SmithGroupJJR hosted a packed audience for the Chicago Workplace Evolutionaries (WE)Hub on January 31. Moderated by Kate North, managing director of workplace innovation at Colliers, the panel included Gaylene Domer, vice president of facilities management; Alex Denja, chief operating officer of the National Equity Fund (NEF); and a special bonus video from NEF’s visionary CEO, Joe Hagen who could not attend in person. The panel produced ample food for thought and created a robust discussion filled with new insights.
Benjamin Cordani, director of human resources at Caterpillar Global Mining and Arnold Levin, principal workplace strategies at SmithGroupJJR offered insights from their work in the planning and design of a new facility that will bring together three business units in Tuscon, Arizona.
Shona O’Dea, building performance analyst at DLR Group provided an overview of how sustainability programs that improve the workplace can drive higher performing spaces and the metrics they use to ensure compliance goals are met.
Kay Wulf, principal and workplace studio leader from SmithGroupJJR rounded out the discussion with details of SmithGroupJJR’s Chicago office post-occupancy indoor positioning study. They are using their workspace as a learning lab to collect and analyze how the space is performing and supporting their business.