Workplace Trends: People Centred Design

Philip Tidd, Gensler

With more than 20 years of experience in workplace consultancy, real estate advising, and design and urban strategy, Philip has worked with global organizations across mainland Europe to implement workplace programs attuned to the region’s many cultural and legislative variations. As a Consulting Practice Area Leader in Gensler’s London office, where he focuses on global clients and the EMEA region, Philip has also advised numerous European public-sector organizations on how enhanced work environments can lead to improved performance. Through his conference participation, articles and blogs, Philip regularly addresses how the rapidly changing nature of work impacts people, buildings and cities. An active member of CoreNet Global, The British Council of Offices and the Urban Land Institute, Philip serves as an Adjunct Professor of the Master of Workplace Design course at the IE School of Architecture in Madrid/London. He is an Architecture Graduate of the Royal College of Art in London.

Adrian Furnham, University College London

Adrian Furnham was educated at the London School of Economics where he obtained a distinction in an MSc Econ., and at Oxford University where he completed a doctorate (D.Phil) in 1981. He has subsequently earned a D.Sc (1991) and D.Litt (1995) degree. Previously a lecturer in Psychology at Pembroke College, Oxford, he has been Professor of Psychology at University College London since 1992. He has lectured widely abroad and held scholarships and visiting professorships at, amongst others, the University of New South Wales, the University of the West Indies, the University of Hong Kong and the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He has also been a Visiting Professor of Management at Henley Management College. He has recently been made Adjunct Professor of Management at the Norwegian School of Management (2009. He has written over 1000 scientific papers and 70 books. 

He is on the editorial board of a number of international journals, as well as the past elected President of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences. He is also a founder director of Applied Behavioural Research Associates (ABRA), a psychological consultancy. Like Noel Coward, he believes work is more fun than fun and considers himself to be a well-adjusted workaholic. He rides a bicycle to work (as he has always done) very early in the morning and does not have a mobile phone. Adrian enjoys writing popular articles, travelling to exotic countries, consulting on real-life problems, arguing at dinner parties and going to the theatre. He hopes never to retire.

Tania Barney, Sensoria

Tania Barney is a registered Occupational Therapist, with over 25 year’s clinical experience, spanning a range of work environments.  She is a specialist in Sensory Integration (how the brain processes sensory information) and its application to the workplace.  She is particularly interested in how this primal brain system can be used to improve productivity, performance and staff wellbeing.  Through her company, Sensoria, Tania provides sensory profiling, training and consultancy services with a focus on simple, effective, practical strategies, which are grounded in Neuroscience.

Craig Knight, IDR

Dr Craig Knight is a Chartered Psychologist, business change specialist and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Exeter. His PhD was in the psychology of working and living space. Published studies by Knight and colleagues consistently demonstrate that – compared to current best practise – the psychological application of design and management principles can improve well-being by up to 40% and productivity by up to 32%.

Craig is also Psychological Therapist and Counsellor. He is a member of the Health and Care Professions Council and of the British Society for Clinical and Academic Hypnosis.

Graeme Shaw, ZG Lighting

I spent all of my working life in lighting in one form or another. 8 years freelance rigger, operator and designer in theatre lighting covering mostly ballet and opera. 14 years in house theatre electrician, covering all aspects of design and implementation. 16 years with Zumtobelgroup. Now Technical Applications and Academy Manager for Northern Europe. I am responsible for the Technical Training and Applications knowledge base for all lighting brands. I have been part of the driving influence behind the growth of solid state lighting and lighting technologies within the company.

Andrew Mawson, Advanced Workplace Associates

Andrew leads AWA in it's quest to help leaders around the world 'Change the world..... of work'​. 

In his consulting work he has advised organisations in many sectors on their work and workplace transition programmes enabling them to realise the economic, social and productivity benefits linked to more agile models of work, place and organisation. These companies include Morgan Stanley, Microsoft, Invesco, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds of London and UNICEF, to name but a few. 

Andrew directs AWA's Workplace Performance Innovation Network (PIN) which supports forward thinking leaders in their quest to change the world...of work. In recent years the PIN has worked in partnership with the Amsterdam based Centre for Evidence based Management to undertake studies covering: Knowledge worker productivity, the management of the agile workforce and Cognitive fitness.

