S5 E1: The purpose of place making, featuring Cheryl Durst

To engineer, designer, and executive John Maeda, the future of AI looks optimistic. From improving design workflows to elevating memory augmentation, thoughtful applications of AI are helping people do what they do best at work and beyond. In this episode, we dive into all things AI and explore novel use cases that will affect our work and places of work in the future.    Guest: instagram.com/johnmaeda/ maedastudio.com linkedin.com/in/johnmaeda/   Host: news.millerknoll.com/Ryan-Anderson   For more About Place, visit: millerknoll.com/ideas-in-action/about-place-podcast    Connect with MillerKnoll: Instagram: instagram.com/millerknoll/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/millerknoll/

As more business leaders recognize design as a core business strategy, the designers they work with have become strategic collaborators and deep experts in every facet of their organization. In this episode, Cheryl Durst, Executive VP and CEO of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA), unpacks today’s multi-faceted notion of the term “designer,” and how these place makers can help organizations unlock the value of their workplace.    Guest: iida.org/board-member/cheryl-s-durst-hon-fiida   Host: news.millerknoll.com/Ryan-Anderson   For more About Place, visit: millerknoll.com/ideas-in-action/about-place-podcast    Connect with MillerKnoll: Instagram: instagram.com/millerknoll/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/millerknoll/

The workplace is more than a destination for work to get done. It’s an experience that should evoke the natural comfort that enables people to work their best and have meaningful experiences. Our guests at Design Days share their thoughts on this changing template for office design.   Guests: Laura Beth Mertz: pdrcorp.com/about-us/our-team/designarchitecture-team/laura-beth-mertz Brady Mick: linkedin.com/in/brady-mick Rex Miller: rexmiller.com Derrell Jackson: linkedin.com/in/derrell-jackson Keiji Takeuchi: keijitakeuchi.com/   Host: https://news.millerknoll.com/Ryan-Anderson   For more About Place, visit: millerknoll.com/ideas-in-action/about-place-podcast    Connect with MillerKnoll: Instagram: instagram.com/millerknoll/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/millerknoll/

At MillerKnoll, VP of Interiors Chris Leong designs spaces that put our research and insights on the workplace into practice. Listen in as he joins us from the new MillerKnoll workplace to discuss its design, differentiators for the well-planned workplace, and why architecture should be a little... strange.   Guest: news.millerknoll.com/Chris-Leong   Host: https://news.millerknoll.com/Ryan-Anderson   For more About Place, visit: millerknoll.com/ideas-in-action/about-place-podcast    Connect with MillerKnoll: Instagram: instagram.com/millerknoll/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/millerknoll/

For more than three decades, Colebrook Bosson Saunders has been creating award-winning ergonomic tools that seamlessly connect people and technology at the office and beyond. In this episode, ergonomics and workplace design expert Steven Souter dives in to the three facets of ergonomics and the invaluable role that each plays in the places we work.    Guest: linkedin.com/in/stevensouter/colebrookbossonsaunders.com   Host:   linkedin.com/in/ryaningr/    For more About Place, visit: millerknoll.com/ideas-in-action/about-place-podcast    Connect with MillerKnoll: Instagram: instagram.com/millerknoll/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/millerknoll/  

At Design Days, we tapped guests with unique perspectives on the workplace to hear what’s exciting them about the future of office design. Listen in as we discuss what’s next for occupancy studies, the power of applied research, why people are coming to the office, and much more.   Guests: Dawn Hayne: asid.org Helia Taheri: arcadis.com  Rob Kirkbride: officeinsight.com John Michael: millerknoll.com  Mara Rasikas: heidrink.com  Julie Auvil: standard.com Colin Nourie: collectiveten.com/studio   Host: linkedin.com/in/ryaningr/    For more About Place, visit: millerknoll.com/ideas-in-action/about-place-podcast    Connect with MillerKnoll: Instagram: instagram.com/millerknoll/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/millerknoll/  

We kick things off with archivist Amy Auscherman in a conversation about the evolution of modernism and the ways it has shaped how we live and work. Hear little-known stories from early Herman Miller collaborators and about the indicators that Amy’s watching to gauge the future of workplace design.   Guest: instagram.com/acid_free/ millerknoll.com/about/archives   Host: linkedin.com/in/ryaningr/    For more About Place, visit: millerknoll.com/ideas-in-action/about-place-podcast    Connect with MillerKnoll: Instagram: instagram.com/millerknoll/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/millerknoll/

What better way to expand our insights from Season 4 than to share bonus episodes, including several conversations from the new MillerKnoll workplace during Design Days? Listen in as we talk to leaders in archives, A&D, CRE, and more to get closer to the burning question: What’s next for the workplace and what is design’s role?    Hosted by: Ryan Anderson, Vice President, Global Research & Planning, MillerKnoll     

Sociologists sounded the alarm on technology’s more negative effects on people and places many decades ago. In season 4’s final episode, we revisit the past to chart a new way forward for the workplace. Listen in to discover how space planning can rebalance our relationship with technology and prioritize human interactions to create workplaces where people want to be.     Host: linkedin.com/in/ryaningr/   For more About Place, visit: millerknoll.com/ideas-in-action/about-place-podcast   Connect with MillerKnoll: Instagram: instagram.com/millerknoll/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/millerknoll/

Innovation at work happens when we feel safe to fail, but how can we feel safer with our teammates in an era of distributed work? In this episode, sociological researcher Caitlin Begg and Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmonson deepen our understanding of psychological safety and discuss how spending more time together as teams can enable smarter risks and unlock innovation.   Guests: authsocial.com instagram.com/caityb/ hbs.edu instagram.com/amycedmondson/   Host: linkedin.com/in/ryaningr/   For more About Place, visit: millerknoll.com/ideas-in-action/about-place-podcast   Connect with MillerKnoll: Instagram: instagram.com/millerknoll/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/millerknoll/