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Kati Barklund
Senior Workplace Strategy Manager,
Tenant & Partner
BIO
A bold voice in the evolution of workplace strategy, KATI BARKLUND has spent more than two decades reshaping how we think about facility management. From leading early innovations in activity-based workplaces and green FM services to championing digital transformation, her work has helped position FM as a strategic driver of business success.
Now with Tenant & Partner and Worklife Group, Kati advises organizations across the globe on workplace strategy and change, always with a human-centered lens. Her leadership in IFMA’s Workplace Evolutionaries (WE) Community has sparked global momentum, expanding from a handful of local hubs to more than 30 across North America and EMEA.
Kati’s strength lies in connection, linking people, ideas and organizations to amplify FM’s value. Whether speaking on international stages or mentoring future leaders, she empowers others to innovate boldly and lead with purpose. Her mission is clear: to elevate FM as the heart of thriving, high-performing workplaces.
MEDIA LINKS
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PUBLICATIONS
As the pace of workplace evolution accelerates, this issue of the WE Newsletter invites you to pause, reconnect and refocus. Global Chair Kati Barklund reflects on the power of presence in leadership and the growing strength of the WE community. Inside, you’ll find fresh insights, bold conversations and updates that show how WE is turning momentum into meaningful movement—toward more human, sustainable and impactful workplaces. Read more >
Learn more about IFMA's Workplace Evolutionaries (WE) Community: https://we.ifma.org/
The huge development and change within the workplace during the past years, and hugely accelerated by the pandemic, is really changing the workplace service needs profoundly but is also un-locking new potential value creation in organizations. The change needed cannot be addressed any more solely by continuous improvements and smaller innovations. We need to look at it with whole new eyes and work with it with whole new ways, and we need to do this together united in the FM industry, but also together within an extended eco-system going way beyond the FM industry.
The 2024 IFMA Sverige and Almega Serviceföretagen report presents a comprehensive analysis of Sweden's evolving Facility Management industry, emphasizing its expanding role in workplace support services, the growing importance of security and talent development, and its significant impact on employment across both public and private sectors.
Panel discussion on Social sustainability (in Swedish)
Webbseminarium - Paneldiskussion om social hållbarhet (på svenska)
In this episode, Parthajeet features Kati Barklund, a Strategic Advisor & Senior Manager in Workplace Strategy at Tenant & Partner and the Chairman of the Board and President at IFMA Sweden. Together, they delve into the intricacies of making work easy, fun and meaningful, exploring the toolbox of the workplace that includes physical spaces, digital tools, leadership and culture.
The workplace really matters and is becoming a more and more important differentiator between successful and less successful organizations. As FMs we have a huge responsibility in helping our customers creating performing workplaces, and to do so we must truly understand what workplace is all about and the keys to creating performing workplaces.
This article revisits a bold 2020 workplace prediction—one that’s only gained relevance in the wake of COVID-19. From shifting values and evolving technology to global interconnectedness, explore how the pandemic became a catalyst for change and why trust, collaboration, and well-being are now essential for both human and organizational growth.
In this article, Kati Barklund discusses trends such as increased strategic C-level attention, the workplace as a process and experience, and living the brand.
The workplace really matters and is becoming the number 1 differentiator between successful and less successful organizations. In this article, explore Performing Workplaces and how to make it a continuous journey of success over time.
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