More Than a Chair
Space shapes behaviors. Behaviors create culture and culture drives results. Create space for innovation, to dream, and for the next big idea. This is the More Than a Chair Podcast with Inside INdiana Business host Gerry Dick and brought to you by Business Furniture + Choreo.
Episodes
July 4, 2022 • 26 mins
Mina Starsiak Hawk- co-founder and owner of Two Chicks and a Hammer, start of HGTV’s show “Good Bones”, she’s a realtor, and a mother and recently partnered with Business Furniture to open her first office space for the company. Special guest host, Gerry Dick, talks about this major moment for this team so focused on revitalizing Indianapolis, one house at a time.
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June 6, 2022 • 20 mins
Cathedral High School Principal, Julie Barthel, took the lead at the high school in 2020 as the world shut down and educators pivoted to a virtual learning. Special guest host, Gerry Dick, sits down to talk about the challenges and the future of education. Plus, the new Cathedral Innovation Center and how it’s preparing students for the real world.
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May 16, 2022 • 31 mins
How does space impact a company's Culture? Tiffany Sauder, CEO of Element Three, a full-service marketing consultancy in Indianapolis breaks down the current climate.
She talks about competing against home for employee engagement and creating a space where her team wants to work and grow.
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April 13, 2022 • 18 mins
How does a company move to a mobile work environment? We all know change can be scary, we sit down with Elise Moote, experienced project manager with Bastian Solutions to talk through the lessons she learned when taking the company from cubicle workstations to a mobile work environment with an open floor plan.
Bastian Solutions- is a Toyota Advanced logistics company, a trusted supply chain integration partner committed to provid...
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March 9, 2022 • 26 mins
Is the office dead? In this episode of the More Than a Chair podcast, celebrating 100 years in business for Business Furniture, JLL’s Matt Waggoner sits down with Gerry Dick to discuss the future of the workplace in a hybrid world. How have real estate needs changed post covid and what employers need to know to create a space that attracts and keeps talent.
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February 2, 2022 • 24 mins
Business Furniture's Dick Oakes joins Host Gerry Dick to discuss the 100th anniversary of the company. The discussion focuses on changes in the office over the last ten decades and changes coming in the future.
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March 30, 2021 • 25 mins
Join us as we sit down with Kathleen Lemaster, Partner and Interior Designer with Axis Architecture as she discusses her MINDSET on the future of the workplace. Plus, her role in the new Business Furniture + Choreo ancillary showroom.
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February 23, 2021 • 27 mins
Business Furniture + Choreo designer, Heidi Dellekamp, sits down to deep dive into designing the company's first showroom devoted to ancillary furniture. Why the pandemic has made the concepts even more relevant and how a trip out west inspired a new MINDSET for the team.
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January 20, 2021 • 30 mins
"The timing couldn't be better," said Business Furniture + Choreo Chairman Emeritus, Dick Oakes.
Join us as we sit down with Oakes and Business Furniture + Choreo Director of Audience Development, Hannah Freiherr, as they dive into the details of our new showroom in downtown Fishers, MINDSET.
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Why opening a new business in the middle of a pandemic is so exciting
What employers need to do to shift their MINDSET about ...
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September 24, 2020 • 29 mins
Tackling the topic of meeting people where they are. How can we promote a safe and compelling workplace while also meeting the needs of employees and cultivating a culture that’s meaningful?
Our guest, Arik Orbach, is a People Partner at Google where he’s been a “Googler” (Google employee) for over two years. He is a trusted advisor and guides the 'people' strategy for a subset of Google’s Global Business Organization
Also, Rit...
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September 9, 2020 • 29 mins
Work-life fulfillment and the path to engage employees in a meaningful way post-Covid.
Guests, Dr. Tracy Brower, a work environment sociologist and principal with the applied research and consulting group at Steelcase weighs in. She's also the author of "Bring Work to Life by Bringing Life to Work: A guide for leaders and organizations to focus on work-life fulfillment.
Also with us, Mary Beth Oakes, CEO and Owner of Business...
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August 25, 2020 • 30 mins
What is the future of the workplace? What is the potential impact on workplace culture as employees continue to work remotely? How do you make the connection between remote employees and employees in the office as seamless as possible?
To get the answers, we have Susan Juvet, Strategy Director and Senior Associate at Gensler and Mary Beth Oakes, CEO at Business Furniture + Choreo.
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August 11, 2020 • 28 mins
Sometimes we have to take an alternate route to get to where we're going.
A new approach to the workplace is required – one that is compelling and safe for employees and smart for the business.
Our guests, Business Furniture + Choreo Interior Designer, Heidi Dellekamp and Steelcase Business Development Manager, Whitney Fuchs have both been boots on the ground, helping clients re-work and re-design their spaces for resilience. ...
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July 21, 2020 • 29 mins
Employee focused research is more important than ever. First, it's essential to pinpoint your location on the roadmap to resilience and that means asking your employees questions about what’s working well while working from home, and what needs to happen for them to feel safe and confident about returning to work.
Gensler Strategist, David Craig and Principal and Founding Partner at Axis Architecture + Interiors, Drew White, ...
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July 14, 2020 • 31 mins
Resilience is the ability to recover from difficult experiences and setbacks, to adapt and move forward.
At Business Furniture + Choreo we know we’re all working to get on the ROAD TO RESILIENCE.
Business Furniture + Choreo CEO, Mary Beth Oakes and Choreo President, Patty Clark sit down to explain the step by step guide to create a roadmap to resilience and help employees get back to work safely and confidently.
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July 8, 2020 • 29 mins
Change can be scary.
Especially when it’s happening at work, it’s why CHOREO was born with a vision to make the workplace evolution a strategic people and business tool.
Since Choreo’s birth in 2008, the certificated woman owned business has worked with dozens of companies in helping minimize the disruption associated with major moves and renovations--- all while lessening the burden and maximizing the success of work-place cha...
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June 23, 2020 • 27 mins
Construction and engineering projects around the world have been impacted by COVID-19.
Experts predict we will see some long-term ramification for many aspects of the U.S. Construction industry but what does that mean for us here in the Midwest?
On THE MORE THAN A CHAIR PODCAST by Business Furniture + Choreo we have Vice President of Business Development at Meyer Najem Construction, Dan Lawson is here with us today to give us i...
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June 16, 2020 • 31 mins
Covid-19 will change the way we work in offices-perhaps indefinitely but what does this mean for office culture?
According to a recent CNBC survey, 54% of workers say their jobs have become more difficult due to the pandemic. Managers will need to learn new ways to connect with their teams and continue to engage and create a culture where people WANT to work and feel safe.
Today, on The More Than a Chair Podcast we have guest, ...
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June 5, 2020 • 31 mins
Social distancing, six-feet apart, screens, and masks, The world can feel very cold, sterile and separate right now as we navigate our workspaces post-pandemic.
How can we give the safety of space and personal boundaries without compromising design?
On this episode of the More Than a Chair podcast, we have with us expert guest Gale Moutrey, Vice President of Communications for Steelcase, the global leader in the office furnitur...
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May 27, 2020 • 25 mins
Sanitizer, Bleach, Clorox Wipes… Right now we’re all cleaning machines trying to stay healthy and create work environments where people feel safe.
But what works? What’s over kill? And What should we be cleaning around the office?
On this episode of “The More Than a Chair Podcast” we have Business Furniture + Choreo’s Hannah Freiherr, Director of Audience Development and Caryl Sugden, sales representative for Designtex, the lea...
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