What The F* is Happening to The Office?

The Science Behind Thermostat Wars | Nicola Gerrett, Ph.D.

Every office has that one person who's freezing while everyone else is fine. In this episode, Bob Fox talks with Dr. Nicola Garrett, Ph. D. a thermophysiologist at Genthe

Why Open Offices Fail — and What Actually Works | Adam Morgan

A consulting firm spent 18 months designing the perfect workspace. Six months after move-in, they tore it out. That one moment launched Adam Morgan on a mission to rethin

It's a Time Problem: How AI Could Save Apprenticeship in Design | Valerie Trent

Somewhere right now, a talented designer is copy-pasting details, finishes, and door schedules into a set of CDs — instead of designing the inspiring workplace needed to

Nature Inside: What the Best Workplaces Already Know | Bill Browning & Catie Ryan

What if the single most powerful thing you could do to bring people back to the office had nothing to do with perks, mandates, or the latest collaboration tech and everyt

The Smart Office Revolution: What Buildings Know | Melissa Marsh

What if your office could tell you who to sit next to based on what you're working on? What if the building knew you were stressed before you did?In this episode, Bob Fox

Your Office Is Obsolete Before You Move In — Here's How to Fix It | Celeste Tell

Are we designing offices that are already obsolete before anyone moves in? Workplace strategist and circular economy advocate Celeste Tell joins Bob Fox to challenge one

Your Office Was Built for the Wrong Work | Rebecca Swanner | What the F is Happening to the Office?

What if the biggest threat to your organization's performance isn't your people — it's the space you put them in? Rebecca Swanner is workplace sector leader at HED, and s

Who Actually Owns the Workplace? (No One—and That’s the Problem) | Phil Kirschner

The people deciding the future of your company… aren’t talking about the workplace.And it’s costing more than anyone realizes.Not in real estate—but in performance.In thi

Why Employees are "Hacking" the Workplace | with Ken Baker

What if the office isn’t underperforming… it’s just never been aligned with how people actually work?In this conversation, I sit down with Ken Baker, Regional Managing Pr

How Collaboration Drives Organizational Performance | Ben Waber | WTF is Happening to the Office?

Bringing people back to the office does not automatically create collaboration. In this episode, Ben Waber breaks down why the design and use of the physical workplace ca

Combating Loneliness in the Workplace | Dr. Tracy Brower, Phd | WTF is Happening to the Office?

What if the biggest challenge facing the workplace today isn’t mandates, hybrid policy, or productivity… but loneliness?In this episode of *What the F is Happening to the

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 Wha

Work is Broken - Gen Z Can Fix It | WTF is Happening to the Office | Amanda Schneider

Hybrid work broke the old playbook—but leaders never agreed on a new one. In this episode of What the F* is Happening to the Office?, Bob Fox, Founder of Work Design, sit

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 fee

Why Offices Still Matter - Culture, flexibility & data reshape the workplace with Brian Elliott

The modern workplace is in radical flux, driven by hybrid work, AI, and shifting talent strategy. In this essential episode, host Bob Fox sits down with Brian Elliott—CEO

4 Generations, One Office | What the F* is Happening to the Office? with Warren Wright

What happens when Gen Z starts reshaping the rules of work—while the Boomers are still playing by the old ones? In this essential episode, host Bob Fox sits down with gen

Who is designing AI Workplaces? | What the F* is Happening to the Office? with Jeremy Reding

What happens when AI meets the office? Host Bob Fox sits down with Jeremy Reding, Global Workplace Leader & Senior Principal at DLR Group, architect, and workplace futuri

Leadership: The Real Magnet - What the F* is Happening to the Office? With Ray Milora

Is the real workplace problem space—or is it leadership? Host Bob Fox sits down with Ray Milora, Senior Director of Workplace Design & Construction at Cisco, to unpack th

Unlocking the Hybrid Dividend | What the F* is Happening to the Office? with Mark Gilbreath

Hybrid work isn't broken because employees don’t want to gather—it struggles due to the coordination tax, that hidden productivity killer that strikes when freedom lacks

Make the Office Matter | What the F* is Happening to the Office? with Lauren Hasson

What would it truly take to make the office matter again? Host Bob Fox sits down with Lauren Hasson, Senior Vice President of Workplace Strategy at JLL, to tackle why the