Transforming IT at Steelcase: An Agile Case Study
Steelcase is in the midst of transforming its information technology group. This shift in culture, process and place has elicited learnings that can be applied within and outside of IT.
How Is Our Work Experience Changing?
Dr. Ron Friedman explains what’s changed since his book “The Best Place to Work” came out four years ago in the second part of our Q+A.
The Secret to a Happy Workplace: Ron Friedman Q+A
Dr. Ron Friedman, social psychologist and author, tells us the number one myth when it comes to creating a great employee experience.
Accelerating Innovation
Over the past decade, India and China have evolved from outsourcing support nodes to leading global innovation hubs. With speed and agility never seen before, they have advanced their capabilities to position themselves as innovation leaders.
How to Make Work Not Suck with Adam Grant
Organizational psychologist Adam Grant shares why team building activities don’t work, why the corner office sends a bad signal and why procrastination can be a key ingredient to creativity. 360 Magazine Editor Chris Congdon hosts this revealing conversation about how to build trust and the ongoing search for purpose at work.
Fast Forward
In another 10 years, your current office will seem as quaint as a rotary phone on the kitchen wall. By carefully analyzing the signals of change that surround us today, Steelcase researchers formulated seven fascinating scenarios for how and where work might occur just one decade from today. Thrilling or sobering, they’re sure to stimulate a point of view about a future that will be very different from what we’re experiencing today.
Comfort For All
The co-founders of Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, a well-known North Carolina-based furniture design and manufacturing company, explain how their company’s purpose, “Comfort for all,” drives everything they do.
Talent Search
Today, some people shop for employers like they do for consumer products. It’s not just the type of work, salary or a company’s prestige that influence decision making. People are looking for a sense of purpose at work.
Inside Innovation
Steelcase’s newest Learning and Innovation Center in Munich gives employees and visitors a firsthand view of how Steelcase is using space to learn, innovate and grow.
Q+A with David Kidder
This self-described serial entrepreneur says no matter how big enterprises become, they need to think like a startup if they want to continue to grow.
What Workers Want
People know what they don’t want at work—a sea of bland, uniform spaces where ideas go to die.
The Creative Shift
A decade or so ago, it was a prediction that was easily ignored. Now the trend toward more creative work is an idea whose time has come, and workplaces need to move forward, too. See how Steelcase and technology leader Microsoft have combined efforts to envision a workplace that accelerates the shift to creative work by supporting all the conditions it needs to thrive.