Osol Blog
Thinking about the office that moves.
Flex office, workplace design, mobile power: what we see in the field, at our clients and elsewhere.
Start Me Up: Osol wants to make office power mobile
On Start Me Up, Osol CEO and co-founder Maxime Cousin set out the mission: mobile, flexible, sustainable workplace power. What he said, and what Osol is.
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The history of a workspace: from antiquity to the present day
Remote work, shared workshops, skyscrapers, open-plan, flex office: offices replay old ideas. From ancient Rome to today, and the last fixed constraint.
October 30, 2024
Moov' with Manutan welcomes Osol: strategic support for B2B innovation
Osol is one of four winners of the fourth Moov' with Manutan, the B2B accelerator run by Manutan and Moovjee: mentoring, networking, logistics, a campus.
October 8, 2024
Floor boxes, table power modules or batteries: which to choose for your spaces?
Floor boxes, table power modules, extension leads or shared batteries: four ways to power a room. Three fix the layout. How to choose, space by space.
September 25, 2024
Optimising your square metres: why, and how power has to follow
Less space, more uses per square metre: the bet of hybrid working. Why organisations optimise space, and why shared spaces need power that follows people.
August 22, 2024
Going green: the example of Google's eco-friendly offices
An eco-friendly office cuts its impact and improves employee health. What research says, what Google learnt from biophilic design, what any company can do.
June 5, 2024
Looking back at Workspace Expo 2024
Osol's third Workspace Expo. Three talks: solidarity with Danone and Bureaux du Cœur, AI in real estate, employee experience at Ipsen, LVMH and Shiseido.
April 4, 2024
LinkedIn's Building One: 3 lessons for the hybrid office
LinkedIn's Building One (California, 2022) was designed for an unpredictable return. Three lessons: varied spaces, a place for all, constant improvement.
March 19, 2024
The Next Workplace 2024: how to make the return to the office work
Back to the office: good idea or not? In January 2024, Calle Sågbom, Danone and LVMH said: encourage, don't force, and let each organisation find its way.
February 15, 2024
What our virtual office taught us
In 2023, the Osol team spent six months in a virtual office, each with an avatar. What worked, the rules we set, and what a screen cannot replace.
June 8, 2023
Return to the office: what the 2022 Parella barometer revealed
Leaders thought teams were back; offices stayed empty. What the 2022 Parella barometer showed, discussed by Doriane Bettinger on NuWork, and what changed.
April 18, 2023
Managing the work environment in the hybrid era
With hybrid working, the office is not used the same way every day. MerciYanis CEO Guillaume Blanc on how data and usage-based cleaning change the job.
April 5, 2023
Refurbished furniture: an ally of the flexible office
Office furniture lasts twenty years but is replaced far sooner. Why refurbished lets you refit without waste, with Maxime Baffert, founder of Bluedigo.
April 3, 2023
Hybrid model: the 10 mistakes that make it fail, and how to avoid them
Hybrid models rarely fail because of remote work, but on alignment, false flexibility, managers and an unchanged office. BICG's 10 mistakes and fixes.
February 21, 2023
The Island, Pernod Ricard's headquarters: 10 lessons for the hybrid office
Above Saint-Lazare station, The Island was built for hybrid work before the pandemic. What makes this HQ remarkable, and ten lessons any company can use.
January 17, 2023
The Next Workplace 2023: 5 lessons for the office of tomorrow
Three round tables, ten speakers and one conclusion: the office is no longer the default place to work. Key takeaways from the first The Next Workplace.
January 9, 2023
Destination work: which direction to take?
There is no ideal office, but you can balance your range of spaces. A LeLab round table on the office's purpose, with BlaBlaCar, CNRS, Covivio and InSitu.
January 6, 2023
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