How do you plan for growth that isn’t forecast? Or manage return-to-office mandates when your space is already at capacity?

Businesses face shifting employee numbers over a lease term, making adaptable workplace solutions essential. To design for growth, you need a proactive strategy that allows expansion within a structured and considered framework. 

The right solution depends on appetite for change, cost implications, and workplace culture. Here are three key approaches we have delivered for our clients:

Physical Adjustments

Retain your current ways of working while optimising space. Smart planning can identify underutilised areas that can be reconfigured and densified to accommodate growth. By using data-driven tools to analyse space utilisation, you can make informed decisions that improve efficiency.

Repurposing or removing redundant areas frees up space for additional work points, meeting rooms, and support areas. This approach also presents an opportunity to modernise and align the workplace with current needs.

This solution minimises disruption, allowing businesses to maintain continuity while still adapting to future demands.

Cultural Shift

A more dynamic workplace culture can support flexibility, autonomy, and efficiency. This approach leverages technology, data, and adaptable systems to enable employees to choose how and where they work while giving employers greater agility in managing team size and space.

Alternative work points ensure the tenancy footprint remains stable while fluctuating occupancy across the week is accommodated.

This approach requires careful planning and communication, but the benefits of greater productivity, improved engagement, better work-life balance, and cost efficiencies make it a strong long-term investment.

Persona-Based Planning

Not everyone works the same way. Forward-thinking workplaces recognise the value of designing for different work styles. By understanding how roles dictate workspace needs, whether meetings, focused work, or off-site activity, businesses can refine their workplace settings.

Persona mapping creates detailed employee profiles based on roles, behaviours, and workspace needs. This helps identify gaps in available settings and eliminate inefficiencies in space allocation.

It also encourages new behaviours and strengthens existing ones by providing the right spaces to support productivity.

Planning for the Future

A strategic approach ensures your workplace can flex with change. Modelling different scenarios provides confidence that your space can support both expected and unforeseen shifts. Our national and local clients have already seen the impact of these tailored solutions. Get in touch to see how they can work for you.

PMG Group specialises in practical workplace strategy that guides organisations through critical property decisions. Our approach combines data-driven insights with business acumen to create workplaces that drive both commercial and cultural success. To learn more, contact us at hello@pmggroup.com.au

For a deeper dive into workplace strategy, download our Workplace Strategy Guide and explore how to plan for growth, adapt to change, and future-proof your space.