Intel's RTO strategy leverages cost-effective workplace enhancements

Return-to-office mandates require managing large-scale change with lean teams and tight budgets, and Intel’s RTO initiative serves as a benchmark for successful execution from concept to delivery. Carol Moore charts Intel’s transition back to a 4-day office schedule while delivering strategic workplace improvements across 2 million square feet globally. She examines key features of Intel's ADAPT initiative integrating collaboration rooms, phone booths, and targeted refreshes that support RTO adoption. She shares practical change management tactics including weekly business unit engagement, personalized onsite transition services, cost effective finish updates that maximize impact on a lean budget. She extracts valuable lessons-learned and actionable strategies for organizations planning their own return-to-office and workplace change initiatives under similar constraints.