ONEder Podcast

Join us for an innovative journey through the process of home healthcare delivery. Elliot Wortham and Aaron Mackenzie, strategists at Taylor Design a 2023 ONEder Grant recipient, explore their research and concepts for elevating the well-being of patients and providers in the delivery of healthcare at home. Be inspired by potential solutions aimed at transforming the provider experience, from streamlined medical equipment delivery to creating remote provider lounges. Envision a future where design and technology intertwine to revolutionize holistic at-home healthcare. It’s a ONEder podcast filled with possibilities for tomorrow’s healthcare landscape.

As dense and fresh as the outdoors, this conversation with IA Seattle ONEder Grant winners, Lisa Baumbach and Charles Fadem, explores their innovative research into "The Ecotonal Office”. From the impact of natural environments on workplace wellness, challenging conventional office design, through fieldwork in diverse ecosystems, they uncovered surprising insights into productivity and adaptability. It’s a fast, fun review of a project that thoughtfully merges work and technology with the natural world, reshaping our notion of workplace.

As dense and fresh as the outdoors, this conversation with IA Seattle ONEder Grant winners, Lisa Baumbach and Charles Fadem, explores their innovative research into "The Ecotonal Office”. From the impact of natural environments on workplace wellness, challenging conventional office design, through fieldwork in diverse ecosystems, they uncovered surprising insights into productivity and adaptability. It’s a fast, fun review of a project that thoughtfully merges work and technology with the natural world, reshaping our notion of workplace.

Need a quick shot of compassion or a roadmap on how to get there? Interested in learning how to celebrate the leaders and the individuals, the models, the training and the types of efforts that move the needle toward working in a compassionate business? Scott Shute shares his journey from his personal practice and work in corporate America, to leading the Mindfulness and Compassion Program for LinkedIn employees, through building a consortium of leaders and change makers coming together to change work from the inside out. Give yourself a gift, carve out 30 minutes for this ONEder Podcast.

Meet Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream, where tempting flavors and social responsibility thrive. Spend 30 minutes with founder and socially conscious business advocate Molly Moon, and learn how she created a hardworking, happy staff, strong local partnerships, and sustainable practices to deliver the best ice cream made with the finest ingredients. It’s salty and sweet, and you will enjoy every minute.

Cultural anthropologist Melissa Fisher Ph.D. shares with us the significance of anthropology in assessing the evolving landscape of hybrid work environments to empower workplace design. As our community witnesses unprecedented shifts in how, where and by whom work is conducted, understanding the social and cultural dimensions of these changes becomes paramount. Melissa shares her research and experience to describe how anthropology can serve as a crucial lens for deciphering the intricacies of modern workplaces, unveiling invaluable insights into diverse behaviors, norms, and interactions. This podcast should come with a CEU!

Ever wonder how new K-12 schools get funded, planned, built, and operated? There’s a lot more involved than just teachers, students and the PTA, and Jennifer Gibb from Van Pelt Construction Services explains many of the challenges and opportunities facing our communities when building for our future. Tune in to this conversation for a deeper dive into the state of K-12 school infrastructure and learn how you can support our next generation of learners.

Can there be design without community? Can complex social and design challenges be solved independently? How might true curiosity, conversation, relationship connection, and social justice values advance the work of any organization? If questions like these resonate, you need to meet Sloan Leo. The possibility, honesty, joy, and creativity shared in our conversation with the committed and brilliant founder of Flox Studio will brighten your day and might help you recognize a connection.

What drives a design career? Obviously, designers have many different paths to choose, and we invite you to spend this Oneder Podcast with us and Yana Ronin, hearing her personal journey. A designer, strategist, community builder, entrepreneur, world citizen and lifelong learner, Yana details the first half of her career and hints at what else the future may hold. Enjoy the story, her insights and energy are infectious.

As the cost of housing development continues to increase across the Bay Area, the homeless community also continues to grow. Additional pressure from the pandemic has only amplified the need. Dr. Brian Greenberg from Life Moves, a non-profit providing interim housing and supportive services for homeless families and individuals, shares his observations on the immediate need to scale these services and program resources.

There’s a growing mental health crisis in the US, and a growing need for behavioral health resources. Listen in to this fact and experience filled conversation with a provider, Charity Holmes from the University of Washington Behavioral Health Services and a behavioral health designer/planner, Lori Epler from SRG Partnership. Learn with us more about their challenges, their successes and their hopes for the future of behavioral health resources.

How might the K12 library evolve to meet the needs of 21st century students and school communities? A team of K12 design experts from EHDD tackles this question and actively involves student populations to generate new design thinking. Emily Bello, Charlotte D’Acierno and Lalyn Yu explain how research suggested that an analog gaming approach might be the perfect solution to engage students in their research. Listen and learn how your school and students might participate.

A consortium of concerned built-environment professionals created the CARE tool enabling users to compare the total carbon impacts of renovating an existing building vs. replacing it with a new one. Listen in to this fast-paced conversation with Erin McDade from Architecture 2030 and Lori Ferriss from Goody Clancy, describing the CARE tool features and benefits to effect climate action in the build environment.

Can mass timber construction successfully meet the rigorous requirements for life science buildings? The structural engineers, sustainability leaders and designers at DES Architects & Engineers have done research, calculations, and designs to suggest it can. Listen in to Kenny Hung and Tom Parrish enthusiastically describe their journey of discovery.

The need to address inclusivity and belonging in the workplace along with recognized wellbeing attributes drove the team at QA to consider how and where to insert that in the design process. Kate Albee and Roderick Allen joined the ONEder podcast to describe their research process and learnings, as well as the toolkit they developed to integrate corporate values and holistic wellness into workplace design. The conversation is mind expandingly specific!

Three percent of manufacturing businesses are owned by women, and just imagine the leadership style they bring to their organizations. Susan Pilato, CEO of Mantra Inspired Furniture, shares her story of commitment, concern and celebration of American craftsmanship on this ONEder podcast. Modeling a simple code of behaviors, partnering with Amish maker workshops, creating sustainable, legacy, solid wood furniture and paying it forward in support of women entrepreneurs, Susan and her team are making manufacturing history.

What can make students be, and maybe more importantly, feel safe in schools today? How might design thinking and community engagement contribute to successful student learning, growth and wellness? Stanford d.School colleagues sam seidel and Barry Svigals share their exploration, thinking, tools and design solutions to empower collaboration between schools and their broad communities to deliver safe and nurturing environments for all students.

You’re already working in the metaverse, and you’re about to become more comfortable with its next iteration. Erin McDannald, CEO of Environments, spends this rich half hour sharing the steps she and her company have taken to design and immerse their staff and clients in digital twins, to meet and collaborate, conduct training, manage logistics and distribution, and choose lighting solutions while walking together in a park. Guarantee: your mind will stretch, and you’ll want a digital twin of your workplace as soon as you can get your hands on it!

From explaining how and why play works to build social skills and responsibility, to reframing the substitute teaching experience for both students and teachers, to leading a course on social entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, Jill Vialet intentionally considers how to infuse delight into each endeavor and how people will feel. Listen in to learn more, consider different perspectives and be delighted.