A WorkTech Sydney 2018 LendLease Lounge Presentation In March 2018, I was invited to speak at the WorkTech Lounge to discuss the future of work and the workplace. My talk focused on the chasm many of today's enterprise workers are facing between their physical workplaces and their technical ones – and what workplace designers of all kinds can do to bridge that gap. 

1. A view from my hot desk
Maren Hotvedt
Head of Design, Kindred

5. • Originally from the United States
• Lead the user experience design
team at Kindred
• Co-founder and Head of Product
Design at Willow
I’m Maren

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7. Balance culture, technology and place
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9. Usability is not enough
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11. Customer experience is employee experience
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13. Designing for diversity starts
with a diverse team
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15. It takes a keen eye to spot a lasting trend
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19. 1. Balance culture, technology and place
2. Usability is not enough
3. Customer experience is employee experience
4. Designing for diversity starts with a diverse team
5. It takes a keen eye to spot a lasting trend
5 keys to a better future workplace
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20. Delightful
Useful
Useable

21. “You can design and create, and build
the most wonderful place in the world.
But it takes people to make the dream
a reality.”
Walt Disney
Original Imagineer

23. Questions?

24. Contact
mhotvedt@withkindred.com
@marenhotvedt
Maren Hotvedt
Head of Design