Think Better

Think Better

It’s fast becoming a deeply-embedded yearning of our time. In workplaces throughout the world, there’s awareness that we’re not performing to full potential and too many distractions are to blame. While the diagnosis may seem clear, most people feel helpless to do anything about it other than to keep working harder at staying focused. But neuroscience research is now shedding new light on the fundamental problem, offering decipherable clues for how to better support attention at work. By integrating the discoveries of neuroscience with their own investigations into worker behaviors and the changing nature of work, the Steelcase WorkSpace Futures team offers new insights and ideas for how workplaces can be reimagined in innovative ways to optimize brain performance.

Designing Better Futures: A Global Challenge

Designing Better Futures: A Global Challenge

The Steelcase Better Futures Community brings Changemakers together around the world for a daylong workshop to learn design thinking and apply it to a pressing social issue.

Where Discovery Happens

Where Discovery Happens

To drive breakthroughs, life sciences need adaptable workspaces that promote innovation and the dual needs of experimentation and data analysis.

Gathering to Game

Gathering to Game

The Esports Competition Hub at Michigan State University is a vibrant space where students from diverse backgrounds unite over their love for video games, practice with varsity teams, and explore career paths. It fosters community and connection, providing a supportive environment for students.

Community-Based Design

Community-Based Design

Work is changing more that it has in generations. See how an approach to designing offices like thriving communities is the solution to meeting these evolving challenges.​

Designing a Better Clinician Experience

Designing a Better Clinician Experience

Expert panelists explore how thoughtful design can transform how clinicians work, reduce burnout, and create a more supportive environment.

Wellbeing Urgency

Wellbeing Urgency

Mental health is more top of mind for leaders than physical health. Explore how the workplace can be part of the solution at a time when issues like anxiety, depression, burnout and loneliness are on the rise.​

Sustainability Mindset

Sustainability Mindset

The number of companies setting sustainability goals more than doubled in the last year, and all employees will need to be engaged to make them happen.​

AI Supercycle

AI Supercycle

AI promises to enhance accessibility, boost creativity and create more dynamic workplaces. The key is understanding changing work behaviors associated with AI to see how the workplace should change.​

Uncharted Territory: Four Macro Shifts Changing Work Now

Uncharted Territory: Four Macro Shifts Changing Work Now

In the past five years, how, when, where and why we work have changed more dramatically than they have in generations. Explore the four macro shifts that are fundamentally changing work.