That Workplace Experience Podcast
Episodes
Episode 05: Multistory — Designing a New Identity for the Modern Workplace
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the fifth episode of That Workplace Experience Podcast, host Dan Moscrop visits Multistory in Birmingham, a bold transformation of a tired 1960s of...
Inside Sustainable Workspaces at County Hall with Dickon Hayward
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the fourth episode of That Workplace Experience Podcast, host Dan Moscrop visits Sustainable Workspaces at County Hall, a pioneering low-carbon r...
Bonus episode with Simon Jordan and Gerry Hopkinson
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this first bonus episode of That Workplace Experience Podcast, host Dan Moscrop is joined by Simon Jordan and Gerry Hopkinson of We Make Progress —...
The Portman Estate: Michael Jones and Joe Mac Mahon
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of That Workplace Experience Podcast, host Dan Moscrop steps inside One Great Cumberland Place, the new head office of The Portm...
The Jellicoe: Adam Egan & Becky White
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of That Workplace Experience Podcast, host Dan Moscrop visits The Jellicoe — Fora’s landmark workspace in London’s Coal Dro...
Introduction to That Workplace Experience Podcast
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
That Workplace Experience Podcast explores how exceptional workplaces come to life — and the people behind them. Hosted by Dan Moscrop, Founder and ...
Rachel Edwards — Designing for seven generations
07 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Edward is Workplace Futures Lead at Lendlease, and if you're involved in workplace in London you'd be pushed to not be aware of her w...
Collin Burry — Design is about getting your hands dirty and diving head first into the learning process
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Collin Burry has been with Gensler for nearly 27 years and is as passionate about design as the day he started, which comes across really well in our ...
Ivana Stanisic — How the blurring of the lines between live, work and play is improving our communities
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ivana Stanisic wowed me a while ago in a talk she did for PlaceLabs, the them was 'Belonging' her key message was the necessity of valuing p...
Ben Channon — We need to design happiness into our spaces
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I read Happiness by Design by Ben Channon during Covid, packed with sensible suggestions, and a checklist of how our homes should function — after t...
Chris Coleman-Brown — Places need to work for people
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After a unique route into real estate; Chris worked in managing agent and client-side roles on many of the most exciting developments of the last 20 y...
Rosanna Vitiello — How could shifts in organisation, knowledge, and ownership impact the places we play, work, and call home?
15 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I'm know Rosanna through the PlaceLabs event we founded together (soon to be rebooted, might I add!) and can comfortably say she's one of th...
Nick Gaskell — How to build communities from scratch
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nick explores his interest in progressive, diverse spaces for working and learning. He has a passion for promoting technology to innovate in how we cr...
Will Sandy — Creating sustainable projects to build a new social capital
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
I find talking to Will is always inspiring, and though he's from a different sector I love his approach to work and passion for self initiated so...
Jennifer Bryan —Silence is really loud in leading change.
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Bryan is a published author, speaker and Director of Change and Leadership, who has worked with nearly 40 different organisations across mult...
James Saunders — Without the right people you can't achieve your business goals.
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
James Saunders is the Associate Director of Workplace Recruitment at Talent Locker, they specialise in placing experts in Workplace Consulting and Cha...
Nigel Oseland — Beyond the Workplace Zoo
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Friend of the show Nigel Oseland is back with his most recent book on workplace design, 'Beyond the Workplace Zoo', backed up with years o...
Lee Penson — How to deliver big ideas to big brands with a rapid delivery and sustainable outcome...
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I had the pleasure of meeting Lee at the Virtual Interiors Event during a talk we did together. This is one of our longer recordings as Lee is so enga...
Dani Salamon & Michael Kieck — Creating a Blended Solution to Workplace
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We've worked with both Dani and Michael of MoreySmith on some of our favorite (and indeed award-winning) projects. We love working with MoreySmit...
Jonathan Wagstaffe — Why We Need To Over-Communicate With Our Staff
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan is a tech entrepreneur, digital marketing educator, and keynote speaker, with decades of experience in growing businesses. We're taking ...
Simon Jordon — Applying First Principle Thinking to Your Workplace
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
I met Simon through my good friend Ben James, and was immediately captivated by his warmth and humour, which you'll hear comes across well in the...
Sally Rice & Beth Harrision — We had to launch The Virtual Interiors Event to bring back organic connections.
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Beth and Sally met at Sketch before both setting up their respective businesses just before lockdown. As they navigated their new ventures and caught ...
Caroline Pontifex — Finding the cultural motivation behind a business, and what makes them tick.
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Caroline Pontifex is director of workplace experience at KKS Savilles and leads their occupier and workplace strategy team. Advising occupiers using w...
Giuseppe Boscherini, Nikita Mikhailov & Olga Vysotska — How are you feeling?
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Due to the current situation with Covid I wanted to touch base with podcast favourites Giuseppe Boscherini & Nikita Mikhailov who are joined by Ol...
Neil Usher — Making stuff happen when nothing stands still
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We catch up with Neil Usher, Chief Workplace & Change Strategist, GoSpace AI, on the back of his talk at Workplace Trends which you can find here ...
Rachel Basha & Nicola Osborn — Human centric design and the changing face of the landlord/occupier relationship.
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our interview with Rachel Basha, Founder and Design Director and Nicola Osborn, Creative Director of Basha—Franklin. As an Interior Design business ...
