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💡Sign up for the Workplace Geeks newsletter here 🤓Oh how we wish this was a full new episode for you... sadly not. But that's because we've been busy with Mitie, interviewing, writing, producing and hosting their brilliant new Science of Service podcast. It's our first proper narrative documentary style series - and we think a first for the FM sector - so we'd love to know what you think.Instead, Ian takes the opportunity to tell you what's coming soon, including some amazing interviews and discussions, and conference pods from Workplace Trends and WORKTECH23.We also signpost new listners to some fantastic past episodes from seasons 1 and 2 that showcase the diversity of workplace research, guests and discussions on the show, including Jack Nilles/the OG of homeworking (S1:E4), Harriet Shortt/photo elicitation (S1:E5), Gabriella Braun/workplace psychoanalysis (S2:E3), and Josh Artus/neurodiversity (S2:E5).So if you're a newbie to the Workplace Geeks community - welcome, we love you already. Please get involved. 😘And if you're a seasoned superfan - we love you just as much, and perhaps even a tiny bit more. Pick a favourite episode and share it on LinkedIn, explaing why. 🥰More comnig soon folks - for now, dive into Mitie's Science of Service. Hit Chris and Ian up and follow @WorkplaceGeeks on LinkedIn...and don't forget to use the hashtag #WorkplaceGeeks 💬🤩 Please rate, review and recommend the show to help us spread the Workplace Geeks word - thank you! 🙌🏼Workplace Geeks is sponsored by 2468 Group ☕️ and brought to you by Audiem⚡️Visit Mitie's Science of Service podcast, hosted by the Workplace Geeks

🎄🥳  Come to our Workplace Geeks festive bash on 5th December in London - sign up for to Workplace Geeks newsletter here for the invite link  🎉✨SynopsisIn this extra special bonus episode, Chris and Ian are joined by the original podcast ponderer, the inimitable and elusive Dr James Pinder, to look back on their most memorable topics and discussions from Workplace Geeks season two.All Workplace Geeks guests are equal - it goes without saying - but special props in this episode to Dr Dan Wakelin from HCG, Dr Ben Waber from Humanyze, Dr Kerstin Sailer from UCL, Gabriella Braun, Josh Artus from Centric Lab, and Sophe Schuller and Rachel Cassanova from Cushman & Wakefield. 🙌🏼Series 3 - coming 2023We'd love to hear from you... Who should we speak to in series three? What topics should we explore? Which workplace events should we be at? Drop us a line to hello@workplacegeeks.org or on LinkedIn. 💡 Use the chapter markers in your podcast player to jump to different sections of the episode easily! 🤓Learn more 🌱🧠A teaspoon of Henri Lefebvre's approach to spaceHalf a cup of Bill Hillier's legacy syntax legacyA quarter pound of Ben Waber's sociometric badges Hit Chris and Ian up and follow @WorkplaceGeeks on LinkedIn...and don't forget to use the hashtag #WorkplaceGeeks 💬🤩 Please rate, review and recommend the show to help us spread the Workplace Geeks word - thank you! 🙌🏼Workplace Geeks is sponsored by 2468 Group ☕️ and brought to you by Audiem⚡️Visit Mitie's Science of Service podcast, hosted by the Workplace Geeks For more info about how Audiem can help you get past the what and into the why of workplace experience, visit Audiem.io

