Workplace Strategy for a New Era

Human. Insightful. Future-Ready.

What We Shift

What We Do
We decode how work truly happens — Then we translate that insight into clear, actionable strategies than align workplace, space, culture, and business goals. Evidence-led, human-centric, and build to stick.
Workplace Strategy and Roadmaps

Workplace Strategy & Roadmaps

We connect culture, tech, space and systems into one practical strategy — so your people and business can move forward together.

CultureFit360 Diagnostic

CultureFit360™ Diagnostic

We surface hidden work dynamics and barriers using real behavioural data — helping you target what’s holding your workplace back.
Think of it as an MRI for how work really happens — fast, non-invasive, and human-first.

The Work/Shift Game

The Work/Shift Game

We map real team behaviour through a gamified lens — helping teams see, own and shift how they work together.

Workplace Behavioural Playbook

Workplace Behavioural Playbooks

We codify rituals and routines that bring your workplace culture to life — so behaviour change sticks in the day-to-day.

Future of Work Advisory

Future of Work Advisory

We equip leaders with foresight on workforce, hybrid and AI shifts — so you can stay ahead, aligned and resilient.

Who We Help — and How

Design Firms

  • Get diagnostic insights that feed into early-stage briefing and programming
  • Evidence to support space narratives and challenge client assumptions
  • Co-branded workshops that enrich design engagement
  • Behavioural data to strengthen design rationale and storytelling

Design & Construct Firms

  • Get pre-design behavioural baselining to reduce costly mid-project pivots
  • Engagement and change packages that improve adoption and experience
  • Evidence-led playbooks clients can operationalise post-fitout
  • Tools to move from physical delivery to strategic partnership

Corporate Real Estate

  • Get clear workplace strategy roadmaps that align with business goals
  • Tools to evaluate hybrid effectiveness and optimise space
  • Stakeholder alignment tools for better governance and decision-making
  • Transition plans that balance footprint, experience, and performance

Executive Teams and Leaders

  • Get interventions that drive retention, performance, and engagement
  • Insight into team culture, dynamics, and behavioural blockers
  • Co-created strategies to align people, culture, space and tech
  • Foresight-led advisory on AI, hybrid, and workforce shifts

HR / People & Culture

  • Get culture diagnostics tied to business priorities
  • Tools to make values and behaviours stick
  • Leadership alignment and behavioural rituals

Facilities / Workplace Experience

  • Get support to operationalise hybrid and workplace policies
  • Clear guidance to embed etiquette, rituals, and expectations
  • Evidence to prioritise investments based on behavioural gaps

We support the people transforming how work works — across roles, sectors and scales.

“Before working with Work/Shift, our teams were coming in maybe three days a week, and not always with purpose. Now we’re seeing four days on average, with a 22% jump in satisfaction. The shift came from aligning space with how people actually work.”

— Head of Workplace Experience, global aviation group, APAC

We help teams show up, lead better, and make change stick.

“CultureFit360 revealed where our space was working against us. The Playbook gave us a way to fix it, practically, not theoretically. Since then, we’ve seen a clear change in how managers lead and how teams use the office.”

— Transformation Lead, national insurance provider, France

We help clients and partners realign people, space, and purpose — to shift work for good.
Work/Shift helps organisations navigate a world where work is evolving — shaped by hybrid models, shifting behaviours, emerging technologies, and new cultural expectations.

We bring clarity to how work really happens, and build strategies that help workplaces perform, evolve, and support people better.

No jargon. No fluff. Just future-ready thinking backed by behavioural insight, smart tools, and measurable results.

Let’s upshift work, together!

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How We Think

Independent. Insight Led. Human-First. Built to Shift Work.
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We work seamlessly with design firms, D&C teams, and commercial real estate agencies — either as an independent strategy partner or behind the scenes in a white-label role to expand your strategic offering. We also collaborate directly with business leaders across HR, CRE, FM, Change, and the C-suite, ensuring every decision is aligned, evidence-led, and grounded in how your people actually work.

When you choose Work/Shift, you gain a partner dedicated to realigning work — so people thrive, business performs, and workplaces become truly future-ready.

We focus on measurable outcomes: from improving engagement scores and boosting voluntary office attendance to reducing friction in team collaboration.

Why Work/Shift

From Insight to Activation

We start with data. Always. Not assumptions. Not just executive views. Real signals from real people — across the whole workplace.

Our tools — like the CultureFit360™ diagnostic and the Work/Shift Game Workshop — show how work actually happens, and where it needs to evolve.

From that insight, we help clients build future-ready roadmaps that align people, behaviours, culture, and space.

How We Work

Understand the current state of work, behaviours, and space usage.

Analyse

Surface the right issues, define success, and identify shifts that matter.

Prioritise

Develop strategies that align vision with behaviours, tools, and place.

Roadmap

Activate and embed shifts through enablement and behavioural nudges.

Support

Measure, refine, and evolve to meet the future of work.

Iterate

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Bold. Insightful.

We challenge assumptions and surface the truths others miss.

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Human-centric.

People first, always — even when exploring tech and AI trends.

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Independent. Neutral.

No hidden agendas, just what’s right for you.

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Collaborative.

Seamless partnerships with internal teams and external partners.

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Outcome-obsessed.

We focus on real results: engagement, retention, and performance improvements.

Uncompromising Integrity.
We tell the unvarnished truth. Even when it challenges comfort zones.

Our Values

Who We Are

Work/Shift was founded by Frederic Libet Descorne, a globally experienced workplace strategist with 20+ years’ experience across APAC, EMEA, and the Americas.

He’s helped global banks, tech giants, government departments, and high-growth scale-ups create people-centric, behaviourally-aligned workplace strategies. His experience spans real estate, design, change enablement, talent, and behavioural insight. He brings a systems-level view to making work better.

Frederic founded Work/Shift to offer clients deep strategic thinking without the fluff, sales pitches, or vendor agendas.

His clients value his honesty, depth and pragmatism, and his ability to untangle complexity and translate insight into action.

Work/Shift exists to realign people, place, and purpose.

Not just to help organisations adjust to hybrid or improve office design but to truly understand how work gets done, what drives culture, and how to create a workplace that works better for everyone.

Book a discovery call

Is your workplace ready for what’s next?

We don’t do cookie-cutter strategies or hard sells — just sharp, honest conversations to help you move forward.

In one call, we’ll explore:

  • How we can bring clarity to your current workplace challenges
  • What support looks like for your team or your client
  • If we’re the right partner to help you deliver impact

No pressure. Just clarity, value, and a fresh perspective.

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