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March was another busy month, with Chris attending Leesman's research event in NYC, and Jon doing the same for Enterprise Connect in Orlando, along with Cognigy's Nexus event in Dusseldorf. On this episode, Chris explains the big disconnect between what management and workers want for coming back to the office, and how that's impacting corporate real estate thinking. For Jon, Agentic AI was the big story at Enterprise Connect, and he reviews why it's so important, but also how enterprises are struggling to find the best use cases. Another takeaway is why Jon thinks Google's AI-first approach to CX could make them a dark horse player in the hyper-competitive contact center space. Finally, Jon shares how Cognigy is getting impressive results with Tier 1 customers using Agentic AI – mainly in the EU – and showing what's possible when AI is deployed effectively.

In this episode of the Wise Decision Maker Show, Dr. Gleb Tsipursky speaks to Peggie Rothe, Chief Insights & Research Officer at Leesman, who talks about how variety is the key for a great hybrid office experience.You can learn about Leesman at https://www.leesmanindex.com/

Our main focus for this episode was on the recent Leesman Corporate Real Estate Poll, and the emerging need for enterprise leaders to develop a workplace strategy. Senior management has numerous priorities to manage for their organization to function effectively; such as employee experience, office utilization and cost management, but they lack the tools to develop an integrated strategy. This where AI comes in, not just for integrating disparate elements across the organization, but also to provide the datasets management needs to make decisions and develop strategies. We discussed how there's an unmet need here, and a possible opportunity for the UCaaS and CCaaS vendors, who are already capturing much of this data with their AI-driven platforms. Our topic was based on my recent No Jitter article, which includes a link to the Leesman research. Ahead of all this, we opened the episode with a review of recent tech and AI missteps, namely CrowdStrike, Patagonia and Ticketmaster – not just for the risks we're all exposed to, but also for how dependent we're becoming on Big Tech.

Tim Oldman is the CEO of Leesman and Founder of the Leesman Index - the world leader in measuring and analyzing the experiences of employees in their places of work. Tim is an expert in user experience of the built environment. He explains why we need to be considering whether work environments are supporting employees' activities, needs, and satisfaction. Tim brings his wealth of knowledge to explore and reveal how workplaces—wherever people work—are tools for organizational performance and how we can measure that.      TAKEAWAYS   [02:25] Having always enjoyed building things, Tim studies interior design at college.   [02:51 Tim opts for a shorter course in interior design admitting he is impatient!   [03:22] Tim would love to study at university now with rapid prototyping and other advances.   [04:00] Encouraged by his uncle and tutor, Tim secures his first design job at 16.   [05:36] Tim first works in transport design, realizing the impact of design on bus stations and airports.   [07:06] The attention and detailed science in every aspect of airport design, including signage legibility.   [08:08] Tim wants to apply more and more rigor and science as his career develops.   [09:33] Tim discovers retail design is more numerically driven that he had understood earlier.   [11:27] The shift in retail emphasizing the shopper's brand experience.   [13:26] Tim's time at Vitra exposes him to extraordinary design history and expertise.   [14:20] It was a mind-boggling experience to work on the campus every day for five years!   [15:10] The user-centric design of a new distribution center makes Tim energized and very curious.   [17:22] Using transport examples to illustrate the importance of employee-centric office design.   [18:48] Developing the Leesman Index, Tim encounters naysayers to begin with.   [19:46] Initially provocative, “space is a tool in organizational performance” sticks.   [20:59] How space is a tool in organizational performance.   [21:48] Contrary to expectations, the design community initially resists the Leesman Index.   [23:07] A friend's referral leads to the first successful deployment of the Index.   [23:36] The index reveals engineers' preference for compressed, energetic workspaces.   [24:41] The facilities management industry becomes a key user.   [25:02] Executive leadership teams appreciate data-driven insights.   [26:43] Tim describes the Index's methodology and its impact on workplace design.   [27:50] The Leesman index measures employee activities and their satisfaction with workplace features.   [29:41] ‘Sentiment Superdrivers' are crucial to accommodate to achieve workplace satisfaction.   [32:54] The importance of supporting individual focused work.   [33:29] The pandemic highlights the inadequacies of traditional office designs.   [35:52] Many organizations are now seeking to improve their offices to better support employee needs.   [36:44] The rise of video conferencing underscores the need for better acoustic and visual privacy.   [38:12] Organizations increasingly seek to create offices that employees genuinely want to visit.   [39:45] Tim's new venture aims to help clients improve both remote and office-based work environments.   [42:31] Commute satisfaction correlates with the quality of the office environment.   [45:28] The shift towards higher-quality, more amenity-rich office spaces.   [47:40] Standard Chartered Bank exemplifies successful office space reduction while enhancing quality.   [49:24] Tim advocates for clearly articulating the purpose of office spaces.   [52:15] How Facilities Management can create more technologically advanced, smarter buildings.   [54:09] IMMEDIATE ACTION TIP: Use evidence and be real, conversational, human. Find out what impacts the human experience as the human dynamic is motivational guidance. Live a day in the life of a frontline employee, experience it yourself.     RESOURCES   Tim Oldman on LinkedIn Leesman's website     QUOTES   "Whether it's an exhibition stand that you're building that's only up for five days, or it's a retail environment, or it's a bus station, or as we now are looking at the impact of office design on the organizational performance of the companies that we're working with.”   "I would leave work in a day feeling more energized than I arrived there in the morning. And I wanted to know why, fundamentally, I couldn't work it out. And that was really where the ideas behind Leesman and the idea of a measurement protocol started to seep through."   “It's all economics driven. Whether it's an exhibition stand that you're building that's only up for five days, or it's a retail environment, or it's a bus station, or as we now are looking at the impact of office design on the organizational performance.”   "Having thought about your day at work in the way that you have, can you tell us what you think about the following things in relation to your workplace? So, does it enable you to work productively? Are you proud of it? Do you enjoy it? Do you think it supports your organization's environmental sustainability standpoint?”    I think the bigger a workplace gets, the harder it is to satisfy everybody, because the more people are in it, the more variability there is in the work that they do and their personalities and their size and their demeanor and all the other things that make us different than individual human beings."

This podcast series talks to experts about how offices are changing to better satisfy the needs of hybrid workers

Dr. Laura records a special episode live in Bruges, Belgium, with guest Philip Vanhoutte for a tour of the Generous Workhome. Philip explains how the vital elements of nature and wellbeing were distilled into six essentials for work health, and how those six essentials were built into the Generous Workhome to create an optimal, productive environment.Philip drew from research into the value of pulling nature into daily life and the concepts of biophilic design to create the blueprint for the Generous Workhome. His theory is encapsulated by the acronym EASI, which is defined as Energizing being the key to driving Authoring, Sharing, and Interacting. As Philip guides Dr. Laura through the prototype Workhome studio spaces, it is evident that elements of sound blocking, nature, movement, adjustable lighting, and air temperature have all been carefully curated. Dr. Laura learns more about how EASI needs are woven into a functional work layout, the intention behind every choice, and how the outdoors can be brought into daily life.  The YouTube version of this episode will enable viewers to truly see the Generous Workhome, aspects of which can be applied into our own work environments.“In here you are hearing the sounds of a forest at this very moment. It's a biophilic sound which has no repetition or pattern in it. So it's not twice the same bird that you're hearing chirping. And that puts people at ease. What human beings and animals need is the sounds of water, wind, and birds. If they hear these things, they relax.” Philip VanhoutteAbout Philip Vanhoutte:Leveraging a rewarding international career in the ITC industry, Philip Vanhoutte's passion for personal productivity tools and communication & collaboration solutions morphed into a singular purpose: accelerating the realization of human potential.Philip champions the adoption of Smarter Working: a holistic human centered work design practice that unifies space, technology, and people disciplines. He co-authored The Smarter Working Manifesto, a definitive guide on how to shape the best work style. In his quest for health and joy at work he learned that Nature Deficit Disorder has produced highest ever burnouts, work induced sickness, and a struggling workforce. He campaigned for more nature at work with Ozadi at SXSW in Austin and GCUC in Denver.Philip graduated from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium with a combined Applied Economics and Engineering degree and a major in Marketing. He started his career at Accenture Consulting, to continue with key change management roles at Engie and Wang Laboratories. In the second part of his IT career, he grew the MCI WorldCom International business, became Chief Marketing Officer at Sony-Ericsson Mobile Communications to finish a blue-chip career as SrVP and MD of Plantronics (now part of HP) Europe and Africa.Since the Financial Crisis of 2008, Philip became a strong advocate of Agile Working with a passion for Human Dimensions of Organisations. He is known for transformational projects in award-winning offices which are acoustic temples and benchmarks for the biophilic built environment. He has advised Leesman, Veldhoen+Company and Work EvOHlution, and provided support to the founding of the Osservatorio Smart Working at the Politecnico di Milano.Resources:Philip Vanhoutte on LinkedInWebsite: https://smarterworking.io/“The Smarter Working Manifesto” by Guy Clapperton and Philip Vanhoutte  “14 Patterns of Biophilic Design” by Terrapin Bright GreenEASINot A DeskMoodsonic  Aera home fragrance  Savanna Studio“Forest Bathing” by Dr. Qing Li“Spring Cannot Be Cancelled” by David Hockney and Martin GayfordLearn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.liveFor more resources, look into Dr. Laura's organizations: Canada Career CounsellingSynthesis Psychology

