Change Your Space, Change Your Culture: How Engaging Workspaces Lead to Transformation and Growth

REX MILLER, the principal and thought leader for mindSHIFT, is widely recognized in the science of workplace innovation. He is winner of the 2009 CoreNet Global Innovator of the Year award. Rex helped create the mindSHIFT consortium of top executives from America's largest construction and architecture companies and their unprecedented investigation into how the workplace can create--or undermine--culture shift. They discovered that space, engagement, and culture shift go hand in hand. But until Change Your Space, Change Your Culture, the space-culture connection has been a well-kept secret of major innovators like Google, Cummins Inc., and W.L. Gore. This book reveals how they do it.MABEL CASEY has led Global Marketing and Innovation for Haworth, Inc. since 2006. She and her team are focused on driving Haworth toward deeper alignment with customer needs and exploring how business leaders can utilize their spaces to support the people, culture, and outcomes of their organization. Mabel has more than a decade of executive-level experience in the contract furnishings industry. Haworth improves workplaces with award-winning furniture, interior architecture, and technology solutions to support collaboration, innovation, and culture transformations. Research and design drive a deep understanding of agile workplace needs and are at the center of the company's strategy.MARK KONCHAR is the Chief of Enterprise Development for Balfour Beatty Construction and leads the company's national Capability Center team. This team supports the company with research and development, learning, technology improvement, energy performance, public-private partnerships, federal contracting and legislation, strategic marketing and client advocacy. Balfour Beatty Construction is an innovation leader, sits in the top three of US General Contractors and is part of Balfour Beatty, a global investment and infrastructure firm based in London.