In this episode of What the F* is Happening to the Office?, Bob Fox sits down with Becca Landwehr, a strategic planner and workplace strategist, to discuss how offices can adapt to the realities of modern work. Work happens on […]
The Workplace Supply Chain: The Hidden Business Behind Every Office
In this episode of What the F* is Happening to the Office?, Bob Fox sits down with Beth Goff-McMillan, CEO of SKG, one of the largest woman-owned businesses in Texas, and founder of FOLIO, to go past the return-to-office debate […]
Nature Inside: What the Best Workplaces Already Know
In this episode, Bill Browning and Catie Ryan make the case that biophilic design and biophilia in the workplace are no longer optional extras but essential workplace strategy for anyone serious about the future of work. From fractal lighting and […]
It’s a Time Problem: How AI Could Save Apprenticeship in Design
In this episode, Bob Fox sits down with Valerie Trent, a licensed designer (NCIDQ, LEED AP ID+C) who spent about a decade practicing before starting a technology company. She realized firms were burning most of their hours on documentation — […]
Why Open Offices Fail — and What Actually Works
A consulting firm spent 18 months designing the perfect workspace. Six months after move-in, they tore it out. That one moment launched Adam Morgan on a mission to rethink everything about how offices get built — and why most of […]
The Science Behind Thermostat Wars
In this episode, Bob Fox talks with Dr. Nicola Garrett, Ph. D. a thermophysiologist at Gentherm and one of roughly 300 people in the world who study this for a living. Nicola’s background is in human performance, soldiers in extreme […]
Engagement Does Not Drive Revenue – So What Does?
In this episode, Bob Fox talks with Dr. Yasmeen Coning, founder of Ember, about why engagement, the metric most companies lean on, may be too sentiment-driven to actually predict revenue, retention, or performance. The real driver, she argues, is something […]
Combating Loneliness in the Workplace
In this episode of What the F* is Happening to the Office?, Bob Fox, sits down with sociologist and Steelcase VP of Workplace Insights Dr. Tracy Brower, Phd to explore how convenience, technology, and even AI may be quietly reducing […]
Your Office Was Built for the Wrong Work
What if the biggest threat to your organization’s performance isn’t your people — it’s the space you put them in? Rebecca Swanner is a workplace sector leader at HED, and she and her team have been not just asking how […]
How Collaboration Drives Organizational Performance
In this conversation, Bob Fox talks with MIT Media Lab lecturer and researcher Ben Waber about what collaboration really is and why most organizations misunderstand it. Ben explains that collaboration is not just what happens in meetings or teamwork, but […]