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For over 30 years, Veldhoen + Company has developed and implemented new ways of working for forward-thinking organisations.
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Why We’re Going Live: The Workplace Is a System, Not a Sum of Parts
The Promise of the New Site
Today we launch a website that reflects how we actually work: by organising work as a workplace system. Not isolated optimisations in HR, IT, FM or Real Estate, but Bricks + Bytes + Behaviour, steered by data and AI. It sounds abstract—until you feel it in the workday: less noise, more focus; fewer status meetings, more outcomes; less “beautiful building”, more behavioural architecture.
The Reality Inside Organisations
Work has become more complex. Teams are hybrid, information flows through many channels, and both employees and citizens expect speed, clarity and empathy. Yet governance often remains traditional.
What do we see daily?
Noise: competing priorities, clashing rhythms, divergent leadership styles.
Workload: not individual weakness, but the result of unclear choices and too many inputs.
Space without behaviour: offices that look great yet trigger the wrong behaviours—or none.
Technology without adoption: tools exist, but don’t embed in practice.
The root cause is the absence of coherence. Fragmentation drains energy. System strength returns it.
The Workplace as a System—What It Means in Practice
Bricks (Space)
Space is never neutral. It invites encounter or focus; autonomy or alignment. Start by asking: which behaviours do we want to enable here? Design and rituals follow.
Bytes (Technology)
Tools serve the work rhythm—not the other way round. Asynchronous where possible, synchronous where necessary. Clear channel choices and etiquette prevent digital fatigue.
Behaviour (Ways of Working & Leadership)
Shared work agreements, team cadence, output-based leadership, psychological safety and role modelling determine whether change actually happens.
Data & AI (Steer & Learn)
Occupancy, surveys, preference patterns, Viva insights and AI experiments make what works visible. Data is not a spreadsheet—it’s the start of the conversation.
Why Now?
Because employees, customers and citizens feel the difference. System strength is not ideology—it’s tangible: predictable services, shorter lead times, better collaboration, calmer calendars and smarter real-estate decisions.
How to Start (Small, but Focused)
Way-of-Working Scan (15 minutes): first view of your system fit.
Workplace Calculator demo: explore scenarios (m², cost, occupancy, cadence).
Team Canvas session: concrete work agreements for one team—scalable to many.
What You’ll Find on the New Site
Our 6 Solutions and 11 Services form a modular whole. Start small (one service) and scale to integrated delivery. Think Way-of-Working Survey, Occupancy & Ethnography, Team Maturity Scan, Leadership Visioning, Workplace Calculator, AI Adoption Sprints. Each delivers value alone—together they deliver system strength.
Bottom Line
The workplace isn’t a project. It is your organisation. This website is our invitation to make choices that are felt in the workday—by everyone.
