Moderator Jamie Moore of DPR Construction, Callison RTKL's Bonnie Toland, F5 Networks' Jay Phillips and CBRE's Ashley Branca
Workplace design has changed dramatically in the past decade with the rapid evolution of technology. According to the speakers at our Bisnow Seattle Workplace of the Future event, today’s employers must invest in a thoughtful office space if they hope to remain competitive and attract top talent.
No two companies are identical, the panelists agreed. An ideal workplace takes into account not only the desires of company leadership, but the individual needs of the employees that work there.
“As a designer, I’m usually given directives by leadership for what they envision. But I’m not really given a lot of time or access to the employees that I’m actually designing for,” CallisonRTKL interior designer Bonnie Toland said.“We need to look at what are our attitudes toward work and how has that been dehumanizing in the past and how can we make work a place that we want to go and makes us feel fully alive.”