The workplace has a well-earned reputation for being a hive of distraction and stress. It doesn’t have to be this way. What would our employee experience be like if we rethought it from the standpoint of eudaemonia, the ancient Greek concept of deep personal flourishing? This isn’t utopian thinking anymore. The pandemic ruptured the inertia of the old, open office and we suddenly find ourselves with the opportunity to take a great leap forward. In this session, David will share what eudaimonia is and how humans go about getting it.

Google's Real Estate and Workplace Services (“REWs”) team designs and manages Google's global real estate portfolio, creating places, services and experiences that support wellbeing, fuel performance, and enable Google to thrive. With a focus on people, these efforts create long-term cultural, social and environmental value, bringing "the Google magic" to our work environments and experiences through inventive design that visually expresses Google, a city, a local culture or a building with unique stories.

Manufacturing and hardtech innovation center, mHUB opened its doors in Chicago 7 years ago, with a vision to create a traditional incubator for people making things. The accelerator has since supported more over 500 start-ups, 200 manufacturers, been awarded around 450 patents, and helped to create roughly 4,000 jobs. With the recently announced acquisition and build-out of a historic manufacturing facility within Chicago’s Kinzie Industrial Corridor on the city’s Near West Side, this session explores mHUB’s journey and expansion plans to help incubate, accelerate and support more start-ups.

This session explores how best to create optimal environments for employees to do their work, examining how cross-functional and human-centred approaches can be leveraged to make the office and greater workplace ecosystem more purposeful. How do we measure what is great? How do we successfully work across functional real estate, human resources (HR) and information technology (IT) to deliver it?

While leaders don’t agree on everything, they all agree that the success of their businesses depend on their ability to make smart, informed workplace decisions backed by data. Learn the latest ways organizations are using data to confidently anticipate workspace needs, reallocate precious operational spend, and measure the success of in-office policies.

While organizations have good intentions when rolling out the latest workspace or technology, we tend to implement a solution that we think is best for the employee and in many instances, we get frustrated when they are not using our solutions as we intended. In this session, Jeff will demonstrate the power of the journey map and how it naturally leads us to solutions that are right for the company and employee, providing practical examples of leveraging the employee experience and personas.

In the age of the “anywhere office”, technology will play a more vital role than ever. It is now crucial for businesses to leverage data to understand how people are using workspaces and implement technologies that will keep teams connected, organized, safe and ultimately enhance their experience and productivity. Our expert panel will share how some of the largest and most innovative global companies revolutionize how they use technology to improve their workplace ecosystems and attract and retain talent.

As leaders look at how to get employees back in the office, this presentation will show how combining strategy and technology can empower leaders to influence employee behavior and measure the impact of their policies against workplace performance.

Managing across lines of difference is a well-known 21st century skillset, but the need to cultivate a sense of belonging in a remote and hybrid context is an unexpected development for many leaders. How do you deliver timely feedback without the benefit of proximity? How do you include voices and perspectives that aren’t in the office? And how do you provide support for colleagues that are struggling when they don’t tell you what they need? In this conversation, we’ll discuss how effective leaders are adapting to the changing landscape of work.

Riding the waves of a rapidly changing world requires anchoring into principles that stand the test of time. In this light-hearted and interactive talk about aiming for better balance across organisations and industries, Kelly explores why continuing to lean more into feminine principles could be what allows us to achieve that balance, and stay healthier in the long term as a result.