Work Life by Design

The old metrics of a desk for a person no longer apply . So, as we are all navigating a very new frontier of work, what are the right metrics?   This was the opening question for my panellists as we dove into our discussion on all things work people and place in our second stop on the book launch tour , celebrating the release of my book The Next Workplace in Melbourne .   For this conversation I...

The Melbourne launch event celebrating the release of my book The Next Workplace was a treat! This time I was indulged in reminiscing over another of my favourite projects, and a featured Case Study in the book, Davidson , a national workplace performance firm. What's special about this client is that we have worked together on two projects now , Brisbane and Melbourne , and… this was the first ti...

To celebrate the release of my book The Next Workplace ; Designing Dynamic Environments that Inspire Human Potential , I hosted a series of events in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney to start a bigger conversation on all things work, people & place . And how we can leverage one of our greatest assets, our Work Place , to elevate our human potential .   Our first event was in Brisbane, hosted by Hall...

To celebrate the release of my book The Next Workplace ; Designing Dynamic Environments that Inspire Human Potential , I hosted a series of events in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney to start a bigger conversation on all things work, people & place . And how we can leverage one of our greatest assets our Work Place, to elevate our human potential .   Our first event was in Brisbane, hosted by Hall C...

Creating employee incentive programs and wellbeing initiatives have been known to take a "scattergun approach" offering the infamous fruit box or step count challenge or even prove to be nothing more than lip service beyond a company announcement. However, to embed programs that make real transformative change to an organisation, the business first needs to understand their people and what would m...

Businesses often miss a HUGE opportunity when they start designing their next workplace. Often jumping in and trying to solve the immediate problem, they either start scribbling on floor plans or heading straight to market to see what the best leasing deal is. And while both activities are part of the process, they are not where organisations should start. This approach will leave your business wi...

Introducing plants into our indoor environments can have an incredible impact on health, wellbeing and general disposition.   Biophilic Design has been gaining traction in the design industry for several years now, and if you're not familiar with this term, its essentially describing the innate human connection that we have with our natural world .  And in relation to our indoor environments, it i...

"So, who are you working for?"   Working with clients to support them in the early phases of working out what their next workplace is going to look like, how it will work and more importantly how it will enable their people to work, requires me to start conversations that invite teams and employees to share their views on their ideal future workplace.   One of the questions that I get asked freque...

Let me know if any of these resonate for you… are you feeling overwhelmed, under the pump, stressed, completely time poor and like there aren't enough hours in the day, which is leaving you totally exhausted and easily distracted...? Sounding familiar? Well, you are not alone. My guest today Dr Kristy Goodwin is here to tell us that thanks to our technology that has pervaded every corner of our li...

Creating workplaces that inspire the human potential of those who inhabit them is a deep purpose for me.   The opportunity to inspire the leaders of businesses to take that extra step, to create something special and unique for their people and their business, just lights me up.   So, when I first met today's guests, Claire & Sophie from the Serenity Collective back in 2019, it was love at first s...

Those who flow as life flows know they need no other force Lao Tzu Ever wondered what it would be like for your life to feel completely effortless? Like you just breezed through your days, without hustling, striving, or pushing? Like you just moved with ebb and flow of the world around you, yet still got to where you want to go? Embracing the quietness of the festive break, I had the space and tim...

I wrote a book!!! " The Next Workplace : Designing Dynamic Environments that Inspire Human Potential " is only a few short weeks away from being out in the world.   I have been writing this book for the past 4 years and researching it my whole career.  Workplace design and the role that our environments play in enabling us to live our best lives is a conversation that I am incredibly passionate ab...

When I got the opportunity to sit down with Paul Edwards the General Manager of Strategy and Customer at Mirvac, I couldn't just end our conversation only having explored one aspect of what is a very large business! So welcome back for Part 2 of our conversation, The Art of Placemaking.   Mirvac is one of Australia's largest commercial landlords, with their offering covers Retail, Office, Industri...

Experimenting with what the workplace needs to look like as we navigate a new frontier, is an idea that many organisations are hesitant to embrace.  It means doing something different, stepping outside the norms, creating a space that has not been proven and fronting up a fair bit of cash to do it.  All of which sit quite outside the comfort zone and risk mitigation strategies that many businesses...

2.5years ago, in the beginnings of a pandemic, I decided that I should launch my podcast.  100 episodes on and here we are! 🎉 A LOT has changed in this time.  We've lived [and are living] through a pandemic, completely turned our idea of work upside down, questioned why we even need a workplace and battled so many more questions than we'd care to answer! Over the past 100 episodes this podcast ha...

I am taking a quick break for a couple of weeks and I wanted to share with you some of the listener favourites from the back catalogue. If you haven't had a chance to listen to this one previously, or you're new here, I hope you enjoy this one! I will be back with fresh new episodes in a couple of weeks! Our environments have a HUGE impact on how we feel. This is the whole business that I'm in, de...

I am taking a quick break for a couple of weeks and I wanted to share with you some of the listener favourites from the back catalogue. If you haven't had a chance to listen to this one previously, or you're new here, I hope you enjoy this one! I will be back with fresh new episodes in a couple of weeks! ------   A new year awaits us, and it's how we purposefully and intentionally step into that y...

I am taking a quick break for a couple of weeks and I wanted to share with you some of the listener favourites from the back catalogue. If you haven't had a chance to listen to this one previously, or you're new here, I hope you enjoy this one! I will be back with fresh new episodes in a couple of weeks!   ----- There has been a lot of conversation in the media of late about organisations handing...

Taking a future focused approach is a central part of the work that I do in guiding organisations in reimagining their next workplace.  Observing the current state, understanding the businesses strategic objectives , and then overlaying their brand and culture , we develop the blueprint for their workplace that will enable them to achieve their goals .   And where does this all start?  Typically,...

"We know that our workplace isn't working, but we don't know what to do to change it…"   This is one of the most common statements I'm hearing now when it comes to organisations starting their journey to rethinking how their workplace… works.   Organisations are wanting to understand how they can create a better experience of work for their people using their space. How they can create a place tha...

Maintaining connection in a hybrid world of work is no small task. Following periods of extended separation due to lockdowns during the pandemic, we are now navigating a new world of work where, with our increased flexibility of where we work, we are facing new challenges in staying connected and fuelling our sense of belonging.   My guest today is Tegan Davies, the General Manager and Head of Wel...

Have you ever noticed how sometimes you become so absorbed in what you are doing that you lose track of time?  That what you are doing feels so effortless, so easy that you can almost do it without thinking?  This is what it feels like to be working in flow .  To be working in your zone of genius, where you do what you do with absolute mastery.   In today's episode I'm sharing with you how you can...

Guiding your people through change successfully can be one of the most difficult things an organisation can do. I've seen how change can be done poorly, and often because of simply not knowing that engaging people through the process and onboarding them into a new space or to a new system, was needed to ensure its success.   People are creatures of habit and what we see happen is that old habits,...

Running a business with a newborn is no small task!  So, in today's episode, I'm sharing with you the intimate details of how I prepared my business, my team, my clients and myself, for this time ensuring we were set up for success.   With a new baby, you really are at their beck and call so being highly intentional with the finite amount of time that you do have, is so important to ensure that yo...

With organisations working hard to lure employees back into the workplace, this is the ideal time for us to take a fresh perspective on what it takes to elevate our workplace experience; by creating an environment that people choose to come to.     The role of the office has shifted from a place we needed to "go to work"; to a place that facilitates connection, collaboration, communication, and le...