Helping leaders create high-performing workplaces that support workers, unleash innovation, and drive business outcomes.
The WPIx measures space effectiveness and provides insights to improve space performance.
Hybrid workstyles, new technologies, and shifting worker expectations continue to transform the workplace. WPIx survey insights help leaders measure office space performance so they can confidently plan for the future.
Understand how your people work at every scale.
Workplace Assessment
We create customizable surveys to capture the different ways people work.
Pre-Post Occupancy Studies
These studies provide a proof statement for workplace changes and confidence to more broadly apply insights.
Portfolio Analysis
We analyze workplace portfolios to identify the different ways office space is used across multiple locations.
The WPIx can be issued as a stand-alone survey or as part of a mixed methods strategic engagement.
Engage
Clarify project goals and understand existing conditions.
Discover
Explore through stakeholder outreach and research activities.
Analyze
Synthesize and define opportunities.
Recommend
Identify planning and real estate strategies.
Using optional survey modules, discover how effective your workplace is at supporting various needs.
Workplace Experience
Providing a beautiful and welcoming environment.
Innovation
Inspiring and energizes talent to fuel innovation.
Wellbeing
Providing spaces that promote employee physical and mental health.
Engagement
Motivating your employees to give their best effort.
Commitment
Encouraging pride in being part of the organization.
Team Process
Promoting trust and supportive team relationships.
The WPIx has been delivering workplace insights and solutions since 2008.
WORKPLACE RESEARCH LEADERSHIP
Christine Barber
Director of Research, Principal
As the Director of the Gensler Research Institute, Christine leads a network of practitioners, researchers, and partners that explore the connection between design, business, and...
Dr. Michael O’Neill
Data Science Research Lead
Dr. Mike leads Data Science Research for the Gensler Research Institute, and currently heads Gensler’s Workplace Performance Index® (WPIx) client survey program. The WPIx measures...
Janet Pogue McLaurin
Global Director Workplace Research, Principal
Janet Pogue McLaurin is a global leader of Gensler’s Work Sector practices and research initiatives. As the firm’s Global Director Workplace Research, which is one of the six...
Tim Pittman
Co-Director of Research, Principal
As Co-Director for the Gensler Research Institute, Tim provides strategic leadership and insight across the Institute’s 50+ research projects funded each year. His signature...
WORKPLACE RESEARCH & INSIGHTS
Research
Global Workplace Survey Comparison 2023
We surveyed office workers around the globe to understand how the workplace should evolve to meet their needs.
Blog
How to Reposition Office Space for Market Differentiation
We must shift our thinking to focus less on workplace density and more on the experience and quality of space the office can deliver.
Blog
High-Performing Workplaces Spark Employees’ Intrinsic Motivation
By tapping into employees’ intrinsic motivation in the workplace, employers can drive business results.
Blog
Hybrid Is Here to Stay. So Is the Office.
Gensler’s global workplace research reveals an optimistic future: while hybrid work is here to stay, the office is needed more than ever.
Blog
3 Ways the Most Innovative Companies Work Differently
As office workers are returning to the office, we wanted to know: do Innovators work differently, and do they value the office differently?
Research
Middle East Workplace Survey 2023
Our survey of office workers across Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait reveals opportunities to make critical workplace changes to adapt to new workplace expectations.
Research
Germany Workplace Survey 2023
We surveyed office workers in Germany to understand how they are using the office now and their ideal workplace of the future. We found that office workers value the office for social interaction and connection with their team.
Research
U.S. Workplace Survey 2022
The future of the office is about creating the right experiences. Beyond collaboration, employees want the office to be a great place to get work done.
Research
Mexico Workplace Survey 2022
We surveyed office workers in Mexico to understand how they are using the office now and their ideal workplace of the future. As they return, employees want scheduled, purposeful interactions.
Research
Canada Workplace Survey 2022
We surveyed Canadian office workers to understand their preferred mix of experiences in the office to get work done.
Blog
How Wisp, Gensler’s Space Management System, Helps Workplaces Stay Agile in the New Hybrid Ecosystem
As organizations continue to define the evolving modern workplace, space management system users are reinvigorating the demands of the hybrid office on their everyday duties.
Blog
5 Trends Driving the New Workplace
Here are five workplace trends that have been accelerated and now are driving priorities for the office of the future.
Blog
A Future Vision of Workplace Metrics
New sources of data and workplace analytic tools will help us assess a “people-centric” workplace, using organizational outcomes as workplace performance KPIs.
Blog
10 Spaces That Are No Longer Optional to Create a Great Workplace Experience
What amenities can bring people back to the office? Here are 10 spaces that have the greatest impact on workplace effectiveness and experience.