Designing for Dialogue: Meaningful Connections for a Flourishing Workplace

How connections shape the use of the built environment
About this Event

Many offices today still produce the "Sunday Scaries" for people. Employees might dread leaving their home office, dealing with the commute, only to work in an office that's too noisy (or too empty), too cold (or too hot), or too crowded (or too lonely). When the home office already provides better functional support, the purpose of the office goes back to why place mattered to begin with—it's where people get together, learn, grow, and build meaningful connections.

But simply filling the office with more collaborative settings doesn’t lead to better or more collaboration. The relationships between people shape their activities, which in turn influence their choice of spaces. In this webinar, we will share how connections shape the use of the built environment and how to design spaces where meaningful connections can flourish.

Timings: 7am Pacific / 8am Mountain / 9am Central/ 10am Eastern / 12noon BRT / 3pm GMT / 4pm CET / 5pm SAST

Speakers

is the Director of Consulting Practices (North America) at Veldhoen + Company, the world's leading expert on workplace strategy. Veldhoen + Company specializes in enhancing organizational performance through activity-based working, a approach that integrates physical space (Bricks), technology (Bytes), and company culture (Behaviors) to create flexible and effective work environments.

With a background in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Zoe has spent over a decade applying behavioral sciences in the workplace. Her expertise lies in understanding the factors that influence decision-making and drive human behavior in organizational settings. Zoe recognizes that changes in physical workspace can be powerful catalysts for cultural transformation. She collaborates with organizational leaders to leverage workplace disruptions as opportunities for positive change. Her goal is to help companies develop new mindsets and behaviors that enable them to thrive in hybrid work environments. Throughout her career, Zoe has guided numerous organizations in creating workplace strategies that balance employee flexibility with business objectives, ensuring seamless integration across HR, Real Estate, and Technology functions.

is the founder of Atelier Kultur, an organizational and behavioral design studio based in New York City.

Whether it's helping companies develop practices for breaking out of deeply entrenched mindsets or seeing everyday objects and ideas in entirely new ways, Andrea's work focuses on how knowledge is produced and moves through companies.

Combining organizational design principles and behavioral sciences, Andreas helps clients build cultures and practices that empower teams to challenge the status quo, identify novel opportunities, and be ever more relevant.