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Saying goodbye to the status quo at city hall
City of Brantford’s transition to a centralized office and work-from-home model
City hall made surplus: Brantford’s shift to a “remote-first” model will see over half of its administrative employees working from home – permanently. With this reduced need for office workspace, three significant buildings will become surplus, including the current city hall (above). Photo courtesy of City of Brantford
Published in
March 2021
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The coronavirus pandemic has turned organizations across Canada and the world upside down. Ideas previously considered too difficult or impossible to implement have suddenly become feasible, necessary, and welcome.
In the spirit of “never letting a good crisis go to waste,” many organizations are taking these short-term stopgaps, refining them, and turning them into long-term, strategic shifts to achieve corporate-wide efficiencies. The City of Brantford is one such organization.
Brantford’s Shift to a “Remote-First Strategy”
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