What The F* is Happening to The Office?

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What the F* is Happening to the Office? The workplace is being reinvented—and we're talking to the people leading the charge. From architects to real estate strategists, tech innovators to culture experts, this podcast dives into the seismic shifts reshaping where and how we work. If you’re building, designing, managing, or just trying to make sense of the new office landscape, this is your front-row seat to the ideas, experiments, and people redefining the future of work.

  1. Preparing for the Future Workplace | What the F* is Happening to the Office? | Mark Bryan

    1D AGO

    Preparing for the Future Workplace | What the F* is Happening to the Office? | Mark Bryan

    What if we could look into a crystal ball and design the future workplace today?Are we preparing for what’s next, or redesigning yesterday’s office?In this episode of What the F* is Happening to the Office?, Bob Fox sits down with Mark Bryan, Chief Research & Strategy Officer at IIDA, to explore why most “future of work” conversations are stuck debating layouts, policies, and attendance - instead of how work itself is fundamentally changing.Mark introduces strategic foresight, a data-driven discipline focused on preparation, not prediction, and explains why organizations must design for measurable human outcomes: trust, wellbeing, learning, social cohesion, and performance.We explore:• The convergence of AI, connected devices, and digital twins• Why utilization data can mislead decision-making• How immersive environments go beyond headsets• The coming technology “supercycle” reshaping work• Why the workplace must evolve from container to trust platformIf you're a workplace leader, architect, designer, CRE executive, or strategist trying to prepare your organization for the next 10 years, this conversation will expand how you think about work, technology, and human potential.Subscribe for weekly conversations with the leaders shaping the future of work and the built environment.Special thanks to Global Furniture Group for supporting this episode.https://www.globalfurnituregroup.com/

    1h 1m
  2. The Fourth Place | Where AI and Human Wisdom Converge | A Conversation with Rex Miller

    JAN 2

    The Fourth Place | Where AI and Human Wisdom Converge | A Conversation with Rex Miller

    What if the next evolution of work isn’t an office — but a marketplace of hidden genius? We’re applying old thinking to new technology — and wondering why work still feels stuck. In this episode of What the F* is Happening to the Office?, futurist and executive coach Rex Miller introduces The Fourth Place — a bold new model for how work, learning, and human connection come together in an AI-driven world. The Fourth Place is a hybrid environment — part café, part makerspace, part internal Genius Bar — designed to unlock the “long tail” of hidden expertise inside every organization. It’s a continuous learning hub where AI, human wisdom, and curiosity converge to solve problems traditional management structures can no longer handle. Rex joins host Bob Fox to explain why the future belongs to organizations that move beyond command-and-control hierarchies and toward distributed networks of value. In this episode we explore: The Fourth Place, defined — Why the office must evolve into a mashup of Kinko’s, Starbucks, and an internal Genius Bar The long tail of talent — How to bypass management bottlenecks and tap into infinite employee capability Media rewires the brain — Why generational differences are really media-platform differences AI as a partner, not a replacement — Shifting from “expert” to “guide” while eliminating friction The loneliness crisis at work — Why belonging drives retention and performance “Friday is Fourth Place Day” — A radical way to turn the quietest day of the week into the most valuable The bottom line: The next workplace isn’t a place you’re required to go — it’s a place you want to go to learn, connect, and create. 💬 Question for you: If your organization had an internal Genius Bar where employees taught each other skills, what would you sign up to learn — or teach? Future of Work · Workplace Strategy · AI and Work · Organizational Culture · Leadership

    57 min

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What the F* is Happening to the Office? The workplace is being reinvented—and we're talking to the people leading the charge. From architects to real estate strategists, tech innovators to culture experts, this podcast dives into the seismic shifts reshaping where and how we work. If you’re building, designing, managing, or just trying to make sense of the new office landscape, this is your front-row seat to the ideas, experiments, and people redefining the future of work.