Changing Work, Workers & Workplace

PASSION | PURPOSE | MEANING

August 20, 2015

Stephen M. Frey, AIA Principal Arocordis DesignMontpelier, Vermont

cultivating inspired sustainable places and spaces

Thanks for joining us today where I share ideas dear to us and recent work with you. Im grateful for this opportunity my insight.

I have organized this presentation into three segments, Story, Ideas and 2 Projects. Ask questions at any time.1

Story

Architect since 1992Came from Denver, practicing in large firms working on large scale commercial and instutitutional projectsRelocated home to Vermont in 2001Began work with Maclay Architects

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Commercial

Had opportunity to contribute extensively as Director of Design working with Bill with numerous values driven companies like Seventh Generation, NRG Systems, State of VermontAward winning projects, leading edge of green design, community building and place-making.3

Institutional

Always seeking to solve challenging design problems while creating and sustaining a rich sense of place, long term energy efficiency and beauty.4

Planning

In middle 2000s had some unusual opportunities helping visionary clients to help plan ecological warm water, cold climate whole life resorts.

Also worked on Smart Growth Vermonts New Models for Commercial and Industrial Growth design charrettes and final report5

Residential

That care for place-making connected to the environment and natural systems extended into residential work with Bill and now today with my own practice and collaborations.6

Ideas

Now for some ideas and emerging I and others are thinking about7

Creating & sustaining a best place to workWork + Workers + Workplace

For the last ten years while Ive been involved in designing and bring into the world state of the art green buildings and sustainable places.

Ive worked on a number projects fortunate to win awards for being best places to work and building great cultures

Starting in 2010 and continuing today, Arocordis Design continues this focus on Work, Workers and Workplace8

Your work today, but what about tomorrow?

Selling - Design Making Face to face Remote work Heads down analysis Team based work Monitoring transactions Customer service calls Troubleshooting Coaching Mentoring Brainstorming Programming Fixing stuff CollaborationCoding Outdoors Indoors Meetings Walking - StandingSitting Watching & Observation Planning Organizing - Production line Shipping & receiving Warehousing AssemblySourcing Auditing Writing Talking to others - One on ones

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Designing todays workplace requires anticipating tomorrowsDesign for flexible change, agility and adaptabilityDesign for business effectiveness Design for engagement and wellbeing9

PurposePassionMeaning Arocordis DesignWhere are we going?Corn leaf Cell, Schulte

Alternative work settingsOff-shoring Rise of artificial intelligence & automation of knowledge work Aging workforce & development issues Wellness & wellbeingOur brand - local, national & global competitionActive based workplaceEco Ag Tech sectorsWorkforce training out of sync with needsPermitting challenges

Rise of artificial intelligence & knowledge automationOur Vermont brand forward looking, one foot in pasture, one foot in the futureNeed to grow Vermont, but with entrepreneurial and innovation mindset with environmental foundation10

MILLENIALS1976-1995BABY BOOMERS 1946 to 1964GENERATION X 1965-1975TRADITIONALISTS 1930s to 1945GENERATION Z 1996-2005+= Arocordis DesignIs it generational or not?=Purpose PassionMeaning

Rather than thinking about how to appease generational needs with silo thinking, focus on what unites them,Focus on engaging a shared sense of purpose, mission, meaning11

Arocordis DesignMillennials to dominate workforce by 2025 (75%)=Millenials seek:Purposeful connection to business mission, Walking the talk.Work / Life balance yet committedGive back to community

Purpose PassionMeaningSource F. Drew, Brookings Data Now, 2014

Purpose, alignment with company valuesWalking the talk or will walk awayWork / life balance yet committedLarge hearts with community & international foucus12

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