What the Future Holds for the
Government Workplace and Beyond
Two years in to phase one's completion, GSA has succeeded at reducing
unnecessary costs and has geared its workplace up to attract a new generation
of workers. But the ultimate proof of the initiative's success will come when they
can see that it has had a positive effect not only on their own their agency, but
also on agencies across the government.
"My focus as chief workplace officer for GSA is really working with other agencies
and getting them to where they need to be, to get their spaces aligned with their
mission and their culture and their technology," said Hardy.
He added that, when advising other agencies, he emphasizes the process of
GSA's transformation — not necessarily the look or their culture-specific policies.
"This is a result of a process that GSA went through to determine what was the
right space needs and what was the right ratio of space types and the right
amount of choice for a GSA employee to carry out GSA's mission," he said. "It's
not something that we're looking to commoditize and cookie cutter across
government, because every agency is different."
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