SynopsisIn this final episode of the series, Chris and Ian are joined by… erm… Chris and Ian?!Let’s try that again. It’s the last show of season two, so in an exciting plot twist, Chris Moriarty and Ian Ellison hand the interviewer reins over to seasoned reflection section guest and friend of the show, the wonderful Esme Banks Marr. This is so they can dig deep into the ideas and theory behind their most recent conceptual paper ‘A new hope: A holistic framework for understanding workplace experience’, co-written with Dr James Pinder, and published summer 2022 in Corporate Real Estate Journal (volume 11, number 4).Esme steers the discussion from the power of language to influence our diverse understanding and experiences of workplace, through the theories underpinning the different but interlinked elements of the framework (namely people and culture, work locations and spaces, work technology and tools, and the resultant business performance impacts), and finally to its potential value and applications. There’s an obligatory visit to the Frank Duffy Appreciation Society along the way, a pithy explanation of ‘ontology’, and at least two explanations for why ‘A new hope’ is key to the title of the paper. Pay attention, young workplace grasshopper.👉🏼 Contact Ian Ellison or Chris Moriarty directly if you would like a copy of the paper - links below This episode is on the longer side, so in another surprise twist, the Geeks will be back for one last bonus episode very soon, featuring the elusive ponderer Dr James Pinder himself, to revisit their favourite discussions of the season. Subscribe so you don’t miss it when it drops.💡 Use the chapter markers in your podcast player to jump to different sections of the episode easily! 🤓Learn more 🌱🧠Corporate Real Estate Journal Volume 11(4)IN Magazine article exploring the new frameworkThe Workplace Mix as used by Audiem (scroll down)Audiem blogs focusing on key messages from the paperFrank Duffy interview transcript from Lives RetoldA bit more from Theory Hub on socio-technical theory Hit Chris and Ian up and follow @WorkplaceGeeks on LinkedIn...and don't forget to use the hashtag #WorkplaceGeeks 💬🤩 Please rate, review and recommend the show to help us spread the Workplace Geeks word - thank you! 🙌🏼Workplace Geeks is sponsored by 2468 Group ☕️ and brought to you by Audiem⚡️Visit Mitie's Science of Service podcast, hosted by the Workplace Geeks For more info about how Audiem can help you get past the what and into the why of workplace experience, visit Audiem.io

🌟 Turn uncertainty into opportunity in under five hours - CLICK HERE to reserve your place for Uncertainty Experts - October 2023 launch, using the code GEEKS for a 20% discount 🌟SynopsisChris and Ian are joined by Rachel Casanova and Sophie Schuller from global commercial real estate giant Cushman & Wakefield. Rachel is Senior Managing Director of Workplace Innovation based in the firm’s Midtown Manhattan office, and Sophie - alongside her ongoing PhD research at the Technical University of Eindhoven, Netherlands - heads up C&W's 'Living Lab' to research, in her own words, 'what really happens when we go to work'.The conversation revisits one of the pieces of work featured in part 1 of our Workplace Trends special (season 2, episode 9). We wanted to dig deeper into how they are using a technique called organisational network analysis (or ONA, for short) to 'reality mine' software use and workspace occupation data to measure the impact of ‘whether’, ‘how’ and ‘where’ we work together. Strong ties... weak ties... the role of the office? Trust us, it's revealing stuff!The Geeks are then joined by former guest Dr Dan Wakelin for the reflection section, and much discussion about doctoral floppy hats. Which are called 'velvet tams', incidentally...💡 Use the chapter markers in your podcast player to jump to different sections of the episode easily! 🤓Learn more 🌱🧠Living Lab research report > look for the LIVING LAB APPLIED RESEARCH box on the page, and click DOWNLOAD REPORTRachel on LinkedInSophie on LinkedInDr Dan Wakelin on LinkedIn Hit Chris and Ian up and follow @WorkplaceGeeks on LinkedIn...and don't forget to use the hashtag #WorkplaceGeeks 💬🤩 Please rate, review and recommend the show to help us spread the Workplace Geeks word - thank you! 🙌🏼Workplace Geeks is sponsored by 2468 Group ☕️ and brought to you by Audiem⚡️Visit Mitie's Science of Service podcast, hosted by the Workplace Geeks For more info about how Audiem can help you get past the what and into the why of workplace experience, visit Audiem.io

🌟 Turn uncertainty into opportunity in under five hours - CLICK HERE to reserve your place for Uncertainty Experts - October 2023 launch, using the code GEEKS for a 20% discount 🌟SynopsisChris and Ian are joined by Katherine Templar Lewis, co-creator of Uncertainty Experts, with Sam Conniff (Workplace Geeks guest on episode 8, back in series 1). Katherine is a cognitive scientist, a prolific science communicator, and is involved in all sorts of different projects and ventures, including her own Kinda Studios – a ‘neuroaesthetics studio’ which unities neuroscience with creative arts projects to explore the human experience.The conversation revisits the groundbreaking interactive documentary experience that is Uncertainty Experts, and digs deeper into both the neuroscience that lies behind it, alongside the challenges of measuring the impact of a project (or 'intervention', in social science terms) like this... and much more besides. This enlightening discussion was seriously fun (just like Uncertainty Experts itself, which both Chris and Ian have completed)... and to top it all off, we're joined once again by the one and only Esme Banks Marr from BVN for the reflection section.💡 Use the chapter markers in your podcast player to jump to different sections of the episode easily! 🤓Learn more 🌱🧠The report: Uncertain Times: a guide to transforming uncertainty into positive changeKatherine on LinkedIn🌟 RESERVE A PLACE on Uncertainty Experts using code GEEKS for 20% off🌟Turning fear of the unknown into superpowers talk at TEDxNewcastleKatherine's Kinda StudiosKatherine's own websiteEsme Banks Marr on LinkedIn Hit Chris and Ian up and follow @WorkplaceGeeks on LinkedIn...and don't forget to use the hashtag #WorkplaceGeeks 💬🤩 Please rate, review and recommend the show to help us spread the Workplace Geeks word - thank you! 🙌🏼Workplace Geeks is sponsored by 2468 Group ☕️ and brought to you by Audiem⚡️Visit Mitie's Science of Service podcast, hosted by the Workplace Geeks For more info about how Audiem can help you get past the what and into the why of workplace experience, visit Audiem.io

