Steelcase’s Jim Keane Talks C-Suite and Employee Engagement
Making the case that the design of the workplace impacts the bottom line of a company is by its nature both intuitively obvious and difficult to prove. Is the premise that the design of the office can be a significant factor in employee engagement compelling to the decision makers in corporate America who are hiring architects and interior designers and buying furniture and furnishings? Steelcase has long been a leader in gathering the evidence that, as they say, Space Matters. It gathers the data and spends significant resources analyzing and organizing it into ideas, concepts and language that business leaders can understand and relate to. So, when I had an opportunity to interview Steelcase CEO Jim Keane, I wanted to hear his perspective on how well the message is getting across. officeinsight (OI): Are the business leaders you meet with thinking about the impact of workplace design on their bottom …
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