Having spent the past seven years as LinkedIn's VP of Workplace Experience, and working as an architect before that, Brett Hautop has experienced the extant changes in the workplace first hand. First in his own design of buildings and spaces, then as an expert in the field for other leadership professionals seeking his guidance. During the pandemic, Brett found that many of the people he was working with all had questions with a similar throughline: how do we balance work from home, hybrid and in-office setups?

Seeing the bigger picture, and his own opportunity to address the coming change, Brett founded Workshape in 2022, his own consultancy and strategy firm with the purpose of helping companies and organizations envision a new future for their employees.

Brett Hautop joins host Jade Franklin for the final episode of the first season of Work Points to discuss what Brett sees as the opportunity for employers to reshape their physical and cultural workspaces. Using intentionality and the power of the human connection, Brett shares why a hybrid work arrangement can be even more powerful and efficient than what businesses have become accustomed to in past generations.

Follow Brett Hautop on LinkedIn, and connect with Workshape online at theworkshape.com.

• This episode focuses on what is important in a high-performing workplace. How even the best environments can be "soulless," and the role leadership plays in creating healthy team dynamics and opportunities for professional development.
• Michael shares his own experiences building teams and working with other professionals remotely and in-person. He explains why creating a work environment where all employees feel appreciated, heard, and hopeful is paramount to high performance.

While employers continue to push for having their employees return mostly in an in-person work setting, it's becoming clear that whatever that return looks like in the future, it won't resemble anything like the past. Now more than ever, management must task itself with integrating the employee experience into their workplace culture.

Corinne Murray, founder and CEO of Agate Studio joins host Jade Franklin on today's episode of Work Points. With extensive experience in real estate, architecture and cultural workplace strategies, Corrine formed Agate in 2022 with the purpose of helping companies navigate the unprecedented change to the traditional workplace model caused by the pandemic.

In this episode of Work Points, Corinne leads us through a conversation about employee autonomy, considering your organization's own unique circumstances instead of macro trends when making decisions about employee experiences, and how constant conversations and open dialogue between management and their teams is absolutely crucial. She also talks about her religious studies major in college, and how she credits that experience for helping to create a community-based approach to workplace creation.

Follow Corinne Murray on LinkedIn, and connect with Agate at Agate.Studio.