💡Use the chapter markers in your podcast player to jump to different sections of the episode easily! 🤓SynopsisChris and Ian are joined by Becky Turner from  Claremont Interiors, one of 2023's top 50 workplace leaders (as announced at The Workplace Event, April 2023) to discuss their recent industry research paper 'The Workplace Oooh!', and Becky's own role as organisational psychologist at a workspace design and build organisation like Claremont.The conversation considers the importance of six feelings in the workplace - feeling inspired, valued, connected, supported, included and proud - and explores the extent to which workspace can infludence employee feelings, beyond the arguably more typical function (use) and aesthetic (looks) design priorities.And as if that wasn't just amazing enough, Magenta Associate's Simon Iatrou is also back from Canada for a welcome return to the reflection section.🤩 Please rate, review and recommend the show to help us spread the Workplace Geeks word - thank you! 🙌🏼Learn more 🌱🧠Becky on LinkedInThe Workplace Oooh! research reportClaremont websiteLink to Magenta's communications paper referenced  in the reflection sectionSimon Iatrou on LinkedInMagenta Associates website Hit Chris and Ian up and follow @WorkplaceGeeks on LinkedIn...and don't forget to use the hashtag #WorkplaceGeeks 💬Workplace Geeks is sponsored by 2468 Group ☕️ and brought to you by Audiem⚡️Visit Mitie's Science of Service podcast, hosted by the Workplace Geeks For more info about how Audiem can help you get past the what and into the why of workplace experience, visit Audiem.io

🚨 To get 15% off  Workplace Trends tickets, use promo code GEEKS15 at the checkout 🥳In this second of a two part special, the Workplace Geeks get in amongst it at the Workplace Trends Research Summit, held in London this April. For many, the best UK conference on the workplace circuit, Workplace Trends attracts a diverse community of practitioners, designers, architects, psychologists... and even those people people from HR!This second episode features two very different pieces of research, showcasing just how diverse and fascinating Workplace Trends' content can be. Ian is back on the interview mic with Chris in the production hotseat, to explore the sessions from Jaime Blakeley-Glover (Orientate) and Dr Jonathan Rhodes (Imagery Coaching), alongside former guest of the show, the lovely Dr Harriet Shortt (UWE and Bibo). Chris and Ian also take the opportunity to chat with Maggie Procopi, founder of Workplace Trends, alongside compere (and former guest of the show) Nigel Oseland about what the conference is all about, what makes the events so special, and what's in store for this October.💡 Remember that you can use the chapter markers in your podcast player to jump to different sections of the episode easily! 🤓Learn more 🌱🧠Workplace TrendsJaime Blakeley-Glover and OrientateJonathan Rhodes and Imagery CoachingHarriet Shortt and UWE / BiboMore about Harriet's dens research, and also a blog about it here Hit Chris and Ian up and follow @WorkplaceGeeks on LinkedIn...and don't forget to use the hashtag #WorkplaceGeeks 💬Workplace Geeks is sponsored by 2468 Group ☕️ and brought to you by Audiem⚡️Visit Mitie's Science of Service podcast, hosted by the Workplace Geeks For more info about how Audiem can help you get past the what and into the why of workplace experience, visit Audiem.io

