Hybrid work is here to stay, but the everyday routines around it are still taking shape. Many organizations are now revisiting their on-site work policies, and with that comes one major challenge: no one really knows who will be at the office and when, and office days end up spent in front of a screen in Teams meetings, just like when working from home. Sound familiar? Take a look at how Creo Center solved these challenges!
Often you arrive at the office only to realize that your team is scattered around the building and no desks are available. Coordinating shared office days is difficult, and there’s no simple way to find out where your colleagues are or find an available desk.
We recognized these challenges both around us and in our own team. So we built Spot – an app designed to support hybrid work, to simplify working across multiple office locations, and to bring more clarity and ease to office days.
Spot is developed entirely in-house at Creo Center and built around the needs of our own team as well as other organizations that use it. As our team continues to grow and we operate across several office locations, Spot has become an essential part of our daily work. We continue to improve it to keep up with the changing nature of hybrid work and to better support the everyday needs of Spot users.
How can Spot make your workdays smoother?
Real-time visibility of where colleagues are working
Where are your colleagues working today — remotely, at the office, or at another location?
In Spot, you can set your work status and create a recurring default week. When needed, you can adjust individual days or longer periods with just a few clicks. The search function makes it easy to see where people, teams, and offices are located.
Travel planning and carpooling
Not everyone has a car, and carpooling is an easy way to travel between offices. In Spot’s Trips tab, you can offer a ride, and colleagues who need one can quickly see who is heading in the same direction at the same time, making it easier to share travel information and organize logistics within the company.
Desk availability
Spot makes it easy to reserve a desk at another office or mark your own desk as available when you’re away.
Data
Spot collects data that helps identify patterns in how offices and desks are used across weekdays, seasons, and teams. This information supports analyzing the utilization of office spaces, optimizing costs, and coordinating office days more intelligently.