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About Place

MillerKnoll
Workplace Design
Inclusive Design
Architecture
Hybrid Work
Interior Design
Americans With Disabilities Act
Harkin Institute
AI Adoption
Sustainability
Workplace Innovation
The Ledger
Millerknoll
Employee Engagement
Psychological Safety
Neuroaesthetics
Universal Design
Design Days
Healthcare Environments
Ergonomics
Menopause

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-i... more

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Throughout his career, Chris Kane has challenged conventional thinking around workplace strategy, urging leaders in real estate and workplace management to look beyond the building itself to create value. In this episode, he shares why the most effec... more

Throughout his decades of research and work in AI-enabled workplaces, Neil Usher has learned that the best workplaces help people maximize unexpected opportunities. In this episode, we dive into the appeal of “messy” distributed work, the value of br... more

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 ... more

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 organiza... more

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Chris Kane
Workplace and real estate leader, author, and former international real estate head at The Walt Disney Company
Episode: S6 E6: Value Beyond the Building, featuring Chris Kane
Neil Usher
Vice President of Places at Sage with 34 years of corporate real estate experience
Sage
Episode: S6 E5: Making space for the unexpected, featuring Neil Usher
Rebecca Sistruck
Director of Space and Change Strategy at Little
Little
Episode: S6 E4: Readiness, risk, and reward, featuring Rebecca Sistruck
Benjamin Lancaster
Global Workplace Strategist at PPG
PPG Industries
Episode: S6 E3: Reimagining second spaces, featuring Ben Lancaster
Mark Bryan
Chief Research and Strategy Officer at IIDA (International Interior Design Association)
IIDA
Episode: S6 E2: Forecasting the future of interior design, featuring Mark Bryan
Caroline Quick
Vice President and Head of Global Real Estate and Workplace at Cloudflare
Cloudflare
Episode: S6 E1: Energizing a culture of belonging, featuring Caroline Quick
Lindsay Wilson
President of Corgan
Corgan
Episode: S5 E9: Opportunities for engagement, featuring Lindsay Wilson
Ian Ellison
Co-founder of Audium and host of the Workplace Geeks podcast, with a background in facilities management and academic research.
Audium
Episode: S5 E8: AI and workplace discovery, featuring Ian Ellison and Chris Moriarty
Chris Moriarty
Co-founder of Audium and host of the Workplace Geeks podcast, with a background in marketing and workplace consultancy.
Audium
Episode: S5 E8: AI and workplace discovery, featuring Ian Ellison and Chris Moriarty

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Ryan Anderson
Vice President of Global Research and Planning at MillerKnoll; hosts discussions on how place shapes work and life, focusing on design-led workplace strategy.

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 53 ratings
  • Incredible Insights!

    Ryan has some incredibly profound ideas about the future of work, but he doesn’t share those ideas without the data to back him up. Looking Forward is educational, informative, and entertaining. Can’t wait for Season 3!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Dan1777999877
    United States4 years ago
  • Timely and insightful

    Herman Miller has a great reputation as a leader in shaping workplace trends, so it’s great to hear from them on how these past 18 months are reshaping what offices look and feel like. If the first episode is any indication, this is going to be a required weekly listening for me and my team.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Wozapomani
    United States5 years ago

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Guest lineup blends design, tech, and healthcare to cover diverse aspects of place and work.
Episodes stay timely, pairing insights with real-world workplace trends.
Production quality and host credibility shine through thoughtful, actionable conversations.
Content is data-driven and educational, with practical takeaways for teams.

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S6 E6: Value Beyond the Building, featuring Chris Kane
Q: If you're head of corporate real estate for an organization, you want to make some smart choices, knowing the complexity and ambiguity of what you just described, what to you are like the most practical steps for saying, well, we got to figure out what's right for this organization in terms of our own workplace strategy?
Kane advises leaders to make room for strategic thinking, anticipate different scenarios, and understand how their organization makes money, sells, and serves customers instead of focusing only on rent or utilization rates.
S6 E6: Value Beyond the Building, featuring Chris Kane
Q: What does experimentation and scenario planning look like, and how do you do it?
Kane says placemaking involves both design and ongoing operation, including curating and activating spaces. He recommends moving beyond transactional real estate decisions and creating places that support people and the wider organization.
S6 E5: Making space for the unexpected, featuring Neil Usher
Q: What are your thoughts on how technology, and specifically AI, might be affecting work or your thoughts on workplace?
Usher says that trust is central to relationships with both AI and other people. Workplaces can support trust by enabling interaction and by giving people choices, including spaces and routines that accommodate both a faster pace and time to slow down.
S6 E5: Making space for the unexpected, featuring Neil Usher
Q: What are your thoughts on the new era of workplace? Are we in one, and what's different now from when you did this before?
Usher says much of the workplace thinking that existed before COVID remains useful. Hybrid work is inherently variable, and the industry should build on proven practices instead of continually pursuing novelty.
S6 E4: Readiness, risk, and reward, featuring Rebecca Sistruck
Q: What does inclusive design mean to you and how do you go about it?
Sistruck describes inclusive design as rooted in psychological safety and designing for people of all backgrounds and life stages. She says workplace planning should support social equity and enable people to participate as themselves.

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Conversations center on how physical spaces influence work, wellbeing, and collaboration, with a strong emphasis on design thinking, human-centered environments, and the evolving role of place in modern organizations. Across episodes, guests range from architects and designers to healthcare innovators, tech leaders, and real estate strategists, all exploring how workplaces can foster creativity, connection, and productive teamwork in hybrid and AI-enabled contexts. Noteworthy traits include a clear focus on the intersection of design, technology, and organizational culture, and a propensity to bring practical, policy-aware insights to real-world work environments.

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4. Benjamin Lancaster
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7. Lindsay Wilson
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