🚨 To get 15% off  Workplace Trends tickets, use promo code GEEKS15 at the checkout 🥳In this first of a two part special, the Workplace Geeks get in amongst it at the Workplace Trends Research Summit, held in London this April. Arguably the best UK conference on the workplace circuit, Workplace Trends attracts a diverse community of practitioners, designers, architects, psychologists... and even those people people from HR!This first episode features three research studies exploring hybrid working from different angles. Ian mans the interview mic and Chris channels his production skills to explore contributions from Lorna Landells (Remit Consulting), Kasia Maynard (Gensler Research Institute) and Sophie Schuller (Cushman & Wakefield), seamlessly blended with insights straight from the Workplace Trends stage. Workplace Geeks: always caring about your workplace education!💡 Remember that you can use the chapter markers in your podcast player to jump to different sections of the episode easily! 🤓Learn more 🌱🧠Workplace TrendsLorna Landells and Remit ConsultingRemit's return report (free sample available)Kasia Maynard and the Gensler Research InstituteGensler's UK Workplace SurveyGensler's Global Workplace Comparisons report:Gensler's Climate Action Through Design report Sophie Schuller, her own website, and Cushman & WakefieldRachel and Sophie's research presentation Hit Chris and Ian up and follow @WorkplaceGeeks on LinkedIn...and don't forget to use the hashtag #WorkplaceGeeks 💬Workplace Geeks is sponsored by 2468 Group ☕️ and brought to you by Audiem⚡️Visit Mitie's Science of Service podcast, hosted by the Workplace Geeks For more info about how Audiem can help you get past the what and into the why of workplace experience, visit Audiem.io

💡Use the chapter markers in your podcast player to jump to different sections of the episode easily! 🤓SynopsisChris and Ian are joined by Dr Dan Wakelin, director at workplace strategists HCG, for a fascinating chat about his doctoral thesis, 'Employee engagement in the post-Covid workplace'. The discussion explores both the topical content of Dan's research, and also the doctoral journey towards both his practical and theoretical 'contributions to knowledge'. Key theories about transgressions (from human geographer Tim Cresswell) and the production of space (from French Marxist philosopier, Henri Lefebvre) take the stage, as Chris and Ian learn how post-pandemic hybrid working affects the design intentions and lived experiences of 'activity based working'.So is Dan a heretic or a visionary? Join Chris, Ian and Dr Pinder in the reflection section to find out!🤩 Please rate, review and recommend the show to help us spread the Workplace Geeks word - thank you! 🙌🏼Learn more 🌱🧠Dan on LinkedInHCG websiteDan's readable articles about his research findings'A critical introduction to Henri Lefebvre' bookA nice short Workplace Insight article by Ian about Henri LefebvreTim Cresswell at The University of EdinburghTim Cresswell's book about transgressions etc. Hit Chris and Ian up and follow @WorkplaceGeeks on LinkedIn...and don't forget to use the hashtag #WorkplaceGeeks 💬Workplace Geeks is sponsored by 2468 Group ☕️ and brought to you by Audiem⚡️Visit Mitie's Science of Service podcast, hosted by the Workplace Geeks For more info about how Audiem can help you get past the what and into the why of workplace experience, visit Audiem.io

💡Use the chapter markers in your podcast player to jump to different sections of the episode easily! 🤓SynopsisChris and Ian are joined by Dr Ben Waber, co-founder and president of behavioural analytics firm Humanyze, and visiting scientist at (and alumni of) MIT Media Lab. The discussion explores how Humanyze combine wearable sensor analytics and organisational systems data to unlock performance improvements, and focuses on a specific research paper Ben co-authored in 2010 with Daniel Olguin, Taemie Kim, and Professor Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland, called ‘Productivty through coffee breaks: changing social networks by changing break structure’The episode demonstrates how new data collection and analytical approaches are at the frontier of better organisational decision making. Treating coffee breaks, hybrid working and other socio-technical workplace elements as management tools, coupled with an appetite to test, learn and change, can unlock dramatic organisational performance improvements.🤩 Please rate, review and recommend the show to help us spread the Workplace Geeks word - thank you! 🙌🏼Learn more 🌱🧠Ben on LinkedInBen on MastodonHumanyze websiteLink to coffee breaks paperLink to Ben’s first book, People Analytics (he literally wrote the book on it!) Professor Alex 'Sandy' PentlandMIT Media Lab websiteMIT Connection Science website Hit Chris and Ian up and follow @WorkplaceGeeks on LinkedIn...and don't forget to use the hashtag #WorkplaceGeeks 💬Workplace Geeks is sponsored by 2468 Group ☕️ and brought to you by Audiem⚡️Visit Mitie's Science of Service podcast, hosted by the Workplace Geeks For more info about how Audiem can help you get past the what and into the why of workplace experience, visit Audiem.io

