Introducing Perspectives, a video series with peer-to-peer conversations on how COVID-19 has impacted work and the workplace. In this first episode, watch Dr. Lydia Bourouiba, director of MIT’s Fluid Dynamics of Disease Transmission Laboratory, as she talks with Steelcase CEO Jim Keane about what we know today on mitigating disease transmission at work.

Watch Patricia Kammer, principal researcher for Steelcase workspace futures as she answers 5 questions in 5 minutes on how space can help us collaborate better when we’re not all in the same room and why we’re exhausted from living on video. Plus, the greatest design challenge we face as workers return to the office.

Trevor Deters, Director of Smart + Connected Technology, answers 5 questions in 5 minutes on how a hands-free workplace may help stop the spread of pathogens at work. Plus, how emerging tech will change the way we collaborate.

Watch Lew Epstein, General Manager of Coalesse and Turnstone, as he answers 5 questions in 5 minutes on the future of informal, shared spaces in a post-COVID workplace. Spoiler alert – they’re here to stay.

Watch James Ludwig, Vice President of Design and Engineering for Steelcase, as he answers five questions in five minutes on the future of the workplace in a post-COVID world and the unique opportunity it presents designers.