EXPERIENCED WORKPLACE
STRATEGY CONSULTANTS
EXPERIENCED WORKPLACE
STRATEGY CONSULTANTS
For over 35 years, Veldhoen + Company has developed and implemented new ways of working for forward-thinking organisations.
Pioneers of Workplace Innovation
Founded in the Netherlands in 1989, Veldhoen + Company has been at the forefront of transforming workplaces for over 35 years.
As the founders of Activity Based Working (ABW), we envisioned a future of flexible, sustainable work environments and pioneered new ways of working for organisations worldwide.
Global Leaders in New Ways of Working
As the longest continuously operating consultancy in workplace strategy, we have driven the evolution of human-centred workplace design. With over 300 projects spanning three decades and a wealth of published insights, V+C has grown into a global team with offices in:
🇳🇱 Eindhoven, The Netherlands
🇩🇪 Düsseldorf, Germany
🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom
🇺🇸 New York, United States of America
🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden
🇦🇺 Sydney, Australia
🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
Along with consultants across the world.
Passionate People, Meaningful Impact
Our team of 50+ professionals is united by curiosity, openness, and a drive to challenge the status quo. We take pride in our history but are even more excited about shaping the future, helping organisations create workplaces that truly work for people.
Veldhoen + Company in the numbers
With 35+ years working with incredible organisations around the world, V+C has some impressive numbers under its belt.
95%
of employees preferred their new way of working
>30%
reduction in occupancy costs
70%
increase in employee health & wellbeing
10%
Avg. increase in productivity
Local teams with local knowledge
Veldhoen + Company Locations
Veldhoen + Company history
1989
Veldhoen + Company founded in Limburg, Netherlands by Erik Veldhoen.
EARLY 1990s
V+C focuses on workplace concept design. The integral model (combining working processes, information technology, and physical space) is created.
1995
In his book The Demise of the Office, Erik Veldhoen introduces the concept of “The New Work” challenging the management theories that governed organisational culture and design in the past.
LATE 1990s
Interest in new ways of working grows. V+C expands its work in the Netherlands across a variety of sectors.
2001
Project highlight: B.Braun (Melsungen, Germany): The CEO of B.Braun ordered their team to seek out the best state-of-the-art office example. The answer: Interpolis. This leads to the first ABW project in Germany.
2005
The Art of Working by Erik Veldhoen is published. Drawing from both theory and practice, Veldhoen provides real world examples of our organisational-social work and how it contributes to a more sustainable and harmonious society.
LATE 2000s
ABW concepts are applied to more sectors, including government (Municipality of ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands) and healthcare (Hospital of the Future, Sittard, Netherlands). V+C shifts its approach toward data-driven workplace strategy, focusing our projects on aligning workplace design, IT, and organisational development strategy.
2009
The international growth of ABW and interest in new ways of working accelerates. V+C opens our first APAC office in Sydney, Australia.
Project highlight: Macquarie Bank (Sydney, Australia): The first ABW project in Australia introduces a culture of trust by empowering people to choose a variety of settings to work from.
EARLY 2010s
Global growth continues with the first ABW projects in New Zealand (ASB Bank), Sweden (Tetra Pak and Volvo Cars) and the UK (Lego Hub and Sainsbury Store Support Centre).
2015
V+C undertakes its first ABW projects in Asia (Lego Singapore and Lego Shanghai).
2016
Project highlight: Tele2 (Stockholm, Sweden): This telecom organisation embodies a new way of working supported by an Activity Based workspace, transforming organisational culture through a leadership that supports connections and choice.
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