Derek Newberry is Head of Organization and Culture Design at co:collective and co-author of the book “The Culture Puzzle: Harnessing the Forces That Drive Your Organization's Success” which offers a proven model for identifying and leveraging the essential elements of any culture. Mike Petrusky asks Derek about his passion for helping organizations thrive by defining their core purpose, strategic vision, and cultural values while they explore the role of the workplace in 2024. They discuss the challenges of disconnection and fragmentation inside organizations and wonder if in-person office exp ..read more

Wayne Liko is Managing Partner for Real Property Solutions at Horizant where he prioritizes meaningful connections with people like you while delivering cutting-edge solutions for the modern workplace. Mike Petrusky asks Wayne about using data to prepare your office for the new world of work. The return to office was only step one in today’s constantly evolving work culture. Now, companies must look to data to drive their decisions about how they evolve their spaces and support their employees. Mike and Wayne discuss how enterprise IWMS feeds into RTO and how this technology can help companies ..read more

Craig Wiseman is Senior Program Manager for Salesforce Sydney Tower where he is passionate about wellness, sustainability, corporate social responsibility and smooth project to operational transition. Mike Petrusky asks Craig about his experiences on this remarkable project, his career journey, and his perspectives about the future of work and the workplace. Craig shares his views on the role of offices and the confusion between collaboration and interaction as marked by society’s current focus on individuality instead of teamwork. While Mike and Craig agree about the value of flexibility and ..read more

Kate Lister is President at Global Workplace Analytics where she is passionate about helping employers develop, deploy, and measure the results of remote and hybrid workplace strategies. Mike Petrusky invited Kate to join him on the show just days after returning from Denver, CO where they both took part in “The Big Debate: Which way should the pendulum swing?” with the Workplace Evolutionaries community. They agreed to take a more thoughtful, nuanced approach when discussing the impact of remote work and acknowledged that the problem facing companies is NOT a binary one and there is no one-si ..read more

Melissa Marsh is Founder & Executive Director of PLASTARC where she is a passionate practitioner of Workplace Strategy and a leader in Change Management services. Mike Petrusky asks Melissa about her latest thoughts on the challenges facing leaders as they navigate the new frontier of work and the workplace where creativity may be suffering due to decreased human interaction and engagement. They explore opportunities for innovation by seeking alternative workplace solutions, while pursuing the integration of physical and virtual work practices. Mike and Melissa agree that hybrid work polic ..read more

Leonie M. Hicks is a Workplace Strategy & Change Consultant at Unispace where she is passionate about delivering human-centered change management, design and workplace experience strategies. Recorded in Melbourne, Australia, Mike Petrusky asks Leonie about her corporate real estate journey and the ways she helps organizations with innovative change and engagement strategies that bring out the best in their people. They explore the challenges faced by facility management and workplace leaders as they try to balance the needs of the workforce with required business outcomes and offer a strat ..read more

Joshua Berry is the Co-founder and Managing Director of Econic, an innovation, transformation, and strategy consulting company and the author of “Dare to Be Naive: Unleash Ripples of Impact in Life and Business”. Mike Petrusky asks Joshua about the world of work and the workplace while exploring how leaders can take informed, impactful action to be a force for good in light of rapidly changing workforce and consumer expectations. They discuss the paradoxes of the workplace and offer practical advice for facility management and corporate real estate professionals as they navigate the future of ..read more

Dr. Marie Puybaraud is Global Head of Research at JLL, Christa Dodoo, CFM, CIWFM, FMP, CMQ-OE is Workplace Change Manager at the UN WFP and Marc Weigum, MBA, MSRE is Director, Real Estate & Workplace Technology at Twilio. In January 2023, Mike Petrusky hosted a “Workplace Predictions Roundtable” where these panelists offered their insights and experiences related to the top five worktech trends to watch for the New Year and beyond. They questioned which hybrid policies will stick, asked what in-person policies need to be formalized and what is the new role of data in the built environment ..read more

Emily Klein is a Workplace Strategist and member of the Center for the Transformation of Work while Meryl Rosenthal is CEO and Co-Founder of FlexPaths, LLC. In December 2022, Mike Petrusky hosted a live webinar called “Women and Workplace Challenges: Solving the Post-Pandemic Departure” where he and his guests discussed putting women on a path to success in the post-pandemic workplace world. Mike asks Emily and Meryl to draw on their years of industry experience to comment on the impact of corporate cultures, hybrid working uncertainties, and the lack of work-life balance for many women today ..read more

Dr. Marie Puybaraud is Global Head of Research at JLL where she is passionate about helping corporate organizations shape the future of work while she also serves as a Trustee of the IFMA Foundation. Mike Petrusky asks Marie about the role of the facility manager in a world that is constantly changing and the emerging trends as the workforce operates both in the office and outside of the built environment. They explore hybrid working, the importance of wellbeing and how our reliance on workplace technology requires resilience planning. Mike and Marie reminisce about their time at IFMA’s World ..read more