Daan van Rossum, Chief Experience Officer (CXO) of workplace experience operator, Dreamplex, joins Bold Founder, Caleb Parker, virtually from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam where the future of work is full speed ahead.

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Daan shares how Dreamplex is helping fast growing companies of 20-200 people compete against the best companies in the world for talent through their “Workplace-Experience-as-a-Service" offering.

Daan explains the principles of UX (user experience) thinking and has advice for office landlords who want to move from B2B to B2C.

The conversation dives into data and measuring workspace analytics and ROI, as well as the future of brand in commercial real estate.

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Value Bombs

Workplace-Experience-as-a-Service:
Creating an atmosphere that attracts talent as a service for companies
"It’s a lot more than a place to work"
Replicating how some of the best companies in the world are developing their office environments
Creating campus-style atmospheres
Places to socialize, meet other people
Personal growth and development
- honing soft skills and helping with leadership/management training
- Focused on the Top 10 skills people need in the 21st century
Dreamplex targets companies from 20-200 people without HR or training and development teams
A brand should target specific customers personas by delivering a specific customer experience
Companies have realised that people will do good work even if they aren’t in an office being watched by a manager
Companies are embracing cultures of trust and flexible working
Space requirements are evolving where companies are shrinking their desk to employee ratio and seeking shared amenity space
To improve the customer experience we need to measure space utilisation
We need quantitative and qualitative data
We should have sensors in spaces to measure actual usage
It's important for companies to survey their employees, and office operators should survey their customers on why they use or why they don’t use certain spaces
When measuring ROI of sensor technology it’s important to consider the cost of underutilised space.
Optimising space makes it more attractive and improves retention
The future of commercial real estate will see landlords partnering with specific brands to set themselves apart in targeting specific customers
Customers will choose buildings which have the brand that align with their expectations
Brand is more about a consistent specific customer experience than a big logo on a building

Resources

Reinvinting HR (Podcast)
Business casual by Morning Brew (Podcast)
This Week in Startups (Podcast)
Acquired (Podcast)
Setting the Table (Book)

About Daan van Rossum

Daan is the Chief Experience Officer (CXO) at Dreamplex in Vietnam.

He is responsible for the product design and delivery of the Dreamplex customer experience.
The company currently operates 5 locations in Vietnam, with plans to triple in the next 2 years to support 30,0000 people by providing Workplace-Experience-as-a-Service.

Daan is a believer in brand.
Prior to Dreaplex, he worked in marketing strategy for around 15 years in Amsterdam, New York, Chicago, Singapore, and Ho Chi Minh City.

He's spoken at conferences across the world and has written for a large number of publications. In 2017, he made a "life pivot" and decided to pursue his "Ikigai" of letting people find their purpose and design their everyday life towards it.

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