📣 Audiem has been nominated for three IWFM 2024 Impact Awards, two in partnership with NatWest. Read the success story here⚡️After another quick dip into the mailbag, Chris and Ian talk to WORKTECH Academy director, author and activist, professor emeritus Jeremy Myerson, about his award-winning research paper from 2011, ‘Space for thought: designing for knowledge workers’ (co-authored with lead-researcher Catherine Greene). The conversation explores the value of creative workplace research approaches, and includes practical advice for inspired listeners. James is back for a PinderPonder™ that also includes a brief debate about outsourcing your ironing.Novel research techniques, like drawing to elicit visual data, provide user-centric approaches that can unlock surprising workplace insights. But it’s also easy to overlook smaller qualitative studies, in a world where big datasets and statistical analyses often attract the most attention. Yet their value to bring deeper insights about why people work and feel as they do can be used to complement and counterpoint the more common - and typically shallower - what data. Timings[00:00] Welcome and Workplace Geeks mailbag[04:05] Introducing Jeremy and the research[06:52] Discussion with Jeremy about ‘Spaces for thought’[40:51] The PinderPonder™  [55:17] Outro and contact [email protected] ChrisIan Learn more‘Space for thought: designing for knowledge workers’ research paperWORKTECH AcademyThe Helen Hamyln Centre for Design at the Royal College of Art Lynda Gratton ‘How to do Hybrid Right’ HBR articleMicrosoft ‘The New Future of Work’ research projectThe Workp ☎️ Leave us a voicemail on the Workplace Geeks hotline. We might feature you on a future episode! 📩 Subscribe to our newsletter for more Geeky goodness 📅 Join our upcoming Audiem webinars (and catch up on-demand) 🌟 Like what you hear? Rate and review us Apple Podcasts, and recommend us to your workplace pals! 💬 Ideas, feedback, or guest suggestions? Connect with Chris and Ian, and follow @WorkplaceGeeks on LinkedIn Share your thoughts using #WorkplaceGeeks Email us directly at [email protected] Workplace Geeks is sponsored by 2468 Group ☕️ Brought to you by Audiem⚡️— powering smarter workplace decisions with AI-driven insights. Get in touch to learn more 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼 🎧 Dialogue editing by David Crackles

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