Creativity

London Tech Week: Harness Creative Potential

A search for more passion and less passivity brought together a panel of experts at London Tech Week to explore how to stimulate creativity.

Workplace

How Microsoft & Steelcase Drive Creativity at Work

Creativity is the fuel for innovation making it an essential ingredient for business growth. Microsoft and Steelcase are bringing together place and technology to help people be creative at work. Listen as 360 editor Chris Congdon talks to Ralf Groene, general manager for Device Design for Microsoft, and James Ludwig, vice president of Global Design at Steelcase about the collaboration between the two organizations.
Design Q+A

Tim Brown on Leading Creative Organizations

IDEO’s Tim Brown talks about the three roles leaders have in creatively-competitive organizations and how to assess the creativity of a company.

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Employee Engagement

Empower Executives to Lead in Better Ways

Progressive leaders are reshaping their organizations to be more agile, innovate and grow. Sara Armbruster, Steelcase VP Strategy, Research and New Business Innovation, explains how a leadership space can empower executives to lead in fundamentally better ways.
Education

A Student’s Story on Active Learning

How the Grand Valley State University library helped me collaborate, create, and learn in a variety of ways.

Technology

Munich Creative Business Week: Seismic Changes Ahead

Are we ready for the disruptive forces of change impacting our working world by the intersection of the digital and physical? Steelcase global design director James Ludwig joined Creative Business Week in Munich to discuss the seismic changes we’ll see over the next decade.
Informal Spaces

Pushing Conventional Boundaries of Space

PDR, an innovative workplace design firm based in Houston, shares the story of their personal space design.
Collaboration

The New Leader: ‘We Must Change’

Ford, Xerox and Adecco Group in Europe weigh in as leaders rethink how to create more robust organizations.

Employee Engagement

How Workplace Design Helped La-Z-Boy Boost Employee Engagement

“We’re attracting rock stars to come here now.” The new La-Z-Boy generates excitement and engagement.
Collaboration

Staying Connected at Work: 1900s to Now

Designers bring people, place and technology together to help enhance work — and have been doing it since the first high rise.
Technology

The Future of Work Is Creative

Microsoft and Steelcase are coming together for the first time to help boost creativity at work. Sara Armbruster, vice president of strategy, research and new business innovation for Steelcase, talks about this new partnership and why the two companies are starting by tackling creativity. Plus, hear how technology and place enhance creative behaviors.