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Cathedral High School Principal, Julie Barthel, took the lead at the high school in 2020 as the world shut down and educators pivoted to a virtual learning. Special guest host, Gerry Dick, sits down to talk about the challenges and the future of education. Plus, the new Cathedral Innovation Center and how it’s preparing students for the real world.

How does space impact a company's Culture? Tiffany Sauder, CEO of Element Three, a full-service marketing consultancy in Indianapolis breaks down the current climate.  She talks about competing against home for employee engagement and creating a space where her team wants to work and grow.   

How does a company move to a mobile work environment? We all know change can be scary, we sit down with Elise Moote, experienced project manager with Bastian Solutions to talk through the lessons she learned when taking the company from cubicle workstations to a mobile work environment with an open floor plan. Bastian Solutions- is a Toyota Advanced logistics company, a trusted supply chain integration partner committed to providing clients a competitive advantage by designing and delivering world-class, distribution and production solutions.

Is the office dead? In this episode of the More Than a Chair podcast, celebrating 100 years in business for Business Furniture, JLL’s Matt Waggoner sits down with Gerry Dick to discuss the future of the workplace in a hybrid world. How have real estate needs changed post covid and what employers need to know to create a space that attracts and keeps talent.

Business Furniture's Dick Oakes joins Host Gerry Dick to discuss the 100th anniversary of the company. The discussion focuses on changes in the office over the last ten decades and changes coming in the future. 

Join us as we sit down with Kathleen Lemaster, Partner and Interior Designer with Axis Architecture as she discusses her MINDSET on the future of the workplace. Plus, her role in the new Business Furniture + Choreo ancillary showroom. 

Business Furniture + Choreo designer, Heidi Dellekamp, sits down to deep dive into designing the company's first showroom devoted to ancillary furniture. Why the pandemic has made the concepts even more relevant and how a trip out west inspired a new MINDSET for the team. 

"The timing couldn't be better," said Business Furniture + Choreo Chairman Emeritus, Dick Oakes. Join us as we sit down with Oakes and Business Furniture + Choreo Director of Audience Development, Hannah Freiherr, as they dive into the details of our new showroom in downtown Fishers, MINDSET. LEARN: Why opening a new business in the middle of a pandemic is so exciting What employers need to do to shift their MINDSET about a return to the office And MORE on why ancillary furniture is the future of the workplace

Tackling the topic of meeting people where they are. How can we promote a safe and compelling workplace while also meeting the needs of employees and cultivating a culture that’s meaningful? Our guest, Arik Orbach, is a People Partner at Google where he’s been a “Googler” (Google employee) for over two years. He is a trusted advisor and guides the 'people' strategy for a subset of Google’s Global Business Organization Also, Rita Schaefer is an experienced change management consultant at Choreo a partner with Business Furniture. Rita uses her background in interior design to help employees’ transition into new working environments.

Work-life fulfillment and the path to engage employees in a meaningful way post-Covid.  Guests, Dr. Tracy Brower, a work environment sociologist and principal with the applied research and consulting group at Steelcase weighs in. She's also the author of "Bring Work to Life by Bringing Life to Work: A guide for leaders and organizations to focus on work-life fulfillment.  Also with us, Mary Beth Oakes, CEO and Owner of Business Furniture + Choreo.  Join us as we search for work-life balance in a new world of work and how change management leaders can help guide the process to find fulfillment again. 

What is the future of the workplace? What is the potential impact on workplace culture as employees continue to work remotely? How do you make the connection between remote employees and employees in the office as seamless as possible? To get the answers, we have Susan Juvet, Strategy Director and Senior Associate at Gensler and Mary Beth Oakes, CEO at Business Furniture + Choreo. 

Sometimes we have to take an alternate route to get to where we're going.  A new approach to the workplace is required – one that is compelling and safe for employees and smart for the business. Our guests, Business Furniture + Choreo Interior Designer, Heidi Dellekamp and Steelcase Business Development Manager, Whitney Fuchs have both been boots on the ground, helping clients re-work and re-design their spaces for resilience.