In this issue, we offer a broad range of ideas and insights for organizations about how to create workplaces that spark joy by addressing essential employee needs. We offer our latest global employee research and ideas from Steelcase designers around the world about how space can promote various dimensions of wellbeing. We explore new spaces that help people manage when real life intersects with work, whether they need to rest, pray or pump. We look at ways space can better support people doing the hard work of high-stakes business transformation or fast-paced manufacturing. And we share some solutions and spaces that just make us happy.
Our goal is to help the world work better — and that includes infusing a little more joy at work.
Editor in Chief, Work Better Magazine
With that backdrop, finding joy at work may sound difficult to achieve. But it is possible.
It starts with understanding that creating joy isn’t about making everyone happy every minute of the day — it’s about helping people feel like they matter as human beings and that they and their work have value. Organizations can make a difference by focusing on what people actually need to feel well at work. In fact, simply asking and taking people’s needs into consideration boosts wellbeing.
Leading organizations already pursue a variety of actions and policies to support their employees. They can redesign jobs to give more people more autonomy and control over their work, and help people connect what they do to a larger purpose.
for Well Beings
Human Factor
of Privacy
Gathering Place
special guest Ingrid Fetell Lee
Work
Broken with special guest
Barry Schwartz
Healthy
Workplace
Workplace with special
guest Upali Nanda
Brains
Are
Brains Are with special guest
Elena Sabinson
on Teams with special guest
Anita Woolley
with special guest Alex Soojung-
Kim Pang
special guest Ingrid Fetell Lee
Work
We Need
Work with special guests Naomi
Bagdonas + Jennifer Aaker
We Need
Generations
with Generations with special
guest Mauro Guillén
with special guest Alex Soojung-
Kim Pang
Broken with special guest
Barry Schwartz
Broken with special guest
Barry Schwartz
Workplace with special
guest Upali Nanda
Healthy
Workplace
on Teams with special guest
Anita Woolley
Brains Are with special guest
Elena Sabinson
Brains
Are
Brains Are with special guest
Elena Sabinson
Generations
with Generations with special
guest Mauro Guillén
We Need
Work with special guests Naomi
Bagdonas + Jennifer Aaker
We Need
Work
Broken with special guest
Barry Schwartz
Generations
We Need
Workplace with special
guest Upali Nanda
Workplace
Brains
Are