Dr. Laura welcomes guests Laura Cohen, counsellor and founder of her own nature therapy practice, and Philip Vanhoutte, ITC industry professional and author of “The Smarter Working Manifesto”, to the show to talk about the power of Vitamin N, nature. Both Laura and Philip are champions of the benefits of a connection with nature at work and in life.Laura Cohen, who works with Dr. Laura through Canada Career Counselling, details studies that show people to be happiest in coastal environments and outdoors. She also cites the profound benefits of nature for those living with ADHD. Philip Vanhoutte is a proponent of Biophilic Design, which includes identifying fourteen patterns of nature that would ideally be included in a building to directly impact the wellness of individuals within. The ways in which nature improves our work lives and overall health are compelling and it becomes apparent that we need to set ourselves up to maximize our interactions with nature. Laura and Philip share their individual expertise on the transformative power of nature and how they each advise incorporating more of the outdoors into our daily lives. “There's also this idea that I think a lot of the time we see nature as this thing that's separate from us or that it's a commodity to fulfill us and make us feel good… it reduces our stress hormones and we see it as something that's beneficial. But the next level is kind of understanding the reciprocity and how do I give back to nature, and developing that sort of deeper relationship with nature.” Laura CohenAbout Laura Cohen:Originally from Montreal, Laura is now based in Halifax with a 10 minute walk to the ocean. For the last 6 years, Laura has worked as a counsellor in universities, Employee Assistance Programs, and in private practice, including her own nature therapy practice and Canada Career Counselling.  Laura holds a Master's degree in Counselling Psychology from McGill University and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications with a minor in Psychology from Concordia University. Laura has been a guest lecturer for organizations such as Dalhousie University, Concordia University, Canadian Counselling & Psychotherapy Association presenting on the mental health benefits of nature as well as, offers individual nature-informed therapy and outdoor groups therapeutic services for women and children for an embodied experience. She is also an intuitive, creative, and finds herself exploring the intersection of psychospiritual concepts and western psychology in her work as a nature therapist  guiding her clients through the lens of transpersonal psychology, polyvagal theory, creative arts, and other modalities like Acceptance & commitment Therapy (ACT), Internal Family Systems.   About Philip Vanhoutte:Leveraging a rewarding international career in the ITC industry, Philip Vanhoutte's passion for personal productivity tools and communication & collaboration solutions morphed into a singular purpose: accelerating the realization of human potential.Philip champions the adoption of Smarter Working: a holistic human centred work design practice that unifies space, technology, and people disciplines. He co-authored The Smarter Working Manifesto, a definitive guide on how to shape the best work style. In his quest for health and joy at work he learned that Nature Deficit Disorder has produced highest ever burnouts, work induced sickness, and a struggling workforce. He campaigned for more nature at work with Ozadi at SXSW in Austin and GCUC in Denver.Philip graduated from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium with a combined Applied Economics and Engineering degree and a major in Marketing. He started his career at Accenture Consulting, to continue with key change management roles at Engie and Wang Laboratories. In the second part of his IT career, he grew the MCI WorldCom International business, became Chief Marketing Officer at Sony-Ericsson Mobile Communications to finish a blue-chip career as SrVP and MD of Plantronics (now part of HP) Europe and Africa.Since the Financial Crisis of 2008, Philip became a strong advocate of Agile Working with a passion for Human Dimensions of Organisations. He is known for transformational projects in award-winning offices which are acoustic temples and benchmarks for the biophilic built environment. He has advised Leesman, Veldhoen+Company and Work EvOHlution, and provided support to the founding of the Osservatorio Smart Working at the Politecnico di Milano.Resources:Philip Vanhoutte on LinkedInWebsite: https://smarterworking.io/“The Smarter Working Manifesto” by Guy Clapperton and Philip Vanhoutte  Laura Cohen on LinkedIn  Website: https://lauracohen.org/Terrapin Bright Green PublicationsBill Browning, Founding Partner at Terrapin  “Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimmerer  “Sound Business” by Julian Treasure  Moodsonic  Aera home fragrance  “Hello, Goodbye: 75 Rituals for Times of Loss, Celebration, and Change” by Day Schildkret and Elena Brower  “SoulCraft” by Bill Plotkin “Returning the Gift” PDF by Robin KimmererLearn more about Dr. Laura on her website: https://drlaura.liveFor more resources, look into Dr. Laura's organizations: Canada Career CounsellingSynthesis Psychology

In this final episode of series 4, recorded on the third anniversary of UK lockdown from Covid-19, co-hosts Julia Hobsbawm and Stefan Stern are joined by Tim Oldman and Allison English of Leesman, the world leader in measuring and analysing the experiences of employees in their places of work and they discuss the new project The Hybrid Future, a new longitudinal study into how the workplace is changing and with it society.

As many organisations try to figure out how and when to use their office space, we thought it would be great to hear from the experts! Sam and Vic are delighted to be joined by Allison English, Deputy CEO at Leesman, to talk about the Leesman Index and super relevant work Leesman are doing to measure and analyse employees workplace experience. This podcast is very timely as on the 21st March 2023 Leesman are about to announce fresh new insights from more than a million respondents, and we are lucky that Allison is able to give us a sneak peek.Here is the link to the upcoming webinar we mention, and all of their research is available here on their website.Book RecommendationAllison's book recommendation is the brilliant book, The Infinite Game by Simon SinekWe would love you to follow us on LinkedIn! https://www.linkedin.com/company/amplified-group/

Jon is returning as Chair for Future of Work Expo in Ft. Lauderdale, and Chris will be active there too, so with the event fast-approaching, we started this episode with a preview of what to expect, and for those who can join us, you won't be disappointed. Following that, Chris walked us through five key themes from this new global study, co-produced by Aruba Networks and Leesman. Never a dull moment, and the research confirms many foundational notions that business leaders need to base decisions on for supporting hybrid work.  

