Activity Based Working is increasingly synonymous with those organisations openly embracing the era of unprecedented business transformation. But is it delivering to its promise, or is its real potential not yet even realised?

In March 2015, we added a series of additional questions to the Leesman survey, designed to probe flexible and mobile working. During a 12-month period, more than 70,000 employees responded. Over 11,000 of the respondents were based in workplaces their employer described as an ABW environment.

Drawing on this data, the study explores the potential organisational benefits of mobile and flexible working, and ABW in particular. It further identifies the most crucial building blocks to support flexible working and demonstrates the impact behaviour and adoption of flexible work styles have on employee effectiveness.

But it also uncovered a series of substantial failings and challenges that should act as important warning signals to any organisation considering embarking on an ABW project.