Workplace
We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to redefine the workplace. Our approach addresses the human needs of employees to improve their wellbeing, fosters a sense of connection, and helps organizations navigate change.
Design resources for planning
Beyond one size fits all
Survey results from Gensler’s Design Forecast 2026 reveal that employees’ top workplace amenities include support for physical and mental wellness (43 percent), access to nature (43 percent), and spaces for quite focus (40 percent).
Source: Gensler Research Institute
More than a destination
Employees recognize the benefits of being together. To maximize those benefits, their workplace needs to provide spaces optimized for all activities that bring them to the office: collaboration, focus, meeting, socializing, and mentorship.
Uncover the purpose of your place
Three opportunities for impact emerged from our ongoing research and discussions with clients about their most pressing needs: wellbeing, connection, and change. How well prepared is your organization to address them?
Wellbeing
A business can only thrive when its employees are thriving. Learn how MillerKnoll can help you promote employee wellbeing by improving people’s physical, psychological, and social experiences at work.
Connection
Discover how MillerKnoll can prepare your workplace to host the types of rich, interpersonal connections between colleagues—both in-person and remote—that add up to a shared sense of purpose for your people.
Change
While organizations must change to succeed, the uncertainty that comes with constant change can feel unsettling. Find out how flexible work environments can help your people get comfortable with change.
Inside the research shaping today’s workplaces
Explore the key learnings, trends, and expert perspectives influencing how organizations like yours are redefining the workplace.
Settings for relationship-based work
Tour our digital hub for workplace planning inspiration and explore spatial recipes designed to support people—and relationships—at every level of your organization.
Hungry for more?
Explore more ideas to help you realize the potential in your workplace.
Ideas in action
Dive into insights from our own research, our work with clients, and perspective-shifting conversations that we host with experts from a range of fields.
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The rise of relationship-based work
As more organizations prioritize connection, collaboration, and culture in this new era of work, the workplace must take on a new role: to develop and grow relationships.
