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          BOSS explore what the Future of Work looks like post COVID-19.                 BOSS Federation         @BOSS_Fed




         BOSS BRINGS MEMBERS TOGETHER VIRTUALLY








            ever before has the BOSS
         NFederation’s AGM been held ‘virtually’
         online. However, there was no lack of
         enthusiasm amongst BOSS members
         to participate in this unprecedented
         manner with almost 100 participants,
         many of whom took advantage of the
         ‘chat facility’ to input questions and
         observations.
           BOSS CEO Amy Hutchinson kicked
         off the day by welcoming everyone and
         thanking event sponsor ECI Software
         Solutions for their support, and then
         she took members through the agenda
         before handing over to BOSS Chairman
         Simon Drakeford who covered the BOSS
         AGM and financial report. Hutchinson   BOSS members can watch Eliza’s full presentation on here.
         then guided members through the new
         BOSS strategy, built around four key   n   The need to travel abroad for   n   Office spaces will be redesigned so that
         “pillars” of the Federation’s offerings:  meetings                      workers can always be 2m from each
                                            n The need to have all staff         other.
         n   Networking & recognition         together in one office           n Ongoing staff temperature testing
         n   Support                                                           n   More staff rota systems
         n   Development                      The world of work, she argued, has   n   A move from hand driers to hand
         n   Thought leadership             been changed forever by this truly   towels
                                            global phenomenon: there would be   n   More directional and instructional
         Hutchinson also reported that the BOSS   no return to ‘normal’, so what would   signage
         Business Supplies Charity had been   the world look like once the move out   n   Keyboard ‘skin’ covers for use on
         particularly active during the recent   of lockdown (described by Filby as   PCs in hot desking areas
         COVID-19 crisis, offering ‘one off’ care   ‘the great pivot’) had happened?
         packages to support those in need of   While the ‘normality’ of flexible   Furthermore, Filby expected the office
         financial assistance. Generations expert   working will inevitably rise as demand   to fundamentally change in the longer
         and historian of contemporary values   for it has now been expressed by   term: “The office will become like a
         Dr Eliza Filby then gave an insightful   employers as well as employees, Filby   church where you go once a week to learn
         presentation on the immediate and   suggested that there will still be a   and to be inspired. Collaboration and
         long terms effects of the current crisis,   need for offices, not least because   learning will happen in the office, but the
         entitled “The Impact of COVID-19 on the   60% of jobs cannot be undertaken at   home is where the concentrated work will
         Future of Work”.  She began by reporting   home.                      be done.” As a result, office design will
         two major aspects of ‘usual’ working life   However, in the short term, these   look very different: for example, voice
         that had been severely questioned by   offices will look very different –   activation will replace touch activation,
         the recent lockdown:               providing some clear opportunities   while broader corridors with fewer doors
                                            for the OP industry:               will assist social distancing.


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