Having spent the past seven years as LinkedIn’s VP of Workplace Experience, and working as an architect before that, Brett Hautop has experienced the extant changes in the workplace first hand. First in his own design of buildings and spaces, then as an expert in the field for other leadership professionals seeking his guidance. During the pandemic, Brett found that many of the people he was working with all had questions with a similar throughline: how do we balance work from home, hybrid and in-office setups?

Seeing the bigger picture, and his own opportunity to address the coming change, Brett founded Workshape in 2022, his own consultancy and strategy firm with the purpose of helping companies and organizations envision a new future for their employees.

Brett Hautop joins host Jade Franklin for the final episode of the first season of Work Points to discuss what Brett sees as the opportunity for employers to reshape their physical and cultural workspaces. Using intentionality and the power of the human connection, Brett shares why a hybrid work arrangement can be even more powerful and efficient than what businesses have become accustomed to in past generations. 

Follow Brett Hautop on LinkedIn, and connect with Workshape online at theworkshape.com.

• This episode focuses on what is important in a high-performing workplace. How even the best environments can be "soulless," and the role leadership plays in creating healthy team dynamics and opportunities for professional development. 
• Michael shares his own experiences building teams and working with other professionals remotely and in-person. He explains why creating a work environment where all employees feel appreciated, heard, and hopeful is paramount to high performance. 

While employers continue to push for having their employees return mostly in an in-person work setting, it’s becoming clear that whatever that return looks like in the future, it won’t resemble anything like the past. Now more than ever, management must task itself with integrating the employee experience into their workplace culture.

Corinne Murray, founder and CEO of Agate Studio joins host Jade Franklin on today’s episode of Work Points. With extensive experience in real estate, architecture and cultural workplace strategies, Corrine formed Agate in 2022 with the purpose of helping companies navigate the unprecedented change to the traditional workplace model caused by the pandemic.

In this episode of Work Points, Corinne leads us through a conversation about employee autonomy, considering your organization’s own unique circumstances instead of macro trends when making decisions about employee experiences, and how constant conversations and open dialogue between management and their teams is absolutely crucial. She also talks about her religious studies major in college, and how she credits that experience for helping to create a community-based approach to workplace creation. 

Follow Corinne Murray on LinkedIn, and connect with Agate at Agate.Studio.

As the remote work trend continues to find its equilibrium in a post-pandemic world, it’s becoming more clear than ever that employers who want to bring workers back to the office, it must be done with intent and purpose, rather than through mandates.

Simon Davis is the founder and CEO of Purposeful Intent, a leadership training organization that hosts a series of curated events that focus on the current evolution and the future forms of the modern workplace. 

Drawing from almost 20 years of experience working in leadership positions for companies based across the globe, Simon Davis joins host Jade Franklin for a conversation about the emerging trends seen in the workplace. Simon discusses how authenticity and and purpose have to be at the core of the employee experience, and how employers can leverage technology to create meaningful engagements.

Connect with Simon Davis on LinkedIn. Visit Purposeful Intent online at sponsorpi.com.

The hottest topic in the world of workplace design over the past three years has been what will the modern workplace look like in a post pandemic world. With remote work being a major factor in ways that even the most modern of spaces weren’t designed for, how will office spaces evolve?

To kick off the Work Points podcast, host Jade Franklin sits down with Ryan Anderson, Vice President of Global Research & Insights at MillerKnoll, one of the leading manufacturers of office furniture to discuss how office spaces came to be, and what challenges they face today. 

Ryan discusses how a mix of in-office and remote work arrangements seem to be the likely path for most companies, but how that is implemented is less defined. He also talks about the importance of designing human-centric work environments, and what questions managers and office directors need to be asking themselves as they work with their teams in a hybrid role. 

Follow MillerKnoll and Ryan Anderson on LinkedIn. Listen to Ryan’s podcast, Looking Forward, here.

Welcome to Work Points, a podcast that provides new insights into the ever evolving world of the work, workplace design, life and everything in between. Produced by Alfred Williams & Company and hosted by VP of Strategy Jade Franklin.