A Random Walk: Design Thinking and The Disruptive Workplace
For the past several years, Dean Strombom and Sven Govaars of Gensler’s Houston office have been exploring and exploiting the patterns of behavior derived from the multi-year, multi-client, multi-jurisdiction Gensler Workplace Survey. Mr. Strombom is one of Gensler’s Firmwide Energy Practice Area Leaders, a Strategic Advisor to the Landlord Services practice, and a Houston office Studio Leader. Mr. Govaars is an office leader in design performance with an expertise in organizational strategy and change management. Together, they represent an amalgam of perspectives, designer – consultant, that is proving to be beneficial, and perhaps necessary, to better understand the purpose, utility and multi-level practical benefits of the very broad field of workplace environment design. Some workplace design sectors – mainly interior design, workplace furnishing manufacturers and some professional organizations – have been investigating the nature of the workplace at a deliberate pace for the past two decades, and surely beyond. …
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