Hello Interactors,Where, how, and when people work continues to shift. Meanwhile, scores of people are moving to urban regions in search of opportunities. Some of which are more accessible than others. It’s putting stresses on how cities plan, how we move, and what kinds of freedoms are afforded and to whom. But hidden in the complexities of societies are patterns of hope. As interactors, you’re special individuals self-selected to be a part of an evolutionary journey. You’re also members of an attentive community so I welcome your participation.Please leave your comments below or email me directly.Now let’s go…REMOTE CONTROLThe workplace will never be the same again. What it becomes won’t either. But don’t tell Elon Musk. He threw a temper tantrum last week accusing employees at Tesla of slacking off working from home. In a company-wide email he became the over-controlling parent and grounded everyone. He wrote, “Everyone at Tesla is required to spend a minimum of 40 hours in the office per week” and that they “must be where your actual colleagues are located, not some remote pseudo office.” He claimed had he not been on the factory floor “working alongside” his employees that Tesla would have “long ago gone bankrupt.” I’m sure every factory floor worker he has replaced by a robot might have something to say about that.Some work does require a physical presence. Teeth cleaning comes to mind. But there is something to coming together physically that is hard to replicate online. There are also many kinds of service jobs that require a physical presence, though some of those are getting replaced by robots. Last year, a Dallas restaurant turned to a Robot called Bella when they had trouble filling waiter jobs. The owner said, “They don’t complain and they’re happy to do it!” It even happily sings Happy Birthday.But even white-collar jobs require some together time. I heard one academic say he worked two years during COVID on a joint research project over Zoom. When the team finally came together physically, they accomplished more in a single day than they did in those two years.  Every company from Tesla to Target are feeling the reverberations of pandemic induced workplace alterations. Even Microsoft, a company that has long envisioned the promise of hybrid-work, is struggling through a new rhythm and workplace model. Mandatory in-office strategies like Musk tried aren’t practical. Even senior leaders are choosing to move to remote locations. Meanwhile, some high-tech teams were already distributed around the world. Despite these trends, companies continue to build new office space. Cranes loom on the horizon all around Seattle. While some of these high-rises will be housing, much of it is office space. What will they do with all this space?I met a new friend last week who is trying to figure that out. She works as a product designer for a company headquartered in Rotterdam called MapIQ. They build software and services that allow companies to optimize the space they have. She’s been busy conducting research. She talks to employees, facility managers, IT departments, human resources, and corporate realtors who are struggling with a new workplace reality. She told me one of the most acute issues for facility managers is space utilization. These companies pay a lot of money to have attractive and effective workplaces. Seeing them empty is troubling financially but also psychologically. She said, “Employees are struggling to know when it is best to come to the office. They don't want to be the only one at home in a hybrid meeting and they don't want to be in an empty office either.”Facility managers are scrambling to find ways to make the most of what they have. She said one popular outcome is subletting workspace. But even subletters will only use it occasionally and sporadically. They use software and sensors to better manage who is using it, when, and for how long. This was not how these buildings were designed and not how these companies were envisioned to be run. MapIQ has identified five trends emerging in the workplace:The office as standard. Most all employees work four or five days a week in the office.Local hybrid. Most people work two or three days a week in the office.Remote friendly. Most employees are in the office only once or twice a week.Remote first. Working in the office is completely optional with no geographic requirement.Fully distributed. There is no office at all and everyone works wherever they want.The nature of work in the foreseeable future is decidedly different than the past. It will take some time for optimizations to emerge. Meanwhile, how will this affect our built environment and how cities plan? Our roads, rails, wires, and spires, boulevards, buildings, drains and ditches were all planned and produced with a certain permanency and predictability that surrounds our economies, societies, and psychologies. These features of the physical and social landscape were assumed to be towering rocks anchored and resolute. But it turns out it was a mirage. They are made of sand and the winds of the pandemic has created a sandstorm. What shape these forms of fortune take is unknown and possibly unknowable.The landscape of living amidst this storm is hard to predict and control. The best way to know what direction we’re headed is to look where we came from. Only then can we understand how we got here. A lot has changed in how and where we live. Since the end of WWII, the world’s population has more than tripled. Over half alive right now live in urban areas and nearly three-quarters will by 2050. North America is one of the most urbanized regions in the world. In 2018 82% of the population lived in urban areas. And it’s growing every day. Europe is 74% urbanized and their cities are also growing. Half of the world’s population lives in Asia and half of those live in urban areas.Not all regions grow at the same rate. The fastest growing areas are projected to continue to be in low-income and middle-income nations. Thirty-three of the fastest growing countries between 2000 and 2020 were in Africa. Twelve were in Asia. But urbanization is both a blessing and a curse. Access to better public health, nutrition, and education improves the lives of those who suffer most, but puts increased strains on housing, transportation, energy, and other infrastructure systems. This is having widespread, varying, and compounding impacts on all who live in urban areas. But these growing pains are not equally felt by all. Understanding these sensitivities will be necessary if we’re going to find ways to solve them.SUPER SIZING THE SUPER RICH WITH SUPERLINEAR WEALTHUrban scientists have found naturally occurring mathematical patterns in growing cities. They mimic power-laws found across a diverse array of cities just as they do across plants and animals. For example, as cities grow in population their GDP, number of patents, and productivity grow at a predictable scale. However, congestion, crime, and contagious diseases also predictably grow. Doubling the size of a city will increase wages, wealth, and innovation (as measured by number of patents) by roughly 15 percent. But so will garbage and theft. Population growth has a predictable superlinear positive and negative effect on urban areas. It’s the great paradox of urbanity.There are big advantages to scale. With each doubling of population there’s also a 15 percent savings in total length of rail lines, electrical lines, water lines, and roads. This sublinear effect predictably leads to a city of 10 million people needing 15 percent less infrastructure than a city half its size. It pays to grow.But these numbers, as predictable as they are, can also be misleading. Whenever population datasets get crunched and averaged the analysis ends up crunching the realities of the average person. Hidden in the convenient clustering of ‘low-income‘, ‘middle-income’, and ‘high-income’ are varying degrees, durations, and directions as diverse as those lived experiences of the people behind the numbers. This realization has led some of those same urban scaling researchers to scrutinize their own findings. Increased wealth disparities, for example, got them wondering. If wage growth is so predictable compared to urban growth, and more people are predictably moving to urban areas, why aren’t all wages predictably growing?They wondered if there are similar scaling laws that predict income inequality based on city size. How are incomes different among the rich and the poor compared to the size of the city? After adjusting for cost-of-living differences, are poor people in a big city better off than poor people in a small city? Are rich people richer the bigger the city?To answer their questions, they broke down income brackets into percentiles. Traditional economic inequality research looks at dispersed distributions across income or wealth. Meaningful individual differences are hidden in these distributions. What they found is the wealth of the poorest 10% scales almost linearly with population size. In contrast, the top 10% shows superlinear growth. This means poor folks moving closer to the city in hopes of becoming wealthier may find themselves to be continually poor compared to those in higher income brackets. The rich get richer, and the poor stay poor.They conclude that “much has been written about the apparent increasing gains of large cities, such as greater GDP, higher wages, and more patents per capita.” But in the end, “the increasing benefits of city size are not evenly distributed to people within those cities.” For example, they found the ratio of housing costs to income is a function of city population size. The poorer the income brackets, the greater the proportion of income is spent on housing. This results in sharp increases in costs with city size. Meanwhile, in the wealthiest brackets the proportion of income spent on housing stays level.So whatever superlinear growth in GDP, innovation, and wage growth that comes with increased city size is highly concentrated in the upper income brackets. Existing research in urban scaling and innovation points to empirical evidence that these gains are due in large part to the increase in social interactions and sharing of ideas. Larger and more diverse pools of people co-located in urban areas results in an explosion of creativity, opportunity, and resources. The accumulation of shared knowledge and passion only increases the potential for innovation.This theory is found in the work of economist Karl Polanyi. In his landmark 1944 book, The Great Transformation, Polanyi gives this concept a name: embeddedness – those who share a common social context have an embedded relationship that drives a desire to provide for one another. Stanford economic sociologist, Mark Granovetter, reaffirmed the idea in his oft referenced 1973 paper, “The Strength of Weak Ties.”And one of the most influential economists in the 20th century, Austrian turned American, Joseph Shumpeter, described these acts of economic invention and innovation as ‘creative destruction’. For every new innovation that brings increased wealth another must be destroyed or devalued. Capitalists celebrate it as the unfortunate inevitability of social and economic progress while Socialists deride it as the inevitable annihilating force of capitalism.Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote in their 1848 Communist Manifesto that, “Modern bourgeois society, with its relations of production, of exchange and of property, a society that has conjured up such gigantic means of production and of exchange, is like the sorcerer who is no longer able to control the powers of the nether world whom he has called up by his spells… In these crises, there breaks out an epidemic that, in all earlier epochs, would have seemed an absurdity – the epidemic of over-production. Society suddenly finds itself put back into a state of momentary barbarism; it appears as if a famine, a universal war of devastation, had cut off the supply of every means of subsistence; industry and commerce seem to be destroyed; and why? Because there is too much civilisation, too much means of subsistence, too much industry, too much commerce.”This grim prognosis from one of Capitalisms only inciteful critics is, sadly, all too relatable these days. Marx would not at all be surprised to hear there’s now empirical evidence to back his 174-year-old theory. But he would probably also be shocked to see China rising as a global superpower by combining elements of Capitalism with Socialism. Markets seem to have a way of formalizing Polanyi’s notion of embeddedness. He believed we all have the desire and creative ability to contribute to each others success and well being as part of our livelihoods. It’s not just goods and services that need exchanged but also values, moral concerns, and relationships. But to do that we must remain connected.CONNECTING THE DOTS TO FREEDOMThose urban scaling researchers hypothesize that one of the reasons income inequalities are so pronounce and unfairly propagated in our wealthiest cities is because the various income brackets have become increasingly geographically and socially segregated. Like ecosystems, the less diversity there is the greater the propensity to collapse. These researchers warn that urban regions that “inhibit mixing between diverse populations, will underperform with respect to income scaling.” If lessening income inequality is a goal, the research suggests “cities that are better mixed, allowing diverse parts of the population to be exposed to one another, should be overperforming with respect to urban scaling.”Connecting diverse sets of people across urban regions seems a more productive, and fun, way to tackle income inequality than redistribution of wealth through a government program. Ricardo Hausmann is the founder and Director of Harvard University’s Growth Lab. They uncover international growth diagnostics and develop economic complexity research methodologies. In a recent interview he said,“In my mind, the real solution to inequality is not so much redistribution as inclusion – as incorporating people into the possibility of mixing what they are…that leads to a very different agenda for inequality reduction. Do you send people a check or do you connect them to the urban transport network?...Do you connect it to the labor market? Do you connect to the schooling system?”He was joined in this interview by J. Doyne Farmer. He is the Director of Complexity Economics at the Oxford Institute of New Economic Thinking. Farmer points out that when economists look at the distribution of productivity, they commonly use a statistical technique that lops off a chunk of a giant tail of the distribution curve that is seemingly inconsequential to their analysis. This gives them a distorted point of view of productivity. And to underline Hausmann’s point about the importance of diversity needed to be connected, he said, “that there's a huge diversity out there” hidden in the fat tails those distribution curves. He adds, “And we really have to cope with that because it's inherent to the economy.”   The question is, how connected physically do people have to be, how often, and for how long to achieve optimal productivity gains? These are questions being asked by companies around the world and firms like MapIQ are there to help answer them. But how many of these companies are already segregating themselves from the socio-economic diversity of their headquarters, satellite offices, or shared urban and suburban workspaces?Arjun Ramani, a Stanford economist and journalist for The Economist, said last year in an interview by Leesman, a leader in workplace research, that “people are now willing to live an hour away in exchange for a bigger house, because they don’t have to commute in every day.” He believes it’s leading to the ‘donuting’ of cities which I mentioned may be occurring in Des Moines, Iowa. Ramani also reminds us that in the 1800s 40% of workers were working from home. He said, “working from home was quite common. Workers would go into a city or to a market to get raw materials and goods and return home to work – for example in the manufacture of clothes.”Today that just may be a 3D printer in a suburban garage or a rural toolshed, but the materials would probably be delivered to their door or flown in on a drone. But there’s no question some segment of jobs will require a more centralized physical presence. I’m not yet ready to have my teeth cleaned by a robot, though it looks like that also may be around the corner too. Even farming is moving toward robots.Regardless of what kind of job is available or desired or how much physical presence needed, there is little question getting more people connected – regardless of where they live – increases the odds of diverse interactions. My own experience tells me, and mounds of research supports, diverse collections of people and ideas yield unexpectedly miraculous outcomes. It’s not always easy or pleasant working with people of differing backgrounds, beliefs, and inclinations, but out of contention come good ideas.It's also hard to imagine how we become more connected amidst increasing geographic segregation, political polarization, religious ideology, and economic disparities. This may be today’s most perplexing social dilemma. It seems each opportunity to come together is met with an excuse to move apart. Meanwhile, there are powerful forces alive today bent on suppressing individual freedoms. And yet we live in a time when personal freedoms to choose where to live and where work are reignited. But those freedoms are not afforded to all which is an unjust outcome of an unjust history. And so the struggle continues.It’s sometimes hard to remain optimistic as the sand dunes of our institutions are shaped by the unpredictable storms of change. But hidden in the complexities of distribution curves, growing populations, and the shifting sands of urbanity are predictable patterns that offer us clues – kernels of clarity and certainty; pathways to pursue, and lessons to learn. It’s the certainty we need if we want to uphold our freedoms.When Polanyi wrote about the great transformation occurring in 1944 it was during a dark time. He started the book during the depression in the 1930s and had lived through political and economic upheaval in England. A world war preceded his writing, and the book was published during a second. He recognized the complexity of society and spoke of the freedoms that come with it.In the final chapter titled, Freedom in a Complex Society, he writes,“Uncomplaining acceptance of the reality of society gives man indomitable courage and strength to remove all removable injustice and unfreedom. As long as he is true to his task of creating more abundant freedom for all, he need not fear that either power or planning will turn against him and destroy the freedom he is building by their instrumentality. This is the meaning of freedom in a complex society; it gives us all the certainty that we need.” This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit interplace.io

