Designing Workspaces and Sharing Strategies for the Future of Work

Kristina York is Principal and Workplace Alchemist at CREATE+CO where she is passionate about being an interior designer and workplace advocate for human-centric environments where all people can work smarter and thrive together. Mike Petrusky asks Kristina to share her experiences with clients as she seeks to meet the needs of people by understanding what … Continue reading "Designing Workspaces and Sharing Strategies for the Future of Work"

Designing Workspaces and Sharing Strategies for the Future of Work

Listen On Your Favorite Platform

Kristina York is Principal and Workplace Alchemist at CREATE+CO where she is passionate about being an interior designer and workplace advocate for human-centric environments where all people can work smarter and thrive together. Mike Petrusky asks Kristina to share her experiences with clients as she seeks to meet the needs of people by understanding what they are going through so leaders can empower teams to meet their goals. They explore the importance of space, design and why people gather while recognizing that no one size fits all organizations. Kristina feels a responsibility to advocate for employees by sharing ideas and workplace strategies that will help leadership teams navigate the future of work. Mike and Kristina offer motivational quotes, music and LOTR references to inspire you to be a workplace innovator!

Connect with Kristina on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristina-york-2436387/

Learn more about CREATE+CO: https://www.createandcompany.com/

Discover free resources and explore past interviews at: https://eptura.com/discover-more/podcasts/workplace-innovator/

Learn more about Eptura™: https://eptura.com/

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


Avatar photo

By

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.

You might also like

Worktech stacks don’t break. They accumulate.

Workplace technology rarely breaks, it accumulates. One solution at a time, organizations build stacks that solve immediate needs but introduce new dependencies, duplicate data, and rising overhead. What once felt manageable becomes an ecosystem that requires constant coordination. This piece explores how complexity builds and why organizations are rethinking how they design workplace technology to stay flexible over time.

Rethinking operations for the modern mixed-use facility

Understand the challenges behind mixed-use facility management and how teams can adapt to competing priorities and changing demand.

How leading CRE teams are optimizing cost per employee

The numbers said the portfolio was optimized. Cost per employee dropped, space was consolidated, and leadership saw progress. But months later, attendance patterns shifted, underused locations lingered, and the gains quietly eroded. The teams sustaining results aren’t relying on periodic resets—they’re tracking how space is actually used and adjusting continuously as workplace behavior evolves.