💡Use the chapter markers in your podcast player to jump to different sections of the episode easily! 🤓SynopsisThe Workplace Geeks welcome back workplace health and wellbeing expert Dr Jo Yarker, Reader in Occupational Psychology at Birkbeck, University of London, and Managing Partner of Affinity Health at Work, for the second part of their deep dive into neurodiversity. Chris and Ian explore 'Physical Workplace Adjustments to Support Neurodivergent Workers: A Systematic Review' (2022) co-authored by Jo, with Clara Weber, Beate Krieger, Eunji Häne, and Almuth McDowall.The purpose of the paper was to explore and evaluate the evidence to date for workplace changes and their link to work-related longevity, performance, and health and well-being for neurodivergent workers. Using a systematic process, Jo and her colleagues essentially sort the wheat from the chaff to surface robust empirical evidence, rather than suggestions or claims. To wit - there isn't that much yet.To conclude our two-part journey to learn more about neurodiversity and the implications for work and workplace, the amazing Esme Banks Marr joins Chris and Ian to reflect on both this and the previous episode, featuring Josh Artus from Centric Lab.🤩 Please rate, review and recommend the show to help us spread the Workplace Geeks word - thank you! 🙌🏼Learn more 🌱🧠The physical workplace adjustments paper discussedAccess to work (UK government resource)Lexxic neurodiversity consultancyGenius Within neurodiversity consultancyJo on LinkedInJo's academic profile at Birkbeck, University of LondonJo's Affinity Health at Work consultancyThe Affinity Health resource libraryEsme Banks Marr on LinkedIn Hit Chris and Ian up and follow @WorkplaceGeeks on LinkedIn...and don't forget to use the hashtag #WorkplaceGeeks 💬Workplace Geeks is sponsored by 2468 Group ☕️ and brought to you by Audiem⚡️Visit Mitie's Science of Service podcast, hosted by the Workplace Geeks For more info about how Audiem can help you get past the what and into the why of workplace experience, visit Audiem.io

💡Use the chapter markers in your podcast player to jump to different sections of the episode easily! 🤓SynopsisChris and Ian are joined by Josh Artus, co-founder and director at Centric Lab, a research lab, which - in their own words - uses neuroscience and environmental data to identify how biological inequity contributes to poor health outcomes in neighbourhoods and peoples that have been racialised and marginalised. Centric Lab were the lead authors of a British Council for Offices report published May 2022, called 'Designing for Neurodiverity', and Josh and was a key part of both the research project and the output, supported by PLP Architecture.This episode is part 1 of a two episode focus on neurodiversity. In all honesty, whilst this is a hugely important topic, Chris and Ian weren't expecting such an inspiring and principled perspective, framing neurodiversity as a movement. Testament to Josh, Centric Lab and BCO for such an insightful report!No reflection section this week. Instead, the Geeks are joined by the uniquely wonderful Esme Banks Marr to talk about both this and part 2 (with Dr Jo Yarker) next time!🤩 Please rate, review and recommend the show to help us spread the Workplace Geeks word - thank you! 🙌🏼Learn more 🌱🧠Josh on LinkedInJosh on TwitterLink to BCO report 'Designing for Neurodiversity' (register to download)Report lead authors, Centric LabSupporting authors, PLP ArchitectureThe British Council for Offices: BCOEsme Banks Marr on LinkedIn Hit Chris and Ian up and follow @WorkplaceGeeks on LinkedIn...and don't forget to use the hashtag #WorkplaceGeeks 💬Workplace Geeks is sponsored by 2468 Group ☕️ and brought to you by Audiem⚡️Visit Mitie's Science of Service podcast, hosted by the Workplace Geeks For more info about how Audiem can help you get past the what and into the why of workplace experience, visit Audiem.io

