A Field Guide to Workplace Microdiversity

The explosive growth of the AI industry has had a profound impact on workplace design. It’s prompted an industry-wide reconsideration of what we design, how we design, and who we’re designing for. With this transformation comes increased awareness of the needs of an AI workforce – both employees of AI companies and AI-empowered professionals in the design industry. This emerging workforce expects and needs a variety of work settings that’s far more diverse than the choice-based workplaces of the early post-pandemic years. Workplace design has crossed into an Era of Microdiversity.

In this session, we’ll explore the many dimensions of a Microdiverse Workplace, doing a deep-dive into the spaces, systems, and furniture that give users ultimate choice. We’ll explore the many design levers available to us for tuning and customizing these environments, using both real-life project examples and data-driven research to illustrate what’s in-flight and what’s possible.