During 2013/2014 in partnership with his colleague, Dr Graham Jervis, he led a cross industry group in developing 'The Workplace Management Framework'​ an 'open standard'​ designed to provide a framework for excellence in the management of the workplace. www.wmframework.com 

Andrew has led AWA, the company he co-founded in 1991, through three recessions, the arrival of the internet and the mobile revolution. He has successfully steered the company it's service and people to their position in the market as an increasingly relevant enabler for change in the way people, organisations and leaders work. 

Nigel Oseland, Workplace Unlimited

Nigel is a workplace strategist, change manager, environmental psychologist and author with 10 years research and 15 years consulting experience. He helps occupiers redefine their workstyle to create space-efficient and cost-effective workplaces that enhance business performance.

Nigel specialises in strategic briefing and alternative working; he creates workplaces that improve collaboration, enhance creativity, respond to new organisational structures, and deliver maximum value. Through his career at DEGW, AMA Alexi Marmot Associates, Swanke Hayden Connell Architects and Johnson Controls, Nigel has worked with many corporate and public sector organisations developing their workplace strategies, standards and processes.

Read more on Nigel at www.workplaceunlimited.com

Mark Eltringham, Workplace Insight

Mark has worked in the office design and facilities management sector for over 20 years as a marketing professional, consultant, editor and writer. At the start of 2013, he launched Workplace Insight, an online publication that explores the relationships between commercial interior design, workplace management, technology, human resources, the wider business world and society. Insight is now the UK's most widely read publication in its field. 

Colin Stuart, Baker Stuart

I am a workplace consultant, specialising in workplace and occupational strategy and have been delivering award winning corporate environments for the last 20 years. I have an intrinsic knowledge of the drivers of corporate clients both in the public and private sector and how property can respond to those drivers in order to deliver maximum benefit to the business. A contributory author to two major publications on the workplace and project management, I have recently lectured at seminars and conferences on related subjects including public sector workplace transformation, the use of pre and post occupancy evaluation techniques to underpin business transformation and the need for the workplace to drive business innovation. 

I am particularly skilled in the management of the complex stakeholder relationships required to deliver organisational and workplace transformation projects.

Ian Ellison, Sheffield Hallam University

A workplace educator, researcher and specialist with eight years’ experience in a variety of increasingly senior Facilities Management roles, supported by a master’s degree and ongoing doctoral studies. Pragmatic and innovative, Ian has experience of both in-house and outsourced FM service delivery, and particularly the change management challenges encountered during TUPE transfer of employees.

Current research interests include workspace, its relationship with workplace, and why there still seem to be so few examples of genuinely inspiring, valued and successful workplaces, despite our wealth of claimed industry and design expertise. Why might this be?

Colin Macgadie, BDG architecture + design

I am Creative Director at BDG Architecture + Design. I am used to working with clients from the initial stages of research and development of brief, right through to the choice of materials and finishing of details, ensuring that every aspect of the final design reflects what an organisation does, and what it needs – both now and in the future. I have a proven track record working on complex projects, leading project teams in the development and design of a number of large workspaces for well known publishing, media and advertising agencies.

Luigi Galluzzo, MEC

Luigi Galluzzo is Head of Property and Facilities, and is leading the move and change programme for MEC's relocation to Sea Containers House. 

Su Butcher, Just Practising

Su Butcher trained in Architecture at the University of Liverpool and worked in affordable housing before becoming an academic and teacher of architecture students. She then managed three successful architects practices in London and the South East; culminating in five years with Barefoot & Gilles.
 
Su’s online networking began in 2004 and she has developed a reputation as the go-to person for people who want to work with architects online. She has been writing and speaking about social media in construction since 2009.
 
In 2011 her blog about architects JustPractising won the first Be2camp Award for Best AEC Social Media Blog, and in 2012 the ArchitectMap iPhone app (developed with Mark Schumann) won the Woobius/Building Centre Built Environment App of the year in the ‘Best Useful Tool or Guide’ category.
 
Su now spends her time consulting on social media strategy, talking to product manufacturers about how to sell to architects, and teaching anyone who wants to know how to use Linkedin, Twitter and Blogging to support their clients and get more business.