💡Use the chapter markers in your podcast player to jump to different sections of the episode easily! 🤓SynopsisChris and Ian are joined by Dr Kerstin Sailer, Professor of the Sociology of Architecture at The Bartlett School, University College London, researcher, space syntax ninja, and co-founder of workspace science and design think tank Brainybirdz. Kerstin brings TWO papers to show (spoiler alert - long episode!) - 'Differential perceptions of teamwork, focused work and perceived productivity as an effect of desk characteristics within a workplace layout' (from 2021, co-authored with Petros Koutsolampros and Rosi Pachilova), and 'Providing care quality by design: a new measure to assess hospital ward layouts' (from 2020, co-authored by Rosi Pachilova).Put simply, both papers use a space syntax technique called isovists to explore the open plan of a major tech company, then the ward and corridor layouts of hospitals - and the findings challenge perceptions and existing 'best practice' ideas of two very different open plan working environments - with clear implications for workspace design. The Geeks are then joined all the way from Canada by the amazing Simon Iatrou for the reflection section, because James is on holiday (in Yorkshire, just for a change... 🙄)🤩 Please rate, review and recommend the show to help us spread the Workplace Geeks word - thank you! 🙌🏼Learn more 🌱🧠Kerstin on LinkedInKerstin on Mastodon (her preference to Twitter)Kerstin at The Bartlett School, UCLBrainybirdz websiteLink to office paperLink to healthcare paperLink to the prospect and refuge theory paper referenced in the reflection sectionSimon Iatrou on LinkedInMagenta Associates Hit Chris and Ian up and follow @WorkplaceGeeks on LinkedIn...and don't forget to use the hashtag #WorkplaceGeeks 💬Workplace Geeks is sponsored by 2468 Group ☕️ and brought to you by Audiem⚡️Visit Mitie's Science of Service podcast, hosted by the Workplace Geeks For more info about how Audiem can help you get past the what and into the why of workplace experience, visit Audiem.io

🤩 Please rate, review and recommend the show to help us spread the Workplace Geeks word! 📣SynopsisChris and Ian are joined by author, consultant and coach Gabriella Braun, to discuss her fascinating book, ‘All That We Are’, recently released in paperback. Gabriella specialises in psychoanalytic approaches and systems thinking to help people work better, together, and it was a real treat to have her on Workplace Geeks. The conversation explores not just the relevance and content of her book, but also the creative process and ethical considerations that underpin writing such an emotionally engaging and thought provoking read. The Geeks are then joined by friend of the show Esme Banks Marr for the reflection section, while James takes a well-earned day off (happy birthday Dr Pinder! 🥳)Learn more💡🤓Gabriella on LinkedInGabriella Braun author pageGabriella’s book ‘All That We Are’ Gabriella’s consultancy Working WellThe Tavistock Institute of Human RelationsThe Freud Museum in LondonEsme Banks Marr on LinkedIn Hit Chris and Ian up and follow @WorkplaceGeeks on LinkedIn...and don't forget to use the hashtag #WorkplaceGeeks 💬Workplace Geeks is sponsored by 2468 Group ☕️ and brought to you by Audiem⚡️Visit Mitie's Science of Service podcast, hosted by the Workplace Geeks For more info about how Audiem can help you get past the what and into the why of workplace experience, visit Audiem.io

🤩 Please rate, review and recommend the show to help us spread the Workplace Geeks word! 📣SynopsisChris and Ian are joined by workplace researcher, author, speaker and consultant, Dr Nigel Oseland, as he gets back to his environmental psychologist roots in his recent book, 'Beyond the Workplace Zoo: Humanising the Office'. Nigel is a trusted voice of the UK workplace and built environment community and regularly hosts the Workplace Trends event series - one of the most diverse and welcoming workplace conference series of the industry calendar. The discussion moves through environmental and evolutionary psychology, via anthropology and Dunbar's number, historical Bürolandscaft and Action Office workspace designs, towards Nigel's updated and refined proposition, the Landscaped Office.James then joins Chris and Ian for the reflection section, in which Ian attempts to bring an animated presentation about algorithmic AI workspace design to life through the medium of podcasting...Learn more💡🤓Nigel on LinkedInNigel's recent book Beyond the Workplace ZooNigel's consultancy Workplace UnlimitedWorkplace Trends event seriesA 2021 article by Robin Dunbar all about Dunbar's numberA recent article by Mark Eltringham on Workplace Insight all about Bürolandscaft office designEmail us with questions and feedback: hello@workplacegeeks.org Hit Chris and Ian up and follow @WorkplaceGeeks on LinkedIn...and don't forget to use the hashtag #WorkplaceGeeks 💬Workplace Geeks is sponsored by 2468 Group ☕️ and brought to you by Audiem⚡️Visit Mitie's Science of Service podcast, hosted by the Workplace Geeks For more info about how Audiem can help you get past the what and into the why of workplace experience, visit Audiem.io

