WHY BOTHER WITH BUILDINGS
A PERSPECTIVE ON BUILDINGS + ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
3:30 - Registration and Appetizers
4:00 - 5:00pm - "Why Bother With Buildings"
8:00 - 8:30am - Registration and Breakfast
8:30 - 9:30am - "Why Bother With Buildings"
The world of corporate real estate is rapidly changing, due to major shifts in the social, environmental, technological and business landscape. Are you armed with the facts to make informed, strategic decisions?
One of the most difficult things for an organization to do is consciously change itself to meet change in the market. Every senior manager knows this. And literally billions of dollars are spent each year chasing change via consultants, training, restructuring, change management, culture work, internal branding, communication programs, etc.
In the end, getting people to behave in new ways is hard. So, what do we know about the role of how we live together at work, and the role of design in this conundrum?
Find out the answer to this question and more as Dave Lathrop, Director of Research and Strategy at Steelcase Inc., discusses emerging real estate trends (now, near, and far!) and how forward-thinking organizations are responding.
Dave Lathrop, Director of Research and Strategy for Steelcase, Inc., develops cross-disciplinary views on the future of work, workers, and workplaces. He creates experiences based on the idea of space as an organizational change tool.