Kay Sargent — Covid is impacting building culture, mentoring, ideating, growing and connecting.
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kay Sargent is a Senior Principal and Director of Workplace at HOK. With 35 years of experience, She is a recognized expert on workplace design and st...
Shane Kelly — The importance of place and interaction
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We’re pleased to announce the return of Spacecraft with Series 3 of the podcast, we had a little pause with everything currently happening while we ...
Nicola Rutt: Industrial Rehab and transforming old buildings
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With International Women's Day this weekend, who better to talk to than Nicola Rutt of HawkinsBrown. At the time on writing Nicola was recently s...
Rosie Haslem: the value of an iterative approach to design
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rosie Haslem from Spacelab joins us for this episode to discuss their unique approach to design. We learn how they use virtual reality to engage their...
Giuseppe Boscherini & Nikita Mikhailov: what do you get if you cross an architect with a psychologist?
07 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It turns out you get personality-based workspace design. In this episode, we discuss how personality can be used to design spaces. We’ve known for s...
Duncan Gunn: applying sticky campus thinking to the workplace
24 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Duncan Gunn of GUNN Associates joined us for this episode of the podcast. Here at Them Design, we’ve known and worked with Duncan for around three y...
Catherine Borowski: creating a job around the things you love, why art should be accessible and how placemaking can transform space
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
I've seen Catherine speak at a number of events and I'm always captivated by her creativity, her passion and her outlook on life. Her work h...
Jane Clay: Women in Office Design, understanding your client, and adapting to locales and regions
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jane Clay joins the Spacecraft podcast as we kick off our partnership with Women in Office Design, a networking group for women across the office desi...
Deepak Parmar: bringing creativity to the workplace
25 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Leading workplace designer Deepak Parmar from MCM joined us for this Spacecraft episode. We discussed what workplace design can learn from retail in t...
Richard Russell: biophilia, moss, and sustainability in design
28 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk to Richard Russell of Innerspace Cheshire, a company providing sustainable materials for commercial interiors. Richard is wel...
Workplace Trends: Why bringing human experience into the workplace is crucial
18 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Did you miss Workplace Trends? Don't worry we've got a pocket version... In this Workplace Trends special we attended the London event on Oc...
Simone Fenton-Jarvis: how to transform your workplace culture
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we're talking to Simone Fenton-Jarvis of Ricoh. Simone is a workplace thought-leader with 13 years’ experience working within ...
Simon Borg: bringing brands to life in some of the world's greatest stadiums
13 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Borg, Creative Director of Populous Activate discusses key projects such as the London O2, and the Tottenham Hotspur’s Stadium. From ensuring...
Mijail Gutierrez: how can spaces influence people’s behaviour?
08 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mijail Gutierrez, Associate Principle at Perkins and Will. shares his sources of inspiration, and insights into his work on interesting projects such ...
Nigel Oseland: design that fosters collaboration, alleviates loneliness, and supports wellbeing
24 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A legend in the workspace sector, Nigel Oseland discussed some of his work of the past, present, and future. With a research background, he takes an e...
Kursty Groves: the importance of purpose in workplace design
24 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This episode, we meet Kursty Groves, who has dedicated the last 20 years to examining how office design impacts on businesses and people. Author of tw...
Jeremy Spratley: the workplace of today and tomorrow - meeting employee expectations
07 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From designing retail parks, to building the hugely successful practice that is Spratley & Partners, Jeremy has gained a lot of knowledge about wo...
Toby Mildon: designing inclusively creates a better environment for everyone
22 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Toby shares why diversity and inclusion are business critical, and how he works with companies on bias within systems to creative tru...
John Riddell: a flexible approach to space – what we can learn from theatre design
22 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Looking at the Workplace from a slightly different angle, John Riddell introduces us to the fascinating world of theatre design. In this episode we co...
Rob Haworth: the importance of interior-led architecture
15 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Haworth of LTS Architects was our guest in this episode of the Spacecraft podcast, where we discussed his work reimagining buildings and spaces. H...
Christopher Crawford: using design to bring a building to life for the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust
18 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Spacecraft, Associate and Regional Media Industry Expert at Gensler, Chris Crawford joined Dan. Chris shares insights from his vari...
Oliver Kampshoff: creating a workspace to reflect an organisation’s culture
07 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Here at Them Design, we've known Oliver for a few years, and heard him called more than once 'the architect's architect'. Oliver i...
Xavier De Kestelier: designing buildings for Mars and the moon
23 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Xavier De Kestelier from HASSELL took us on a mind-blowing journey into space in this episode of the podcast. We talk about the challenges and possibl...
Katrina Larkin: from The Big Chill musical festival to creating Fora, the ‘pro-working’ space
15 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What do boutique music festivals and co-working spaces have in common? Well, Katrina Larkin for one. For another, both are about creating an environme...
Jenny Jones: creating thresholds to reimagine open plan offices
08 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How can design impact how we live and behave? Architect Jenny Jones gives her take on it in this episode of the Spacecraft podcast. We talk through he...
Neil Usher: the elements of a successful workplace
02 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We’re kicking off the Spacecraft podcast with our first guest, and who better than Neil Usher. A big name in the industry, Neil has been blogging ab...
Introduction to Spacecraft
25 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Spacecraft Podcast series reviews and examines how well-designed workspaces can be transformative, not just for day-to-day working, but for busine...