🤩 Please rate, review and recommend the show to help us spread the Workplace Geeks word! 📣SynopsisThe Workplace Geeks are finally back 🥳 and to start the second series off with a bang, Chris and Ian are joined by Kate Lister, future of work general counsel, researcher, and President of Global Workplace Analytics. Kate focuses on a recent study in collaboration with Owl Labs, 'State of Remote Work 2022'. The report, in its 6th year, provides a platform for a much broader conversation about hybrid and remote working (spoiler alert: terms which Kate hates by the way), Kate's invitation to speak during the pandemic to United States Congress about home-working, and GWA's long standing and freely available ROI and savings calculators. James returns following his blacksmithing course in the Peak District to a new discussion format - no more Pinder Ponder, get ready for the reflection section...Learn more💡🤓Kate on LinkedInKate's future of work business, Global Workplace AnalyticsGWA white paper resources, and various ROI calculatorsOwl Labs company websiteState of Remote Work 2022 reportAnd an article from us exploring workplace experienceEmail us with questions and feedback: hello@workplacegeeks.org Hit Chris and Ian up and follow @WorkplaceGeeks on LinkedIn... and don't forget to use the hashtag #WorkplaceGeeks 💬Workplace Geeks is sponsored by 2468 Group ☕️ and brought to you by Audiem⚡️Visit Mitie's Science of Service podcast, hosted by the Workplace Geeks For more info about how Audiem can help you get past the what and into the why of workplace experience, visit Audiem.io

🤩 Please rate, review and recommend the show to help us spread the Workplace Geeks word! 📣SynopsisIn this final episode before a short break (details in the outro folks!) Chris and Ian welcome the inimitable Perry Timms, HR's most influential thinker of 2022 (according to HR magazine, as voted by peers 🏆) Perry heads up PTHR, a B Corp-certified organisational design, performance and change consultancy that most definitely walks its talk, has written two books, and holds various academic positions. The discussion takes the report he wrote last year with Anna Hobson and Katy Stanley for HRZone as a starting point, and explores current and future themes for HR, workplace professionals and business more broadly. James is back for a PinderPonder™ double header, reflecting on Perry's contributions, alongside Rob Briner's from episode 13. Apparently the insights involve Princess Leia and Emperor Palpatine. 🚀TL;DLThe legacy of the pandemic's impact on work and workplace is the opportunity for a coalition between business leadership and workplace professionals. HR's role in this needs to be about focus on, adaptation to, and delivery of increasingly complex challenges, including establishing new performance baselines, developing team and leadership capabilities, and enhanced systems and practices that enable increasingly distributed and autonomous working. To achieve this though, workplace professionals need to honestly consider their confidence, capability and capacity - the limelight of coalition presents opportunities, but also raises performance expectations. Get this right and business can be better - for people, for performance, and for the planet.New and improved! 🥳 Use the CHAPTERS feature on your pod player for section timingsLearn more💡🤓Download the report from HRZonePerry on LinkedInPerry on TwitterPerry's consultancy business, PTHRHR magazine's most influential list 2022 B Corp and B LabEmail us with questions and feedback: hello@workplacegeeks.org Hit Chris and Ian up and follow @WorkplaceGeeks on LinkedIn... and don't forget to use the hashtag #WorkplaceGeeks 💬Workplace Geeks is sponsored by 2468 Group ☕️ and brought to you by Audiem⚡️Visit Mitie's Science of Service podcast, hosted by the Workplace Geeks For more info about how Audiem can help you get past the what and into the why of workplace experience, visit Audiem.io

🤩 Please rate, review and recommend the show to help us spread the Workplace Geeks word! 📣SynopsisIn this mahoosive episode 13 (whoops 😬) Chris and Ian welcome Rob Briner, Professor of Organisational Psychology at Queen Mary University of London, researcher, teacher, and darling of CIPD, to Workplace Geeks. Rob takes an inspiring, provocative and critical perspective, advocating 'evidence-based practice' to not only aid more robust organisational decision making, but also help us appreciate our fallacies and blindspots. After exploring the method itself, the discussion explores employee engagement, benchmarking (via absenteeism) and the future of work.  A Pinderless Ponder this week sadly, but Chris and Ian  do their best to cover.TL;DLEvidence-based practice is a method to consider the  quality and trustworthiness of multiple sources of information, through a structured approach, in order to make more informed decisions. It recognises and values the mutual inputs from our professional practice, organisational data, scientific research and stakeholder perspectives in a considered way. When applied to, for example, the notion of 'employee engagement', it challenges the validity of the premise on the grounds that it is ill-defined, conflated with other ideas and nothing new, ill-measured, poorly evidenced in terms of links to organisational performance, yet overly and mis-promoted. Ouch!New and improved! 🥳 Use the CHAPTERS feature on your pod player for section timingsLearn more💡🤓Rob's LinkedIn profileRob's own websiteCEBMa - the Centre for Evidence-Based ManagementThe basic principles of evidence-based practiceSome other great resources about evidence-based practiceThe (infamous) paper we discuss about employee engagement, plus some others from CIPD on the topicEmail us with questions and feedback: hello@workplacegeeks.org Hit Chris and Ian up on LinkedIn - don't forget to use the hashtag #WorkplaceGeeks 💬Workplace Geeks is sponsored by 2468 Group ☕️ and brought to you by Audiem⚡️Visit Mitie's Science of Service podcast, hosted by the Workplace Geeks For more info about how Audiem can help you get past the what and into the why of workplace experience, visit Audiem.io

