Allsteel Inc. is a Gold Sponsor of Workplace Evolutionaries (WE), a forward-thinking community of practice within the International Facility Management Association (IFMA), through 2018. Founded in 1980, IFMA is the world’s largest and most widely recognized global association for facility management professionals, with 24,000 members in more than 100 countries.
The WE community focuses on changes in today’s workplace and ways to influence the direction those changes take. Established in 2012, WE has more than 1,100 members worldwide, including facilities and IT managers; architects; designers; office furniture,HR and technology experts; environmental psychologists and academics. WE createsinteractive learning and networking events, including webinars on current topics, seminars at IFMA’s Facility Fusion and World Workplace conferences, and original research projects.
Eric D. Johnson, senior workplace advisor at Allsteel, launched the year-long Gold Sponsorship by moderating two WE sessions on “Future Proofing & Strategy” at the recent IFMA World Workplace Conference & Expo in Houston, Texas. “Allsteel’s Gold Sponsorship of WE reflects our belief in the organization’s mission,” Johnson said. “We fully support their aims to stimulate workplace innovation, empower people to create, lead, and implement workplace transformation, and influence the evolution of the workplace through research beyond our industry.”