Workplace strategy
Space is a decision about how the organisation works.
Before a search starts, it is worth knowing what is actually being searched for. We translate how the business operates into a defensible brief: how much space, of what type, in what configuration.
Outputs
- A sized requirement with the assumptions written down
- Adjacency and configuration principles
- Growth and contraction scenarios
- Criteria the shortlist is scored against
The questions we ask first
Six questions before a single viewing.
- 01
How many people are in the building on the busiest day, not the average one?
- 02
Which teams need to sit near each other, and which genuinely do not?
- 03
How much of the week is spent in meetings that need a room?
- 04
What does the work require physically: labs, storage, production, stock, equipment?
- 05
What happens to the space if headcount moves twenty percent either way?
- 06
Which parts of the current space are consistently empty, and why?
Contextual photography. Wayline does not present stock imagery as its own people, clients or premises.
Why it changes the deal
A sized brief is a negotiating position.
Occupiers who can explain precisely why they need a given area, layout and term negotiate differently from those working off a round number. It shortens the search, removes options that were never viable and makes the case for the terms you are asking for.
- Fewer wasted viewings
- Clear rejection criteria
- Evidence behind the ask
- Fit-out planned, not improvised
Next step
Bring the operation, not just the square footage.
Describe how the business works day to day. We will set out how the requirement would be sized and what the search criteria should be.