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The office was built for nine-to-five at an assigned desk, and most of us don’t work that way anymore.
We sit down with strategic planner and workplace strategist Becca Landwehr to talk about how work doesn't just happen in the office anymore.
In this episode of What the F* is Happening to the Office?, Dr. Yasmeen Coning shares the importance of collective organizational identification, or how strongly people connect their work to their own self-concept.
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How organizations can address workplace gossip, ensure consistent return-to-office policies and build a culture of trust, fairness and accountability ➡️ workdesign.beehiiv.com/p/ret…
Everyone's fighting about where people work.
Almost nobody's asking the question that actually matters: why would anyone want to come in at all?
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Speed has become one of the defining pressures shaping office projects today.
The irony is that moving too quickly at the beginning of a project can ultimately make the project take longer, increase costs and impact design.
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Coming from a finance background, Adam Morgan thinks about the office as a performance system — and the data he’s seeing tells a clear story: Workers aren’t broken. The spaces are.
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MEAVO Booths is creating flexible, sensory-aware environments that give employees the freedom to work, focus and recharge in ways that suit them.
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Every office has that one person who's freezing while everyone else is fine.
In this episode, we take a look at the the science behind thermostat wars with Dr. Nicola Gerrett
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Connected meeting rooms are only the beginning.
The next generation of workplaces will connect technology, experience, and intelligence to drive performance.
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New episode! 🎙️
We sat down with Beth Goff-McMillian, CEO of SKG, one of the largest woman-owned businesses in Texas, and founder of FOLIO, to go past the return-to-office debate and into the business that actually supplies the modern workplace.
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How architectural metal mesh creates human-scale spaces within massive, open-plan skyscrapers—balancing transparency, natural light, comfort, durability, and performance.
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Dr. Yasmeen Coning breaks down the science behind identification, how it differs from engagement, and how to look at patterns around actual human behavior instead of guesswork.
As Yasmeen puts it: “Workforce is the new workplace.”
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The costs of running an office are going up.
Yet there is another insidious culprit undermining office costs and the profitability of tenants: the spatial intelligence gap, the ability to understand how the workforce uses the office.
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New episode coming soon 👀
We're sitting down with Beth Goff-McMillan for a straight-talk conversation about how COVID, RTO, and hybrid work rewired the furniture business behind every office.
Stay tuned!
A hospitality-inspired workplace gives employees greater choice, supports hybrid work, and creates a more connected, wellness-focused experience across 40,000 square feet.
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In the latest episode, we talk with Dr. Yasmeen Coning about why engagement, the metric most companies lean on, may be too sentiment-driven to actually predict revenue, retention, or performance.
The real driver, she argues, is something deeper...
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What will happen when we admit the gimmicks aren’t enough to foster connection and community in the workspace?
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What if the office isn't underperforming... it's just never been aligned with how people actually work?
🎙️ See more of our episode with Ken Baker of @gensler_design: workdesign.beehiiv.com/p/why…
Connected meeting rooms are only the beginning.
The next generation of workplaces will connect technology, experience, and intelligence to drive performance.
Read more ➡️ workdesign.beehiiv.com/p/why…
The Science Behind Thermostat Wars 🎙️
In this episode, we talk with Dr. Nicola Gerrett, Ph.D. a thermophysiologist at Gentherm, about outdated office HVAC systems and what’s actually being built today.
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