WORKPLACE STRATEGY

 

Every organization across all industries are challenged with the need for continuous innovation and agility to be successful. At SmithGroup, our workplace design strategy process assists organizations in identifying what their future looks like within their enterprise and how best to use both place and processes to create solutions that enable success.

Solving the right problems well always begins with asking the right questions. Collaborative and insightful, our process integrates strategy with design. Our approach provides a deep understanding of every client’s organization and, along with the sharing of best practices and insights, informs a unique strategy for each. Interdisciplinary design thinking allows us to create solutions for today’s evolving organizations. By thinking across expertise and integrating business acumen, we develop innovative strategies and design award-winning places that create success on our client’s terms.

 

PROJECTS

Ally Charlotte Center

Ally Charlotte Center

Strategically located shared amenities and deliberate “immersion zones” address the client’s goal of breaking down vertical silos and bringing together employees spread across 26 floors.

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San Diego SmithGroup

As the world adopts new ways of working in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, SmithGroup’s Workplace Leaders are helping clients develop holistic approaches for returning to the office. 

 

MEET OUR TEAM

Across a global network, we unite a diverse team of more than 200 Workplace specialists with decades of experience and expertise.

 

 

WORKPLACE STRATEGY LEADERSHIP

 

 

Alexis Kim SmithGroup Workplace Strategy

Alexis Kim, Principal Workplace Design Strategist

Alexis describes one of her roles as taking "a deeper dive to understand the strategic goals of a client. That informs the kind of design strategies that are more holistic to help propel them into the future." Alexis is pleased to see architecture evolving, "to respond to a changing world that is much more connected. We have a unique position as catalyst, connecting the physical world to business and people in a broader way."

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Bob Varga

Bob Varga, Vice President, Architect

The Michigan chapter of the American Institute for Architects named Bob its "Young Architect of the Year" in 2010, and no wonder. Before age 40, he had already designed a long list of award-winning and memorable projects, including The Christman Building, the rehabilitation of a 1928 office building on the National Register of Historic Places that earned three LEED Platinum certifications. 

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OUR EXPERTS

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CONTACT

Lise Newman

Vice President, Workplace Practice Director

(313) 442-8285

lise.newman [at] smithgroup.com

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Alexis Kim SmithGroup Leader

Alexis Kim - Principal, Workplace Design Strategist

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Bob Varga Workplace Strategy Team Leadership

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Workplace Strategy SmithGroup

The firm’s award-winning market creates design solutions at every scale, from innovative small workspaces to complex corporate campus developments for public- and private-sector clients. 

Mark Adams
Vice President, Director of Workplace

(480) 302-0568
mark.adams [at] smithgroup.com