Well at Work: Workplace Futures

― Well at Work

Workplace Futures "We don't subscribe to one solution for a remote, hybrid, dynamic or anchored work model but embrace that many ideas will need to be explored, vetted, and tweaked to arrive at strategies and solutions for our clients."

- JULIE' GAUTHIER, PERKINS AND WILL

We hope that you will find inspiration and take-aways that resonate Panelists Linzi Cassels Perkins and Will Kelly McEachern Perkins and Will Lina Murillo Perkins and Will Meena Krenek Perkins and Will Emily Klein Perkins and Will

Moderator Ami Robinson Perkins and Will Julie' Gauthier Perkins and Will

with you and your organization to help identify your unique "next normal" workplace.

Additional Information and Resources: Road Map to Return COVID 19 and Workplace Resilience Designing and Planning for Multiple Futures: What's next for Workplaces Return to Studio: Behind the Scenes with our US Based Studios The Future of Workplace: A Round-Up of International News Articles

PULSE: to learn more contact Kelly McEachern

Conceptual “Meeting Space” Project

"Adaptation of the workplace and flexibility of

Several studios are creating conceptual models

the user personas are crucial for success in an ever

to envision how workplaces can support an

evolving corporate landscape."

increasingly hybrid workforce. Meena Krenek,

- KELLY MCEACHERN AND LINA MURILLO, PERKINS AND WILL

Principal and Interior Design Director of our Los Angeles studio, has created three diagrams for this project: Pop-Up Meeting Space, Fluid Work Experience and Small Group Teaming. Each feature mobile furniture, privacy curtains, and screens for increased adaptability.

Future Dialogue: Road Map to Return in Practice "In the new world of work the city will become a network of major workplace hubs located centrally and at transit zones and in between we will see a proliferation of neighborhood work points, large and small, privately and publicly funded. It’s a large scale decentralization and redistribution of office space due to a significant amount of work happening locally. This is a game changer!"

- LINZI CASSELS, PERKINS AND WILL

The Office Is A Destination, Not A Default "Moving forward, we must rethink how the workplace is truly supporting individual’s workstyles, physical and mental well-being, while offering a high impact in-person experience.

Let’s think about what “work” really means for the intention of a businesses and/or organizations and implement a shift in mindsets to rethink space

“The Post-COVID Office: Preventing a Backslide to Old Norms and Attitudes about Working From Home” Building off of their previous article on managing the sudden shift to working from home, Lisa Pool and Emily Klein, Perkins and Will, provide guidance on how to manage our latest change to hybrid teams.

types that make the office a resource center and a destination for collaboration, meeting and socializing."

- MEENA KRENEK, PERKINS AND WILL