What's really going on at the office? How are people feeling? How are bosses feeling? What's really going on under the hood now…and in the future? Leesman Index is the dataset that knows. In this episode of Mouthwash, we're sorting the facts from the fiction. ABOUT TIM (@leesmanceo)Tim is the Founder and CEO of Leesman – the world's foremost authority on employee workplace experience. He started his career in 1991 as a designer in the gritty world of transport design but by 2003 had developed a greater interest in the business strategy of workplace.In 2009 while working as an independent advisor supporting several leading global organizations on the alignment of their workplace strategies, he spotted an opportunity to develop a new and technique that would properly test the ability of an organization's places to support its employees. 10 years plus later, the Leesman Index is used by industry thought leaders around the world to measure, benchmark and improve the experience of their employees.In March 2020 Leesman launched new tools that would also evaluate the experience of employees working from home and today sits on the largest employee home working experience benchmark dataset of its kind, positioning Leesman at the epicenter of the future of work debate.Find out more about Tim/Leesman here. SPONSOR: Season 4 of Mouthwash is proudly sponsored by Workplace from Meta. To make your place of work a great place to work, visit workplace.com/human Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's gestational age episode, we talk about late preterm babies…you know, those “not-sure-how-I-am-gonna-act-just-yet” 34-36 weekers (and why they scare Michelle). We explore:·       Betamethasone for mom and how recommendations have changed·       Cold stress and bathing·       How to use your resources (like this podcast!)·       Why these babies are never a “sure thing” as far as their NICU stay is concerned.BibliographyBlackman, I. H. (2014). Factors influencing why nursing care is missed. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 24(1-2), 47-56. doi:10.1111/jocn.12688Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020). Infant Health. Retrieved from National Center for Health Statistics: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/infant-health.htmChamberlain, J., McCarty, S., Sorce, J., Leesman, B., Schmidt, S., Meyrick, E., . . . Coultas, L. (2019). Impact on delayed newborn bathing on exclusive breastfeeding rates, glucose and temperature stability, and weight loss. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 74-77.Data USA. (n.d.). Hospitals: DataUSA. Retrieved from Data USA: Explore, Map, Compare, and DOwnload US Data: https://datausa.io/profile/naics/hospitals#aboutGoodman, D., Little , G., & Harrison, W. (2019). The Dartmouth Atlas of Neonatal Intensive Care. Hanover: The Trustees of Dartmouth College.Ogboenyiya, A., Tubbs-Cooley, H., Miller, E., Johnson, K., & Bakas, T. (2020). Missed nursing care in pediatric and noenatal care settings: an integrative review. American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 254-264.Warren, S., Midodzi, W., Newhook, L., Murphy, P., & Twells, L. (2020). Effects of delayed newborn bathing on breastfeeding, hypothermia, and hypoglycemia. JOGNN, 181-189. doi:10.1016/j.jogn.2019.12.004 Notes:ACOG – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Want to see their betamethasone recommendation for this population for yourself? It's here.Chorioamnionitis (Chorio) – A bacterial infection of the chorion, amnion, and amniotic fluid. Often indicated by a high maternal fever, tender uterus, or foul-smelling amniotic fluid.Cold Stress – Hypothermia (axillary temperature of less than 97.5° F) which causes an infant to have increased metabolic demands, often leading them to develop hypoxia, acidosis, and hypoglycemia.Rationing Care – A term used to describe the situation where the nurse must decide which interventions to perform (and which to withhold) in order to accommodate their patient assignment. Read more about it in (Ogboenyiya, Tubbs-Cooley, Miller, Johnson, & Bakas, 2020)

