I am a social scientist, design researcher, and business strategist who works at the intersection of organizations, design, & technology.

My work spans professional practice, consulting, and academic research.

Projects

Generations Study

Working through the University of Zurich’s Center for Leadership in the Future of Work, this study investigates how workplace strategy, policies, and design can best support a multi-generational workforce and employee needs at different life stages. Status – Ongoing

Hybrid Workplace Strategy

I have conducted dozens of workplace strategy engagements over 15 years, and I continue to engage with a network of architects, real estate professionals, and researchers to develop solutions for organizations around the role of place in supporting human thriving and organizational performance. Status – Ongoing

Visual Language of the Workplace

Combination of academic research and professional applications in workplace strategy. Ongoing studies that investigate how people interpret design affordances and design intent disseminated through visual and social media platforms. Research findings published here. Status – Ongoing

Streets Ahead

Worked through the Urban Design Forum in New York and HLW. Conducted research and co-developed strategies around innovative uses of streetscapes and storefronts that connect communities through commerce. Status – Complete

Emotionally Adaptable Placemaking

Collaborating with a team through the University of Zurich and London School of Economics on a study to investigate how strategically using the built environment helps people regulate emotions at work. Status – Ongoing

Workspace Planning Benchmarks

Working across commercial architecture and corporate real estate, I have built multiple datasets and analytical tools for organizing workplace planning benchmarks at multiple levels of analysis, including campus, headquarters, floor, and team. Status – Ongoing

Design for Thriving

Long-term research focus that investigates the spatial and social factors that enable people to thrive and flourish in the built environment and the everyday spaces they encounter. Click here to learn more. Status – Ongoing

Team-Environment Fit

Working through Pangeam on an AI-powered analytics product that measures human fit with everyday indoor spaces in order to inform continuous improvements to planning, layout, design, and real estate strategy. Status – Exited

Learning Space Strategy

Throughout my career in design strategy, I have worked on various learning space strategy and design projects for academic clients. Projects have included strategies for active learning, student center design, and academic workplace. Status – Ongoing

Office Park Adaptive Re-Use

Multi-site project that investigates strategies and trade-offs associated with the adaptive reuse of suburban office parks into mixed use environments. Project focuses on historic sites originally developed by AT&T Bell Labs and IBM. Click here to learn more. Status – Ongoing

Coworking and its Impact

Long-term academic and applied research efforts that investigate the impact of coworking on thriving at work, professional identity, and workplace experience. Past partnerships with WeWork and the Instant Group. Status – Complete

Neuro-Architecture

Collaborative project between Multimer and HLW that studied occupants’ neuro-physiological responses to changes in office settings. Research findings published here. Click here to learn more. Status – Complete