Global Workplace Analytics

Global Workplace Analytics (GWACorp) is a research-based working consulting firm that has been helping organizations and communities envision, sell, execute, optimize, and measure the results of their workplace, workforce, and work practice strategies for nearly two decades. Together with an elite group of partners, GWA delivers a wide range of services around workplace strategy, the optimization of office-based and distributed workplace practices, workplace experience planning, cultural transformation, portfolio planning, leadership coaching and alignment, business case development, change management, real estate portfolio strategies, capital planning, and more. Kate Lister, the firm’s president is a widely recognized workplace thought leader on trends that are changing the who, what, when, where, and why of work. She is a trusted source of insights about the future of work for news outlets including the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and dozens of others. She has written or co-authored five business books and dozens of white papers including two that were peer reviewed. As sought-after speakers, Kate and her team have been invited to speak at dozens of important conferences around the world. Kate was one of only three witnesses invited to testify before a U.S. Senate committee regarding the post-pandemic potential for remote work in government. GWACorp's proprietary tools include a database of over 7,000 research papers, case studies, and other documents, a Workplace Savings Calculator© that was described in a report to Congress as being “comprehensive and based on solid research,” and many others. Its clients include large and mid-size companies and government/community groups that are struggling with the reduction of foot traffic in their regions.