Workplace Geeks

The pandemic felt like a moment of reckoning for work. Almost overnight, organisations were forced to rethink where work happened, how it happened, and the relationship between employers and employees. Long-held assumptions that had survived for decades suddenly looked open to challenge. For a while, it felt as though everything was up for debate. But changing work has proved harder than many expe...

AI is rapidly moving from something we use to something we work alongside. As tools become more capable, more autonomous and increasingly embedded in our working lives, organisations face a fundamental question: if AI becomes our co-worker, what changes? In the opening episode of Season 5 of Workplace Geeks, Chris Moriarty is joined by author, speaker and technology strategist Dave Coplin to explo...

Five workplace leaders. Five completely different career journeys. One industry still trying to figure out what the future of work actually looks like. Recorded live at the NEC during Workplace Leaders Top 50 2026, this special episode of Workplace Geeks brings together conversations with some of the people shaping the modern workplace across technology, banking, FM and workplace experience. From...

💬 Take the survey 🗳️ Four seasons, 67 episodes, and countless workplace conversations later, we thought it was time to turn the microphone around. This isn’t a regular episode, but it's an important request, nonetheless. We’re running the first ever Workplace Geeks Listener Survey , and we’d love your input. Whether you’ve listened to every single episode, or only one (you heathen) your feed...

The Workplace Event’s Workplace Leaders Top 50 awards are now in their third year, and once again the Geeks were honoured to sit down with winners to hear their stories. Across this four-part mini-series, we’re asking each guest the same questions and then letting the conversation unfold, uncovering how they arrived in the workplace sector, what’s shaped their journey, and what advice they’d share...

We're back with a WORKTECH Events special, this time previewing one of our favourite workplace events of the year: WORKTECH London , taking place this year on 18 and 19 November 2025. We'll be on stage too, back by (surprisingly) popular demand with our 'Workplace Geeks Mock the Workplace Week' panel show. Yay! ✨ Workplace Geeks listeners - save 20% off tickets to both events...

The Workplace Event's Workplace Leaders Top 50 awards are in their third year, and the Geeks were honoured, once again, to speak to the winners. Each of this year’s four special episodes feature small but perfectly formed chats with four winners. We start with the same questions for each guest and then see where the conversation takes us, learning about their career, how they got into the wor...

Back at London ExCeL for another two-day special, the Workplace Geeks hit record from the heart of The Watercooler  and The Office  event , an event double-header focused on workplace wellbeing, culture, and space design. This year’s conversations dig even deeper. Chris and Ian bring you mini-interviews and reflections featuring fresh voices and provocative perspectives across workplace ESG strate...

After the two  event specials showcasing 2025's Workplace Leaders Top 50 winners, the Geeks are back in the studio with a guest who - with 40 years of professional practice under his belt - is practically part of the UK workplace lore. Author, consultant and workplace historian Dr Rob Harris returns to share insights from his latest book: A History of the Office and Office Work: From Castle t...

The Workplace Event's Workplace Leaders Top 50 awards are in their third year, and the Geeks were honoured to, once again, speak to the winners. Each of this year’s four special episodes feature small but perfectly formed chats with four winners. We start with the same questions for each guest and then see where the conversation takes us, learning about their career, how they got into the wor...

The Workplace Event's Workplace Leaders Top 50 awards are in their third year, and the Geeks were honoured to, once again, speak to the winners. Each of this year’s four special episodes feature small but perfectly formed chats with four winners. We ask each guest the same questions to learn about their career, how they got into the workplace sector, how it's changed, what it could do be...

We're back with another WORKTECH Events special, this time previewing not one, but two brilliant upcoming October 2025 conferences: WORKTECH25 New York and  San Francisco . ✨ Workplace Geeks listeners - save 20% off tickets to both events using code GEEKS2025 at checkout! 🎟️ WORKTECH Events bring together the brightest minds in work, workplace, technology and innovation across a global calen...

Following a cracking chat with MillerKnoll's Ryan Anderson in the last episode, this time the Geeks sit down with Mark Catchlove , genuine workplace gentleman and Director of Insight at MillerKnoll , for a fascinating dive into the work and legacy of Robert Propst — Herman Miller’s pioneering Director of Research during the 1960s. Design polymath Propst’s seminal 1968 book, The office: A faci...

