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lounges, and in-between areas, play a critical role in shaping the student experience. When designed with intention, they become platforms for connection, collaboration, and community.
What if the most important outcome of a learning environment isn’t just achievement, but belonging?
In this episode we sit down with educator, author, and founder Marita Diffenbaugh to explore what it truly means to design learning around the human experience. Together, we unpack the shift from content delivery to learning as a service, one rooted in listening, relationships, and real-world application. From rethinking how we measure success to creating environments that foster curiosity, agency, and belonging, this conversation challenges conventional models of education and invites us to see learning as a lifelong, deeply human endeavor.
Across the country, Career and Technical Education (CTE) is being reimagined and reenergized. From the innovation corridors of San Francisco to rural districts in Eastern Washington, schools are seeing students lean into learning pathways that feel ...
Healthcare today is under enormous pressure. Care teams are stretched thin. Burnout is real. Expectations for care are rising, even as resources tighten. In this context, the role of the built environment becomes more than functional. It becomes emotional.
2025 marked a milestone year at One Workplace—one defined by big ideas, bold collaboration, and spaces that truly put people first. Whether supporting healing, learning, community connection, or the future of work, our projects proved again that when design starts with people, the outcomes speak for themselves.
Three defining projects highlight how priorities—and solutions—have evolved over the past 30 years. Together, these transformations reflect our ongoing commitment to delivering spaces that truly serve the patients, families, and care teams who rely on them.
In this episode of the ONEder Podcast, CCB sits down with Julie Maggos from Interior Architects’ AIRIA team to unpack what it looks like to use AI as a real design partner—without losing the human edge. They uncover where AI is already helping (faster ideation, smoother workflow, stronger client collaboration), where humans must stay firmly in the driver’s seat (vision, judgment, empathy), and how to adopt these tools responsibly. If you’re curious what’s hype, what’s working, and what’s next with AI in design, this one’s for you.
In this episode of the ONEder Podcast, workplace leaders and planners gain a front-row seat to how AI is redefining the modern office. Host CCB speaks with Elena Beloshapkova, Founder and CEO of InSpace, on turning workplace data into actionable insight, improving employee experience at scale, and designing environments that truly support hybrid work. This conversation offers practical, forward-looking perspectives for anyone shaping strategy, space, and culture in today’s workplace.
This year’s theme was unmistakable: build for a future where both learners and educators thrive. The conference didn’t just reaffirm what’s trending—it showcased how vision and practice are converging to create more inclusive, flexible, and inspiring places to leartn.
Generational Trends Shaping the Future: Lear’s presentation on generational dynamics delivered a thoughtful and thought provoking exploration of how different generations view work and what this means for the future of organizational culture.
he modern office is no longer a static destination but a flexible platform that enables focus, creativity, and connection wherever work happens. Designing for comfort now means designing for engagement—supporting how people work, not simply where.
One breakthrough evident throughout the conference was behavioral health design’s move into mainstream healthcare. No longer a specialized niche, behavioral health strategies are now woven into broader care paradigms.
What happens when leadership, community, and design come together to create real change? In this episode of the ONEder Podcast, host CCB sits down with Ashanti Bryant, Senior Program Officer at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, to explore how placemaking—the intentional design of spaces where people live, learn, and gather—can drive equity, belonging, and opportunity. From his roots in Detroit to his transformative work in Grand Rapids, MI, Ashanti shares how investing in early childhood education, community development, and listening with humility can reshape the future for children and families.
How can thoughtful, intentional design make people feel truly seen and valued in healthcare spaces? This episode of the ONEder Podcast explores Providence Healthcare’s groundbreaking Design for Belonging initiative with Lauren Cole (Providence) and Jessica Radecki (NBBJ). Learn with us how their research identified design choices that will transform emergency departments and beyond—using data, empathy, and creativity to foster safety, dignity, and belonging for patients, visitors and staff.