In this week's gestational age episode, we talk about late preterm babies…you know, those “not-sure-how-I-am-gonna-act-just-yet” 34-36 weekers (and why they scare Michelle). We explore:·       Betamethasone for mom and how recommendations have changed·       Cold stress and bathing·       How to use your resources (like this podcast!)·       Why these babies are never a “sure thing” as far as their NICU stay is concerned.BibliographyBlackman, I. H. (2014). Factors influencing why nursing care is missed. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 24(1-2), 47-56. doi:10.1111/jocn.12688Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020). Infant Health. Retrieved from National Center for Health Statistics: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/infant-health.htmChamberlain, J., McCarty, S., Sorce, J., Leesman, B., Schmidt, S., Meyrick, E., . . . Coultas, L. (2019). Impact on delayed newborn bathing on exclusive breastfeeding rates, glucose and temperature stability, and weight loss. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 74-77.Data USA. (n.d.). Hospitals: DataUSA. Retrieved from Data USA: Explore, Map, Compare, and DOwnload US Data: https://datausa.io/profile/naics/hospitals#aboutGoodman, D., Little , G., & Harrison, W. (2019). The Dartmouth Atlas of Neonatal Intensive Care. Hanover: The Trustees of Dartmouth College.Ogboenyiya, A., Tubbs-Cooley, H., Miller, E., Johnson, K., & Bakas, T. (2020). Missed nursing care in pediatric and noenatal care settings: an integrative review. American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 254-264.Warren, S., Midodzi, W., Newhook, L., Murphy, P., & Twells, L. (2020). Effects of delayed newborn bathing on breastfeeding, hypothermia, and hypoglycemia. JOGNN, 181-189. doi:10.1016/j.jogn.2019.12.004 Notes:ACOG – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Want to see their betamethasone recommendation for this population for yourself? It's here.Chorioamnionitis (Chorio) – A bacterial infection of the chorion, amnion, and amniotic fluid. Often indicated by a high maternal fever, tender uterus, or foul-smelling amniotic fluid.Cold Stress – Hypothermia (axillary temperature of less than 97.5° F) which causes an infant to have increased metabolic demands, often leading them to develop hypoxia, acidosis, and hypoglycemia.Rationing Care – A term used to describe the situation where the nurse must decide which interventions to perform (and which to withhold) in order to accommodate their patient assignment. Read more about it in (Ogboenyiya, Tubbs-Cooley, Miller, Johnson, & Bakas, 2020)

In this week's gestational age episode, we talk about late preterm babies…you know, those “not-sure-how-I-am-gonna-act-just-yet” 34-36 weekers (and why they scare Michelle). We explore:·       Betamethasone for mom and how recommendations have changed·       Cold stress and bathing·       How to use your resources (like this podcast!)·       Why these babies are never a “sure thing” as far as their NICU stay is concerned.BibliographyBlackman, I. H. (2014). Factors influencing why nursing care is missed. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 24(1-2), 47-56. doi:10.1111/jocn.12688Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020). Infant Health. Retrieved from National Center for Health Statistics: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/infant-health.htmChamberlain, J., McCarty, S., Sorce, J., Leesman, B., Schmidt, S., Meyrick, E., . . . Coultas, L. (2019). Impact on delayed newborn bathing on exclusive breastfeeding rates, glucose and temperature stability, and weight loss. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 74-77.Data USA. (n.d.). Hospitals: DataUSA. Retrieved from Data USA: Explore, Map, Compare, and DOwnload US Data: https://datausa.io/profile/naics/hospitals#aboutGoodman, D., Little , G., & Harrison, W. (2019). The Dartmouth Atlas of Neonatal Intensive Care. Hanover: The Trustees of Dartmouth College.Ogboenyiya, A., Tubbs-Cooley, H., Miller, E., Johnson, K., & Bakas, T. (2020). Missed nursing care in pediatric and noenatal care settings: an integrative review. American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 254-264.Warren, S., Midodzi, W., Newhook, L., Murphy, P., & Twells, L. (2020). Effects of delayed newborn bathing on breastfeeding, hypothermia, and hypoglycemia. JOGNN, 181-189. doi:10.1016/j.jogn.2019.12.004 Notes:ACOG – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Want to see their betamethasone recommendation for this population for yourself? It's here.Chorioamnionitis (Chorio) – A bacterial infection of the chorion, amnion, and amniotic fluid. Often indicated by a high maternal fever, tender uterus, or foul-smelling amniotic fluid.Cold Stress – Hypothermia (axillary temperature of less than 97.5° F) which causes an infant to have increased metabolic demands, often leading them to develop hypoxia, acidosis, and hypoglycemia.Rationing Care – A term used to describe the situation where the nurse must decide which interventions to perform (and which to withhold) in order to accommodate their patient assignment. Read more about it in (Ogboenyiya, Tubbs-Cooley, Miller, Johnson, & Bakas, 2020)

In this week's gestational age episode, we talk about late preterm babies…you know, those “not-sure-how-I-am-gonna-act-just-yet” 34-36 weekers (and why they scare Michelle). We explore:·       Betamethasone for mom and how recommendations have changed·       Cold stress and bathing·       How to use your resources (like this podcast!)·       Why these babies are never a “sure thing” as far as their NICU stay is concerned.BibliographyBlackman, I. H. (2014). Factors influencing why nursing care is missed. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 24(1-2), 47-56. doi:10.1111/jocn.12688Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020). Infant Health. Retrieved from National Center for Health Statistics: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/infant-health.htmChamberlain, J., McCarty, S., Sorce, J., Leesman, B., Schmidt, S., Meyrick, E., . . . Coultas, L. (2019). Impact on delayed newborn bathing on exclusive breastfeeding rates, glucose and temperature stability, and weight loss. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 74-77.Data USA. (n.d.). Hospitals: DataUSA. Retrieved from Data USA: Explore, Map, Compare, and DOwnload US Data: https://datausa.io/profile/naics/hospitals#aboutGoodman, D., Little , G., & Harrison, W. (2019). The Dartmouth Atlas of Neonatal Intensive Care. Hanover: The Trustees of Dartmouth College.Ogboenyiya, A., Tubbs-Cooley, H., Miller, E., Johnson, K., & Bakas, T. (2020). Missed nursing care in pediatric and noenatal care settings: an integrative review. American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 254-264.Warren, S., Midodzi, W., Newhook, L., Murphy, P., & Twells, L. (2020). Effects of delayed newborn bathing on breastfeeding, hypothermia, and hypoglycemia. JOGNN, 181-189. doi:10.1016/j.jogn.2019.12.004 Notes:ACOG – American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Want to see their betamethasone recommendation for this population for yourself? It's here.Chorioamnionitis (Chorio) – A bacterial infection of the chorion, amnion, and amniotic fluid. Often indicated by a high maternal fever, tender uterus, or foul-smelling amniotic fluid.Cold Stress – Hypothermia (axillary temperature of less than 97.5° F) which causes an infant to have increased metabolic demands, often leading them to develop hypoxia, acidosis, and hypoglycemia.Rationing Care – A term used to describe the situation where the nurse must decide which interventions to perform (and which to withhold) in order to accommodate their patient assignment. Read more about it in (Ogboenyiya, Tubbs-Cooley, Miller, Johnson, & Bakas, 2020)

