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IT teams left out of office planning, hurting productivity
Logitech study finds fewer than one in three UK workplaces involve tech teams early, causing meeting failures and wasted worker time.
In brief
Logitech study finds fewer than one in three UK workplaces involve tech teams early, causing meeting failures and wasted worker time. Logitech research shows most UK businesses exclude IT and AV teams from early office planning, leading to poor technology integration and measurable productivity losses in meetings…
IT teams sidelined in office design
Logitech's Workplace Experience study found that fewer than one in three UK workplaces involve IT and Audio-Visual teams before space planning begins, forcing tech decisions after the fact.
Late involvement means poor integration
When tech teams join projects after office design is underway, they must piece together hardware in already-designed rooms rather than integrating solutions from the ground up.
Failed audio costs workers time
Failed audio and dropped connections caused a median productivity loss of twelve point two minutes per person per poor meeting in hybrid working environments, Logitech found.
Leaders see the link but lack confidence
Most business leaders agree strong workplace experience links to productivity at eighty-six percent and collaboration at ninety percent, yet only fifty-six percent feel confident they have the right ROI data to justify investments.
Logitech proposes earlier collaboration
Logitech calls for greater collaboration between IT, HR and Real Estate earlier in projects, saying coordinated planning could reduce long-term costs of upgrading legacy and unsuitable hardware.
Tech downtime becomes a metric
The study introduces tech downtime as a productivity metric, with impacted productivity serving as proof that office spaces need to perform better and justify workplace experience investments.
In short
Logitech research shows most UK businesses exclude IT and AV teams from early office planning, leading to poor technology integration and measurable productivity losses in meetings.
