to unravel. We can see the macroeconomics, but we have also been partnering with data scientists like Propella, social scientists like Leesman Index and workshopping with the next generation of the workforce to get further under the skin of how we might respond. “It’s not just a flight to quality that will define the next generation of the office sector; it will be the flight to humanity.”
Natalie Slessor is the Head of Customer and Digital, Investment Management at Lendlease, one of Australia’s preeminent real estate groups, and has over two decades of experience advising, consulting, and exploring the future of living, leisure and work. From the Macquarie Group to Woods Bagot to Lendlease, Ms. Slessor has experience working all across the property and design industries: she’s a repository of valuable knowledge in these fields. The development of the office sector has been a constant fixture in the discussion surrounding the commercial property market as of late, and who better to comment on the current trends evident in the workplace than Ms. Slessor? In this Q&A, we get a first-hand account of what’s in-vogue for the office sector in 2022, courtesy of one of the industry’s brightest minds.
8 –October / November 2022
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