Rebecca Swanner on Work Design
May 14, 2026
Work Design’s podcast features Rebecca Swanner, AIA, on aligning office strategy with real work patterns
The office now has to earn its purpose.
As hybrid work settles into a more permanent reality, workplace design is being judged less by attendance and more by usefulness. The question is no longer simply how to bring people back, but what kind of work the office is actually built to support.
Rebecca Swanner, AIA, Workplace Sector Leader at HED, joined the conversation to share perspective on how offices can respond to shifting behaviors, cognitive demands, and the need for more intentional environments.
In Work Design’s What the F* is Happening to the Office?, host Bob Fox examines why many offices remain misaligned with the way work now happens. The episode considers how workplace strategy, design, and organizational expectations are being recalibrated in real time.