In today's show, I speak to Tim Oldman, Founder and CEO of Leesman, the world leader in measuring and analysing employees' experiences in their places of work. Leesman helps organisations understand and measure how employees are supported in their workplaces, which has led them to build the world's largest independent benchmark of employee workplace experience - be that in their offices, their homes, or the spaces in between.Tim's also recently written a book, Why Workplace, which explores the trends Leesman sees emerging and how it relates to business growth. [It's also a really nicely designed product, by the way, which won't be a surprise to anyone who knows the company who really pay attention to aesthetics and experience.]I loved this conversation with Tim, in which we covered a whole host of topics, including:- Why the starting point of workplace design is thinking about people, not the building- Why employees' homes are a great place to work – for certain tasks- How activity-based-working can help define how we create workspaces- How roles may change in the future depending on proximity to an office- How role complexity affects the time people spend in the office or remote- What other benefits come from working in person with others beyond collaboration- The importance of ‘why' in the workplaces of the futureLINKS:Leesman websiteTim's LinkedIn profileWork/Life Flywheel: Harness the work revolution and reimagine your career without fearFuture Work/Life newsletterFuture Work/Life website See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A household name in League of Legends, Josh "Jatt" Leesman has quite a storied career. From pro player to caster to game designer to running a twice a week podcast! In this episode of Becoming a Creator, we talk with Josh about what he learned along the way. One Hour Free Live Training Session https://creator-school.pipeline.gg/growth-and-monetization-training-registrationfrauoz1d?utm_source=anchor&utm_medium=BaSpodcast&utm_campaign=jattguest

...and the data to back it up Esme Banks Marr Strategy Director at Architecture BVN joins Bold Founder Caleb Parker for the 10th episode of Season 6 to discuss Change in the Workplace.  They discuss what people want from their workplace, if corporate real estate needs to change how they communicate the benefits of the office and how buildings are accommodating the change that's happening. Esme shares insight into office customer preferences, workplace needing to offer employees better than what they have at home, and that an inclusive workplace now means looking at your age groups and understanding the differences.  Connect with Esme Banks Marr https://www.linkedin.com/in/esmebanksmarr/?originalSubdomain=uk#experience-section https://twitter.com/esmebanksmarr Connect with Caleb Parker on LinkedIn  https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebparker/ If you have any questions or feedback on this episode, email podcast@workbold.co Value Bombs: The average home supports the average employee better than the average office. - Esme 71% of employees actually prefer working from home. - Esme Some organisations are pretty fixated on trying to create offices that tick every single box but that's an almost an impossible task because across the board we have had the taste of freedom and flexibility. - Esme There's a power shift from employers to employees. - Caleb Employees need a workplace that's on offer to them to be better than what they have at home. They need it to support the things that the other doesn't. - Esme Employees want more than anything to be taken on the journey, or at least have the option to be part of any change that's about to happen or is happening. - Esme Media is to blame for putting the office against home. - Esme We in commercial real estate need to be the champions of good company culture. - Caleb The future is flexible. - Caleb Resources: Podcast: WorkingIt Shout Outs:   Leesman Alejandro Stevens Legos   Daniel Kahneman  Richard Thaler Keywords: Workplace, Office, BVN, Leesman, Future of Work, Caleb Parker, Esme Banks Marr About Our Guests:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/esmebanksmarr/?originalSubdomain=uk#experience-section https://twitter.com/esmebanksmarr  Esme Banks Marr, Strategy Director at Architecture BVN  Esme is a critical thinker whose expertise lies in interpreting multi-layered evidence. When it comes to workplace performance, employee experience, design, and wider business intelligence, she joined BVN last year as strategy director of work in place to support their growth in Europe.  Starting her career in communication, specializing in the built environment as me supported service providers on their brand, within the wider workplace ecosystem. This gave her insight into the entire workplace change life cycle and a multitude of disciplines. Her main interests are in how data can inform design and how communication plays a role in workplace change. Very important, considering the change that's happening today. Esme keeps herself at the forefront of the global workspace discussion and has been a regular commentator on the future of work, both writing and presenting. She ran the communications for global employee workplace experience, assessor Leesman, which we'll hear more about in a little bit. She did that for several years before moving in-house to support content and client-side projects. She's a board member of the emerging workplace leaders' group in London and has collaborated with a number of industry publications, the work tech academy and the World Economic Forum. About Our Host: Caleb Parker https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebparker/ Caleb Parker is an American entrepreneur in London, and Founder of Bold (acquired by Newable/NewFlex in 2019).He believes in "challenging the status quo" and is a champion for entrepreneurial and innovative thinking. Caleb has served as founder, Board member, advisor, investor and consultant to numerous startups and small businesses, and has a keen focus on innovation and technology, with interests in the MICE market, Space-as-a-Service, and the future of work.Caleb has been a guest lecturer, speaker, and moderator for topics such as entrepreneurship, the sharing economy, the future of work and commercial real estate at academic institutions and large corporations. He regularly takes the stage at numerous trade conferences as keynote speaker, MC, host or facilitator.Earlier in his career, Caleb was named one of Savannah, Georgia's “40 under 40” business leaders" in 2006 after launching two successful small businesses in the city's booming hospitality industry. A year later he moved to Washington, DC to join the The Regus Group DC management team. In 2009, Caleb co-founded a flexible workspace consulting firm where he brokered flexible workspace and advised businesses on agile working strategies.Caleb is one of the first licensed commercial real estate agents to speak on the flexible working trends and the rise of flexible workspace, and has been quoted in numerous publications. Timestamps [05:30] You've had an impressive resume and clearly a unique perspective on the change that's happening in the workplace and its effect on demand for office real estate. I want to set the stage for this conversation by discussing Leesman. What is Leesman?  Leesman is the world's leading independent assessor of workplace experience. They got this status by measuring the experience of close to a million employees in their places of work and since the onset of the pandemic, more than quarter of a million employees in their homework. [06:30] Considering the time you spent there, you have a lot of insight into office customer preferences therefore there's a lot that we can glean from that data, including some conflicting bits of data. What do people want from the office? Leesman assessment uncovers; what employees do in their roles, the activities that are important to them in those roles and how well each of those activities is supported, but it also looks at the physical and service that are most important to that employee experience. The collective data is then aggregated into a database and it's mined for research purposes and it's all open source. The average home supports the average employee better than the average office. There's a 20-percentage point difference when it comes to an employee feeling productive in those respective spaces. Research that came out from YouGov released a similar figure of 71% of employees actually prefer working from home. 39% said they wanted to work from home forever.   [10:50] If the average is happy working from home, why are they going to come into the office?  They need a workplace that's on offer to them to be better than what they have at home. They need it to support the things that the other doesn't.  Some organizations are pretty fixated on trying to create offices that tick every single box but that's an almost an impossible task because across the board we have had the taste of freedom and flexibility.  What is lacking the most for employees when working from home relate to things like connection to colleagues and connection to the actual organization itself, and the ability to learn from each other.  Being inclusive in terms of workplace now means looking at your age groups and understanding the differences. For example, the younger generation has suffered the most with working from home. They've suffered the most with feeling connected, they've suffered the most with the ability to be physically active while homeworking and they're the group who are the least likely to have a dedicated workspace at home.  [13:00] I know how important communication is to you. It's been your career. Do you think corporate real estate needs to change how we communicate the benefits of the office?   Media is to blame for putting the office against home. If we're to change for the better as an industry, we need to look at this together collectively. I wonder if commercial real estate has as an opportunity here to come in and save the day. If they're prepared to talk differently and act differently, it's going to be easier for corporate real estate and our kind of workplace that falls within that to truly kind of change and innovate. People are going to have to do something different and unconventional with the industry and with their spaces if building occupancy fluctuates as much as we all expected to. [17:45] In your role at BVN, you're working with a lot of developers and a lot of landlords. Are there any trends that you can talk about and how do these buildings need to change to accommodate the change that's happening? Many developers are carving space in almost all of their buildings to do something flexible with it that not one tenant is necessarily going to take. BVN have such an approach to sustainability that I really just haven't seen on that scale here yet. [18:50] Can you tell everyone who BVN is?  BVN are an architectural practice that is based in Australia. They have a studio in New York and one in London. The headquarters are in Sydney but there are is a studio in Brisbane as well.  They've been at the forefront of a lot of workplace projects in that part of the world for many years. They think far wider than workplace and a lot of their projects are actually in defence and in healthcare education. What I have loved so far is the collaboration across teams who look after those different types of projects.  [20:35] Quickfire Questions  Who do you go to for inspiration?  Financial Times launched a podcast called WorkingIt  Old behavioural economics theories - Daniel Kahneman and Richard Thaler  If you could wave a magic wand to change anything, when it comes to our industry right now, what would you change? For everyone to remember that good culture does take time to build and become to be authentic and it truly needs to reflect the people who make up your organisation.  Appreciate that this might have shifted the past two years. What is your favourite holiday destination? Any European city - Paris  I'm big on kind of a quick refresh and quick kind of experience with something a tiny bit different, not too far. I like those kinds of four- or five-day trips. I get a little crazy sometimes when I've been in the same place for too long.  Sponsors Headline Sponsor: TSK TSK creates inspiring workplaces for some of the world's biggest brands across the UK and Ireland, They've been working for 25 years to deliver the best employee experiences and the vision of their clients. Not only do they create great places to work, TSK share workplace content every week from the latest data to inspiring spaces they've designed and built. You can read their latest insights at www.tskgroup.co.uk or check out their LinkedIn and Instagram pages to become a follower, fan and friend. Fortune Favours the Bold Bold merges property management & Space-as-a-Service to drive asset value and help office customers grow faster. Now part of NewFlex (www.workbold.co)  Future Proof Your Portfolio with NewFlex NewFlex delivers and manages a range of branded solutions for every type of building, in every type of location, for every type of occupier. Including the flexibility to develop your own brand. All enabled by flexible management contracts where we are invested in making money for you. (www.newflex.com) Launch Your Own Podcast Kopus.com is the leading podcast production and strategic content company for brands, organisations, institutions, individuals, and entrepreneurs. Our team sets you up with the right strategy, equipment, training, and guidance and content to ensure you sound amazing while speaking to your niche audience and networking with your perfect clients. Get in touch jason@kopus.com Subscribe to the #WorkBold Podcast https://workbold.co.uk/podcast/

