How Amenities, Hospitality, and Culture Drive Workplace Collaboration

Razia Ferdousi-Meyer is Managing Director, Global Leader of Real Estate & Business Administration at Ankura where she leverages her background in hospitality to create workspaces that support the vision and future needs of her organization. Mike Petrusky asks Razia to describe how workplace trends around amenities and culture help to meet the expectations and preferences … Continue reading "How Amenities, Hospitality, and Culture Drive Workplace Collaboration"

How Amenities, Hospitality, and Culture Drive Workplace Collaboration

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Razia Ferdousi-Meyer is Managing Director, Global Leader of Real Estate & Business Administration at Ankura where she leverages her background in hospitality to create workspaces that support the vision and future needs of her organization. Mike Petrusky asks Razia to describe how workplace trends around amenities and culture help to meet the expectations and preferences of a diverse workforce. Razia believes that providing space for healthy and happy employees is a great opportunity for workplace leaders, but it also can be a big challenge. Her real world experiences have prepared Razia to help people be successful and do their best work while she encourages that we all be kind to each other in the workplace. Razia and Mike agree that we must invite and accept change to keep moving forward and they also share a love of Bollywood music, which leads to another fun episode of podcast karaoke!

 

Connect with Razia on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raziameyer/

Learn more about Ankura: https://ankura.com/

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Connect with Mike on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikepetrusky/

Share your thoughts with Mike via email: [email protected]

Learn more about iOFFICE’s workplace experience solutions: https://www.iOFFICECORP.com/


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As Director of Podcasts at Eptura, Mike Petrusky hosts both the Workplace Innovator Podcast and the Asset Champion Podcast, sharing thought leadership with CRE, FM, and IT leaders in the digital and hybrid workplace. Mike has produced more than 500 podcast episodes listened to in over 111 countries. As an in-demand public speaker, Mike engages audiences at numerous industry events each year, including International Facility Management Association and CoreNet conferences, focusing on the human element of workplace and facility management.

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