“Everyone who is a leader of a company is trying to figure out how to unlock people’s potential,” said James Ludwig, vice president of global design for Steelcase. Ludwig joined Ralf Groene, general manager of device design at Microsoft, for a panel discussion ahead of the New York Times’ 2017 New Work Summit about how leaders can harness the creativity of their people and their organizations.
The moderated discussion sponsored by Steelcase took place on the same day Microsoft and Steelcase announced a new partnership to support creativity in the workplace. The two companies unveiled Creative Spaces — a collection of work spaces designed to foster creative thinking at work. Ludwig and Groene’s appearance was the first time the two companies publicly took questions about how they plan to work together.