About Place
MillerKnoll
Hosted by Ryan Anderson, VP of Global Research and Planning at MillerKnoll, About Place explores the evolving role of place in our lives, at work and beyond. Each episode features conversations with thought-leaders, designers, researchers, and more, all of whom bring expertise and understanding about how the places we create can positively impact how we work and live. Visit millerknoll.com/ideas-in-action for more.
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Sep 7, 2021 • 37min
Episode 2: Remote work for inclusivity and better living
This week, Ryan tackles remote work with one of the world’s foremost experts on the topic, Darren Murph. Darren is Head of Remote at GitLab, a DevOps platform that helps co-located, hybrid, and remote teams collaborate and build software. Darren shares lessons that GitLab has learned as a completely officeless company with more than 1,400 remote employees—including boundary-setting at the organizational level, balancing synchronous and asynchronous tools, and the benefits their people have enjoyed working remotely. For more MillerKnoll insights, visit millerknoll.com/ideas-in-action.
Aug 27, 2021 • 36min
Episode 1: Embracing a more flexible future
For our inaugural episode, Ryan welcomes Brian Elliott, Executive Leader of Future Forum, a consortium launched by Slack to help companies rethink work in our digital-first world. Topics include managing distributed teams, the effect of the pandemic on employee expectations—including the ripple effect those changing expectations are having on HR policy—and avoiding "false flexibility." For more MillerKnoll insights, visit millerknoll.com/ideas-in-action.
