TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– The changes now being experienced in the workplace, driven by market pressures, changing demographics and new technologies, are real and accelerating. Since change remains the one constant when it comes to workplace planning, further transformations within the workplace over the next 20 or 30 years can be expected. Hence, this paper aims to demonstrate how to use a scenario planning futures approach in a changing, complex and uncertain workplace environment. As well as provoke thought and discussion about its long‐term future.Design/methodology/approach– At the Futures Academy in Dublin Institute of Technology, a systematic methodology for exploring and shaping the future has been developed, called the “Prospective through scenario” process. Each stage of the process is discussed in detail throughout this paper, as well as how the process is applied in the Johnson Controls workplace of the future study.Findings– The creative “futures studies” approach can deal effectively with change, uncertainty and complexity in the workplace environment, by allowing those concerned to think, plan and act proactively rather than reactively as well as provide effective facilities management and real estate strategies.Practical implications– Real estate organisations need to take the long view, for the greatest risk of our time is being overtaken by inevitable surprises that could have been foreseen and for which we could have been prepared.Originality/value– Discussion and debate about the future of the workplace is inevitable and futures tools and techniques can facilitate this process.
VL  - 10
IS  - 4
SN  - 1463-001X
DO  - 10.1108/14630010810925118
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/14630010810925118
AU  - Saurin Ruth
AU  - Ratcliffe John
AU  - Puybaraud Marie
ED  - Barry P. Haynes
PY  - 2008
Y1  - 2008/01/01
TI  - Tomorrow's workplace: a futures approach using prospective through scenarios
T2  - Journal of Corporate Real Estate
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 243
EP  - 261
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -