Work, work, work…

THERE IS A LOT OF TALK about the future of work and the role of the office these days. 

“I don’t think there is a new normal today. Organizations are experimenting”: those were the words from Jeroen van der Toolen, managing director CEE at Ghelamco, when we, for the cover story of this edition, spoke about the real estate titan’s office business success in Poland — past and present. More on p.15-19.

I am experiencing and reaching a similar conclusion. Plus as far as I hear from other players related to workforce management and spaces, we have not yet seen even half of the full picture of how the real technological innovations that disrupted everyday work will influence work patterns, spaces and systems.

In this issue of the WBJ, we provide some serious updates from the Polish real estate sector’s influencers and investors and have prepared summaries and reports from several key conferences in the market.

It is not just the real estate sector that has seen the pandemic challenging the normal, our expert contributors look at the status of Polish business service centers that were already booming in scale but are in pole position to take advantage of the post-pandemic effects of supply chain disruptions.

We also look at how would Poland be without the EU. According to estimates, a 12% smaller economy. A net income of €130 billion is what Poland has received from the EU since it joined in 2004. Turn to p.24-26 for more.

We of course did not ignore other important market trends and got updates on inflation, organic food and green energy.

We live in exciting times. The speed of development is sometimes breathtaking and to keep focus and be on top of the trends is not an easy task. We hope that with the accumulation of insights and opinions we bring you here we can at least highlight some of the key Polish business trends.

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Till next time — stay safe and well informed.

 MORTEN LINDHOLM