🤩 Help us spread the Workplace Geeks word - remember to rate, review and recommend the show - thank you! 🥰SynopsisEpisode 12 welcomes workplace legend Alexi Marmot to Workplace Geeks. Amongst other things, Alexi is Professor Emeritus of Facility and Environment Management at the Bartlett, UCL; Professor of Architectural Science at University of Sydney; and Board Chair of AMA Alexi Marmot Associates. Chris, Ian and Alexi discuss 'Work on the Move 3' that she edited with Michael Schley, and in particular her own chapter on health and well-being at work. James is back from whittling for the PinderPonder™, which explores social construction, evidence-based practice and systems thinking. And a touch of blacksmithing.TL;DLBeginning with the premise of heath as a basic human right, lessons from the pandemic present an opportunity to rethink our work and workplaces with wellbeing in mid. 'Placefulness' presents an opportunity to recognise and multifaceted value of place in mindfulness terms. Similarly, 'well-working' can be used to recognise the allied role of workplace to our individual and collective well-being. By embracing these ideas and gathering compelling evidence to justify their value, we should strive to create 'workplaces worth the journey' - for the health of us, our organisations, and - perhaps most crucially - the planet.New and improved! 🥳 Use the CHAPTERS feature on your pod player for section timingsLearn more💡🤓Alexi's LinkedIn profileWork on the Move 3 edited by Alexi Marmot and Michael Schley The IFMA FoundationThe Guardian Long Read 'A tale of decay' (fascinating piece about the Houses of Parliament, referenced in the PinderPonder)Thinking in Systems by Donella Meadows (book referenced in the PinderPonder)Email us with questions and feedback: hello@workplacegeeks.org Hit Chris and Ian up on LinkedIn - don't forget to use the hashtag #WorkplaceGeeks 💬Workplace Geeks is sponsored by 2468 Group ☕️ and brought to you by Audiem⚡️Visit Mitie's Science of Service podcast, hosted by the Workplace Geeks For more info about how Audiem can help you get past the what and into the why of workplace experience, visit Audiem.io

🤩 Help us spread the Workplace Geeks word - remember to rate, review and recommend the show - thank you! 🥰SynopsisEpisode 11 welcomes workplace health and wellbeing expert Dr Jo Yarker, Reader in Occupational Psychology at Birkbeck, University of London, and Managing Partner of Affinity Health at Work. Chris, Ian and Jo explore her 2021 paper entitled 'Evaluation of a natural workspace intervention with active design features on movement, interaction and health',  co-authored with Fehmidah Munir et al, which evaluates an 'active workplace design' intervention case study. No James as he heads north of the border for more self-improvement, so instead the PinderPonder™ features a splendid guest appearance from the marvellous Esme Banks Marr. And whittling.TL;DLDifferent workplace experts are interested in different elements of workplace, so it follows that workplace change projects featuring interdisciplinary teams can yield innovative methods and diverse insights. In this study evaluating an organisation moving into a new workspace designed with 'active design features', a range of qualitative and quantitative methods - including individual activity tracking - found that the move led to both individual and organisational benefits.New and improved! 🥳 Use the CHAPTERS feature on your pod player for section timingsLearn more💡🤓The pre-published version of the paper (i.e. not behind a journal paywall)Jo's academic profile at Birkbeck, University of LondonJo's Affinity Health at Work consultancy businessThe Affinity resource library that Ian mentioned in the introEmail us with questions and feedback: hello@workplacegeeks.org Hit Chris and Ian up on LinkedIn - don't forget to use the hashtag #WorkplaceGeeks 💬Workplace Geeks is sponsored by 2468 Group ☕️ and brought to you by Audiem⚡️Visit Mitie's Science of Service podcast, hosted by the Workplace Geeks For more info about how Audiem can help you get past the what and into the why of workplace experience, visit Audiem.io