Four episodes in and the Geeks are cooking on gas! For this one, we're joined by the wise and insanely amiable Ryan Anderson , VP of Global Research and Planning at workplace furniture giant MillerKnoll , home of Herman Miller, Knoll, and a host of other iconic design brands. Ryan has lived and breathed workplace for over three decades in a wide range of roles. It's no surprise then that...

Three episodes into season four and we're deep into important territory. In this episode the Geeks sit down with internationally renowned designer, researcher, and workplace changemaker Kay Sargent , director of thought leadership and interiors at global architecture firm HOK . Kay has spent the past eight years co-ordinating a major research initiative, culminating in a brand new book, Desig...

We've only just got cracking with season 4, and we’re already taking an unusual turn. In this episode, the Geeks enjoy their first ever workplace poety takeover with the brilliant, wise and genuinely witty author and poet Matt Harvey , self-proclaimed enemy of all that's upsetting. From the psychological contracts of workplace perks, to the creeping control of mobile devices, and waterco...

The Workplace Geeks are back, and we're kicking off Series 4 with two heavyweights of the workplace world: Jeremy Myerson and Philip Ross , co-authors of Unworking: The Reinvention of the Modern Office – their fourth collaboration, and their most provocative yet. From their first book, The Creative Office, to the now globally established Worktech Academy and Events community, Jeremy and Phili...

In our very first Workplace Geeks investigation™️ deep dive, Ian sets out to explore a question that's been on his mind: 🔎 Is biophilic design just good design — or something we need to intentionally spotlight because of its unique importance? To find out, he heads to the UK’s first ever Biophilic Design Conference , held at the iconic Barbican in London — a venue that raises some interestin...

The Workplace Event's Workplace Leaders Top 50 awards are in their second year, and the Geeks were honoured to be invited to speak to the winners. Each of these special episodes usually features small but perfectly formed chats with three winners... but this time we've gone one better! We thought we'd drop a fifth episode to entertain, inspire and illuminate during the cold dingy UK...

In this final episode of series 3, Chris and Ian are joined by first ever guest Kursty Groves to talk about her new book ' Workspace made easy ' co-authored with Neil Usher . Kursty is an author, workplace innovation consultant, founder of Shape, and adjunct professor at IE University. Neil is also an author, currently the VP for Places at SAGE, formerly Workplace Director of the award-w...

The Workplace Event's Workplace Leaders Top 50 awards are in their second year, and the Geeks were honoured to be invited to speak to the winners. Each of these special episodes will feature small but perfectly formed chats with three winners. In this fourth episode we turn from facilites management to the broader context of workplace strategy, change and experience. We're in conversatio...

In this, the 50th Workplace Geeks episode (woot woot 🎺) Chris and Ian are joined by Gemma Dale and Hannah Wilson from Liverpool John Moores University to discuss their recent paper from the International Journal of Workplace Health Management called “ What is healthy hybrid work? Exploring employee perceptions on well-being and hybrid work arrangements ”, co-authored with IFMA’s new Director of R...

The Workplace Event's Workplace Leaders Top 50 awards are in their second year, and the Geeks were honoured to be invited to speak to the winners. Each of these special episodes will feature small but perfectly formed chats with three winners🏅 In this third episode we're in conversation with Nicola Morris (ISS), Alistair Scott (IEM) and Steph Welch (Arup). The overarching theme of all t...

The Workplace Geeks are back with another WORKTECH Events special, and this time it's a PREVIEW of the forthcoming WORKTECH24 London Special Edition three-day extravaganza! As part of Unwired Ventures, WORKTECH Events is a global conference series exploring work, workplace, technology and innovation, with an annual roster of events from LA to Auckland. This episode features three conversatios...

Chris and Ian are joined by postdoc researcher Jana Retkowski and associate professor Ella Hafermalz , both from the KIN Center for Digital Innovation at VU Amsterdam, to discuss ‘Managing a ChatGPT-empowered workforce: Understanding its affordances and side effects’, co-written with professor Marleen Huysman . Hot off the press this autumn as part of a FREE special edition of Business Horizons, ‘...