About Place

Rebecca Sistruck, a leader at architecture and planning firm Little, helps organizations navigate transformation with confidence. In this episode, we examine the high-impact space where design, change readiness, and business objectives converge, and the role that inclusivity, social equity, and psychological safety play in the mix. Host: news.millerknoll.com/Ryan-Anderson linkedin.com/in/ryaningr/ For more About Place, visit: millerknoll.com/ideas-in-action/about-place-podcast Connect with MillerKnoll: Instagram: instagram.com/millerknoll/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/millerknoll/

Workplace strategist Ben Lancaster approaches workplace design like an architect, starting with a holistic vision for the space and the human experience it should support before focusing on business objectives. In this episode, we unpack how organizations gather insights, bring the right people together, and create workplaces that draw people in rather than require them to show up. HOSTRyan Andersonnews.millerknoll.com/Ryan-Andersonlinkedin.com/in/ryaningr/ FOR MORE ABOUT PLACE, VISITmillerknoll.com/ideas-in-action/about-place-podcast CONNECT WITH MILLERKNOLLInstagram: instagram.com/millerknoll/LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/millerknoll/

With IIDA’s new future forecasting team, Mark Bryan is working on a rewarding project: detecting trends, challenges, and opportunities in the factors shaping interior design and the built environment. He joins us to discuss the superpower of continuity management, holding AI accountable, the groundbreaking materials that are intelligently shaping spaces, and much more. Recommended reading and resources: Tunable stiffness/metamaterials (link) Materials that signal damage (link) AI and the emerging two-speed workforce (link) Data centers heating cities (link) The expanding role of the home (link) IIDA Futures Readiness Index (link) IIDA Certified Design Futurist (link) Host: news.millerknoll.com/Ryan-Anderson linkedin.com/in/ryaningr/ For more About Place, visit: millerknoll.com/ideas-in-action/about-place-podcast Connect with MillerKnoll: Instagram: instagram.com/millerknoll/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/millerknoll/

At Cloudflare, Caroline Quick, VP and Head of Global Real Estate and Workplace, is building a workplace culture that embraces change, learns from the unexpected, and strengthens connection wherever work happens. Listen in as she discusses lessons from AI-native talent, how belonging is cultivated across teams, continents, and age groups, and why culture grows strongest when people are empowered to shape the spaces where they work. Host:news.millerknoll.com/Ryan-Andersonlinkedin.com/in/ryaningr/ For more About Place, visit:millerknoll.com/ideas-in-action/about-place-podcast Connect with MillerKnoll:Instagram: Instagram.com/millerknoll/LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/millerknoll/

Our final episode of season 5 dives into key takeaways from this season, starting with a lesson about amenity-rich workplaces, and ending with an important question: How is AI impacting human interactions at work, and how must workplace design adapt? Host: news.millerknoll.com/Ryan-Anderson linkedin.com/in/ryaningr/ For more About Place, visit: millerknoll.com/ideas-in-action/about-place-podcast Connect with MillerKnoll: Instagram: instagram.com/millerknoll/ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/millerknoll/