About Place

Workplace strategist Ben Lancaster approaches workplace design like an architect, starting with a holistic vision for the space and the human experience it should support before focusing on business objectives. In this episode, we unpack how organizations gather insights, bring the right people together, and create workplaces that draw people in rather than require them to show up.

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With IIDA’s new future forecasting team, Mark Bryan is working on a rewarding project: detecting trends, challenges, and opportunities in the factors shaping interior design and the built environment. He joins us to discuss the superpower of continuity management, holding AI accountable, the groundbreaking materials that are intelligently shaping spaces, and much more.

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At Cloudflare, Caroline Quick, VP and Head of Global Real Estate and Workplace, is building a workplace culture that embraces change, learns from the unexpected, and strengthens connection wherever work happens. Listen in as she discusses lessons from AI-native talent, how belonging is cultivated across teams, continents, and age groups, and why culture grows strongest when people are empowered to shape the spaces where they work. 

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Our final episode of season 5 dives into key takeaways from this season, starting with a lesson about amenity-rich workplaces, and ending with an important question: How is AI impacting human interactions at work, and how must workplace design adapt? 

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news.millerknoll.com/Ryan-Anderson

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Set within San Francisco’s historic Mills Building, Gensler’s LEED Platinum and Fitwel 3‑Star-certified workplace reflects the firm’s commitment to research-driven, human‑centered design. In this episode, Randy Howder shares insights that shaped this destination workplace, which attracts people through inclusive, culture-forward space planning rather than return-to-office mandates.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/howder/

gensler.com/people/randy-howder 

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Lindsay Wilson, president of the fourth-largest architecture firm in the US, has a clear perspective on what makes spaces successful. In this episode, she explores how we experience great design, the shifting role of the office in our social networks, and the growing influence of brain health on her work at Corgan.

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corgan.com/firm/leadership/lindsay-wilson

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On their Workplace Geeks podcast, Ian Ellison and Chris Moriarty mine today’s workplace research for applicable insights. In this episode, they join us for an in-depth discussion on the impact of AI in facilities management and how it’s helping organizations uncover insights on the effectiveness of RTO strategies.

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linkedin.com/in/ian-ellison/

linkedin.com/in/chris-moriarty-4029aa2/

linkedin.com/company/workplacegeeks/

linkedin.com/company/audiem/

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To Jeanne Gang, founder of Studio Gang, architecture is about building relationships. It makes sense, then, that despite having built everything from museums to high-rises and growing her Chicago-based practice into a global architecture firm with offices in New York, San Francisco, and Paris, her stories focus on something else entirely: the power of spaces to build community.

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studiogang.com/people/jeanne-gang/

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In Grand Rapids, Michigan, BAMF Health is shaping the future of cancer care. We’re joined by Dr Anthony Chang, Founder and CEO, and Laurie Placinski, VP of Real Estate, Design and Partnerships, to discuss the technologies driving their breakthrough work and the clinical spaces built to keep pace. Also, learn how their design approach supports safety, comfort, and improved outcomes for patients and staff.

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In 2020, MillerKnoll teamed up with Debbie Lovich, Managing Director and Senior Partner at Boston Consulting Group, and Brian Elliott, CEO of Work Forward, for Future Forum—a global research initiative exploring how work was changing across talent, technology, and space. In this episode, they return to discuss how those dynamics have evolved, what’s driving the next wave of change, and how organizations can adapt to stay ahead.

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https://www.bcg.com/about/people/experts/deborah-lovich

https://www.linkedin.com/in/belliott/

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