5 Ways To Build Empathy With Your Team

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Empathy can be defined as the ability to truly understand the feelings of others. It’s the ability to put yourself into someone else’s shoes, be aware of their emotions and their perspectives.

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Industry Terms: Roles

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Creating a workplace is a team effort and many different professionals need to come together to make it happen. We will go over these roles in order to get a better understanding of the key players involved and what they do. 

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Disruptive Tech That Will Change Our World – Geoffrey Kasselman, SIOR, LEED AP

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On part two of our special two part episode staring Geoffrey Kasselman, SIOR, LEED AP, we talk about the many emerging disruptive technologies that are appearing all over our lives and the marketplace and how some of them will change the world as we know it.

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Exponential Change and Seeing The Future – Geoffrey Kasselman, SIOR, LEED AP

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Today we have Geoffrey Kasselman, SIOR, LEED AP, over at CRG. CRG is a privately held real estate development firm that has developed more than 9,000 acres of land and delivered over 200 million square feet of commercial, industrial, institutional and multifamily assets exceeding $12 billion in value. Geoff talks to us today about the importance of emerging technologies and trends and how we as a society needs to incorporate them in order to better not just our lives, but the world around us as well.

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10 Reasons Why Employees Will Return to the Workplace

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Living in a time where “returning to the workplace” is a common discussion topic is an adjustment for everyone. A year ago nobody would have suspected that work life would be completely flipped upside down and the workplace would simultaneously be known as the living room. This is a question many employees are asking themselves – Should I return to the workplace, and why?

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Delivering Balance – People, Culture and Digital Transformation – Christina Bottis & Carmen Smith – Coyote

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Company culture and employee passion go hand-in-hand when creating a great space to work at. Christina Bottis and Carmen Smith, the Chief Marketing Officer & Chief People Officer, respectively, talks about how Coyote Logistics, a UPS company, handled their workplace culture throughout the pandemic and how they created a space that thrives in creativity and productivity. 

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Will Open Plan Design Stay in Quarantine?

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Open plan design is a method used in the corporate world that minimizes walls and cubicles and emphasizes creativity and collaboration between colleagues. A traditional set up inhibits face-to-face time with others and creates a superiority complex. In an open plan design, workers can be closer which allows for ideas to spark.

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Flexible Space – From Vitamin to Pain Killer, Sam Rosen, Deskpass

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The phrase “co-working space” is being said more and more these days by businesses looking to return to the workplace. Co-working has many meanings and definitions, and it’s not a one size fit all plan that some may think that it is. Sam Rosen, the Co-Founder and CEO of Deskpass, talks to us today and what it truly means to “co-work”, and how to implement it effectively within any office.

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Hope College’s Haworth Hotel

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Haworth Hotel By Patricia Urquiola
Hope College’s Haworth Hotel recently had it’s grand opening! This transformational project remodeled all conference and hotel rooms, rebuilt the lobby and created a full-service coffee shop open to students and the public. The hotel’s renovation is made possible by the college and the Haworth family and has been led by Patricia Urquiola, an award-winning designer and architect based in Milan, Italy. The Haworth Hotel is in downtown Holland, Michigan, on the campus of Hope College.

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