Two outstanding conversations trying to make sense of what is happening around work. Firstly I chat to Brian Elliott who leads the Future Forum, a group led by Slack. they released a new report surveying workers in the UK, US and other major countries. Here are the topline findings - but the conversation goes way beyond this.UK knowledge workers are most likely to say they want flexibility in where they work (81%)60% of UK knowledge workers are more open to changing jobs in the next year69% UK knowledge workers say they want to work hybrid - 58% are currently doing soBrian also gives a shout out to Donut - a tool to build serendipity.Then I speak to one of the most respected thought leaders in making sense of the future of work, Julia Hobsbawm is the sought after intelligent voice when it comes to future of work discussions. She chairs the Demos 'Workshift Commission. Her new book, The Nowhere Office is a confident reflection about how we can tackle the future - it's out for pre-order now. We talk about office politics, establishing what Leesman call our 'workplace why' - and how we can make hybrid work. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode we explore the issues employers need to consider when preparing their teams for the return to office a year after many people were told to work from home where possible. We hear from Leesman's Chief Insight and Research Officer about their most recent survey on peoples' working experience and what that could mean for the future of the workplace. Angela Steadman, Sales Director at Spacio explains how their clients are preparing for the future with their requirements for office design, and William Winstone from Mezzana Partners talks about his role as Performance Psychologist at Essex Cricket, and how he helped get the team match fit for the new season. Recorded April 2021 Guest speakers: Peggie Rothe, Chief Insight and Research Officer at Leesman www.leesmanindex.com Angela Steadman, Sales Director at Spacio www.spacio.co.uk William Winstone, Partner at Mezzana Partners mezzanapartners.com

City A.M.'s Andy Silvester sits down with Dr. Peggie Rothe, Leesman's Head of Research and Insights, for a bumper edition on the future of the office.  Andy and Peggie discuss what leaders and companies will need to do to persuade staff back to the office, and to use this year of disruption to change what the office looks like.      See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Allison English, deputy CEO at global employee experience expert Leesman, joins PlaceTech publisher Paul Unger to talk about Leesman's involvement in data collection of employees, both in the office and at home, which trends are shaping the current working climate, which employee behaviours will stick for the long-term, the future of office space and design, and more.

Many people in the UK had to change the way they worked as a result of the lockdown in March. We hear from Method IT's Matt Sullivan about the technical challenges for businesses and Jonathan Insley from Tees Law talks about the legal implications for organisations. Plus Peggie Rothe, Chief Insight and Research officer from Leesman discusses the result of their global Home Working Survey. Recorded: June 2020 Guest speakers: Jonathan Insley, Senior Associate at Tees Law, https://www.teeslaw.com/ Matt Sullivan, Managing Director of Method IT, https://www.method-it.co.uk/ Peggie Rothe, Chief Insights & Research Officer at Leesman, https://www.leesmanindex.com/

Herb and Chris walk you through the top moments of the 2020 60 game season that culminated in the White Sox first postseason appearance in 12 seasons. Check it out and see which moments made our list.twitter.com/Ecnerwal23twitter.com/ChrisTannehilltwitter.com/LockedOnSox Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Herb and Chris walk you through the top moments of the 2020 60 game season that culminated in the White Sox first postseason appearance in 12 seasons. Check it out and see which moments made our list. twitter.com/Ecnerwal23 twitter.com/ChrisTannehill twitter.com/LockedOnSox Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Oldman is Founder & CEO at Leesman where he directs research to measure employee experience and Jo Sutherland, MA, MCIPR, MPRCA is Managing Director at Magenta Associates where she helps workplace leaders communicate better with their employees, customers and prospects. Tim and Jo joined Mike Petrusky and his co-host Madison Dujka on a recent “Workplace Innovator Interactive Livestream” to discuss working from home experiences, leveraging survey data and workplace communication strategies to help guide your workforce during the pandemic. This highlight episode demonstrates the valuable insights delivered during our weekly live broadcasts every Wednesday at Noon ET! Connect with Tim on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timoldman/ Connect with Jo on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josuthers/ Listen to the full livestream recording: https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/1055553559470585602 Find out the latest information about the Leesman WFH research: https://www.leesmanindex.com/ Learn more about Magenta Associates: https://www.magentaassociates.co/ Register for future “Workplace Innovator Interactive” livestreams: https://www.iofficecorp.com/live-webinar-2020-weekly-livestream Discover free resources and explore past interviews at: https://www.workplaceinnovator.com/ Connect with Mike on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikepetrusky/ Share your thoughts with Mike via email: podcast@iOFFICECORP.com  

On this week's episode of EG's We're Still Here podcast, host Emily Wright is joined by news editor Pui-Guan Man for an update on the week's biggest stories. She then speaks to Tim Oldman, chief executive and founder of Leesman, which measures employee workplace experience, about a survey which has revealed the UK workforce's response to remote working so far. Pui-Guan covers some of the week's top stories and delves into the emerging trend of deals finally picking up. Could this mean the industry is dusting itself off after a period of unprecedented uncertainty? Emily also highlights some key pieces of this week's wider content including a powerful comment piece from WiredScore's head of London markets Hamish Dupree on being a black person in real estate. Also this week, Emma speaks to Tim about Leesman's working from home survey. Initial results off the back of responses from more than 35,000 people have revealed that while the UK workforce believes it is around 15% more productive at home than in a traditional workplace, many are facing issues with inadequate work stations and isolation at home. Tune in for this and more on how post-pandemic offices will need to respond to changing employee needs and requirements post-lockdown. As Oldman points out, employees have been entrusted to work independently from their homes for a prolonged period of time and any immediate removal of this as lockdown eases would result in "a huge crisis of trust."

