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I have been interested that, on several recent occasions, the idea of designing for wellness principles has strongly come forward. For example, recently I was facilitating a change alignment session with 40 people who will move from private offices into a shared workplace. This level of change is abrupt for this group, and they have […]

The core focus of sustainability is on maximizing long-term benefits while minimizing negative effects. This definition applies to what most people think of when they hear the word sustainability: reducing environmental harm and helping to improve our environment over time. It can go beyond that as well. Strategic sustainability benefits the environment, the happiness of […]

There are so many questions around taking the plunge to a 100 percent unassigned workplace, and for good reason: research in this area is lacking, in large part due to the fact that most organizations do not want to share their experiments openly. On top of that, many design firms have NDAs with organizations that […]

Once casually attached to cafeterias or gyms, high school theater design has gone professional-grade.

When it comes to learning in the workplace, few things are as ubiquitous as the corporate “lunch and learn.” While learning can and should take place throughout the workplace and at any given moment in the day, lunch and learns can, when done properly, be a great way to engage the team in a new, […]

Director of Strategic Design, Workplace, Brady Mick has a storied career in the industry of architecture, design and learning spaces for corporate clients that spans three decades. Brady joined SHP in the Spring of 2018 and immediately made a name for himself as a deep thinker and strategic mind. What first attracted you to SHP? […]

Brady Mick has joined SHP as director of strategic design, workplace. In his new role, Mick will lead visioning, ideation, research and design efforts to develop workplaces that facilitate learning experiences. Mick has 30 years of professional experience as an architect, strategist and thought leader, focusing his efforts on the social dynamics and behavioral results […]

A friend walks up to a friend and asks: “How’s work?” This is a common enough question, but with much broader implications than its phatic nature might suggest. Within the many possible answers reside insights into individual motivations related to work. Beyond the usual sidestep reply of “it’s fine” come responses that show the engagement […]

It would be overly dramatic to say that art and design are under attack within the realm of public architecture, but it is certainly the case that we are routinely confronted with very tight budgets, very long wish lists and very restrictive criteria by which our projects are evaluated. Compounding the challenge, the pressures on […]

2 + 2 = 4 and 2 + 1 = 4 What do you see in the formula above? Possibly you see numbers? An equation? An answer? Maybe you saw a right answer and a wrong answer. Most second grade students are able to express one line as right, and one as wrong. Once expressed, […]