Open Sourced Workplace Presents: Leesman Index Review - Going to Work on an egg Article Link: http://www.leesmanindex.com/Review25.pdf (Featured on page 12) List Of All Leesman Articles: https://www.opensourcedworkplace.com/news/leesman-index-summary Narrated By Alek Dincoff To see the written article or others like this, visit opensourcedworkplace.com

Open Sourced Workplace Presents: Leesman Index Review - Designed for people Article Link: http://www.leesmanindex.com/Review25.pdf (Featured on page 10) List Of All Leesman Articles: https://www.opensourcedworkplace.com/news/leesman-index-summary Narrated By Alek Dincoff To see the written article or others like this, visit opensourcedworkplace.com

Open Sourced Workplace Presents: Leesman Index Review - Catalyst Enabler and Obstructor Workplaces Article Link: http://www.leesmanindex.com/Review25.pdf (Featured on page 8) List Of All Leesman Articles: https://www.opensourcedworkplace.com/news/leesman-index-summary Narrated By Alek Dincoff To see the written article or others like this, visit opensourcedworkplace.com

Open Sourced Workplace Presents: Leesman Index Review - PepsiCo’s Hierarchy of Needs Article Link: http://www.leesmanindex.com/Review25.pdf (Featured on page 4) List Of All Leesman Articles: https://www.opensourcedworkplace.com/news/leesman-index-summary Narrated By Alek Dincoff To see the written article or others like this, visit opensourcedworkplace.com

Open Sourced Workplace Presents: Leesman Index Review - Why is it so important to be an effective zookeeper? Article Link: http://www.leesmanindex.com/Review25.pdf (Featured on page 2) List Of All Leesman Articles: https://www.opensourcedworkplace.com/news/leesman-index-summary Narrated By Alek Dincoff To see the written article or others like this, visit opensourcedworkplace.com

Open Sourced Workplace Presents: Leesman Review - Can the workplace industry ever embrace evidence-based design systems? Article Link: http://www.leesmanindex.com/Review25.pdf List Of All Leesman Articles: https://www.opensourcedworkplace.com/news/leesman-index-summary Narrated By Alek Dincoff To see the written article or others like this, visit opensourcedworkplace.com

Tämän viikon jaksossa vieraanamme on Leesmanin kehitysjohtaja Peggie Rothe. Jonas ja Heidi keskustelevat hänen kanssaan toimistoympäristön ja –tilan mahdollisuuksista sekä haasteista. Minkälainen on hyvä toimistotila, jotta se on oikeasti toimiva käyttäjälleen? Tietävätkö työntekijät minkälaiset työtilat toimivat heille parhaiten? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Peter Ankerstjerne, MBA, COP, FRICS, IFMA Fellow serves as the 2nd Vice Chair on IFMA's newly elected board of directors. In July 2018, Mike Petrusky joined Peter at the IFMA HQ Offices in Houston, TX to broadcast a live webinar called "A Roadmap to How FMs Can Deliver ROI through Workplace Experience". Peter provided information based on research from Tim Oldman at Leesman and Kate Lister of the Workplace Evolutionaries, among others. For your condensed listening pleasure, here is yet another fast-moving conversation that will help you to be a workplace innovator in your organization! Connect with Peter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-ankerstjerne-1aa9121/ Watch the Facebook LIVE Pre-show Video with Mike & Peter: https://www.facebook.com/InternationalFacilityManagementAssociation/videos/2046716372027559/ Download the Full 1-Hour Webinar Recording with Mike & Peter: https://www.iofficecorp.com/download-webinar-recording-a-fm-roadmap REGISTER for the Next LIVE Webinar with Leigh Stringer: https://www.iofficecorp.com/webinar-the-next-generation-of-healthy-workplaces Follow the “Workplace Innovator” on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ZFw7OskRWuErzpeGngJB4?si=vUop9rrMRBe81B5tq6XNPA Connect with Mike on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikepetrusky/ Share your thoughts with Mike via email: podcast@iOFFICECORP.com Learn more about iOFFICE’s workplace experience solutions: https://www.iOFFICECORP.com/  

"Som ett barn i en godisbutik" - i april träffade vi Peggie Rothe från Leesman som berättade om sin fascination över kombinationen siffror och kontor. Vi fick också veta mer om Leesmans stora databas. Där hittar Peggie fakta och ser samband som företag i hela världen kan ta stöd av när de ska utvärdera och förändra sina kontor och sina arbetssätt. Gäst: Peggie Rothe, utvecklingsdirektör, Leesman Värdar: Pia Andreason och Åsa Dahlqvist från Direxio

In this podcast, Leesman CEO Tim Oldman converses with Natalie Slessor from Lendlease in Sydney to discuss why you should view your workplace design in the same way you do your home. The ideas of eradicating complacency, remaining fluid and willing to accept change are all discussed. Tim and Natalie justify tips such as creating central meeting points, including a variety of work areas, and ensuring employees are comfortable and engaged.

As Brexit looms, co-working rises and employee engagement undulates; the way we work continues to change. With the phenomenal rise of socially-driven spaces such as WeWork and The Office Group, working styles are changing by the minute and occupiers are demanding more from their buildings than ever before - this podcast delves into the choppy waters ahead for the UK workforce.

Mike Graham and Bryan Navarette talk with Lubbock High volleyball coach Matthew Leesman following the Westerners' sweeping win against Estacado.

Fashionably late, we’re back with season 2 – woot woot! To kick things off again, Ian is joined by the inimitable Chris Moriarty from Leesman. Expect soap box moments galore as Chris offers myth-busting perspectives on activity-based working, millennials and workplace productivity. Essential workplace listening folks…

The workplace of the past is gone... We are now talking about homing from work, not working from home. Tim Oldman uses his background in interior design and architecture, along with his fascination in merging diagnostic tools like the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to get a better understanding of employee spaces. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Leesman, famous for the Leesman Index, which is an independent auditor of the relationship between employees and the space that is provided for them. Tim compares Leesman to the radiographers of the corporate workplace and that couldn't be more appropriate!   Leesman releases a variety of reports on ideas like cost of occupancy and employee retention. They adhere to the concept of open source knowledge so anyone can view the reports on their website.The Leesman Index looks at the impact of work spaces on employees and identifies the most effective spaces. Tim is clear that it isn't about how pretty, or how large, or how expensive a space is designed. The key is knowledge transfer. A successful organization must capitalize on knowledge existing within so they should create an environment that better facilitates knowledge transfer.    The most recent Leesman Index was released in November 2015 and shredded many myths about the physical work space. It found that there is no difference on how work spaces impact gender and that age does have an impact but it is not generational. The report also shows that natural lighting is preferred over artificial, informal areas are more effective, and other important factors. However, one-dimensionally planned spaces never work. The highest performing workplaces take all factors into account. They have flexibility and variety which increases employee production and pride.   What you will learn in this episode:   What is the Leesman Index Who is the company that has the highest LMI Differences in high performance and low performance work spaces Shredding work space myths Work-life balance How the leading organizations are already way ahead   Links From The Episode   Leesman   Tim Oldman on Twitter   (Music by Ronald Jenkees)