CEU’s
Workplace Ergonomics 2.0
The way we work continues to change yet we still need to maintain a focus on ergonomics in the workplace to prevent injuries and ensure the optimum health, happiness, and performance of all workers. In Ergonomics 2.0 we review the basic principles of ergonomics including how ergonomics has changed over time along with current standards and guidelines. We discuss the new ways we work and how to effectively address the ergonomic needs of the worker with an emphasis on how to effectively introduce movement into the workplace. Finally, we review recent comprehensive research about how to properly introduce sit-to stand movement in the workplace, enhancing wellness and reducing the risk of injury and discomfort.
Ethonomics:
The Formula For Workplace Happiness
The new emphasis on healthy and sustainable communities, buildings, workspaces, and products represents a significant shift and a new consciousness that encompasses the broadest definitions of sustainability and permeates many aspects of our lives. This course expands its view of sustainability to include social and economic sustainability, with particular focus on inclusion of human health and wellness in the sustainability dialogue. We will explore the idea that well-designed space, in all its forms - at the scale of urban planning, of building architecture, and of the technology-enabled workplace - can become a catalyst for wellness. In a rich media experience, attendees will discover the five key ingredients that contribute to workplace happiness.
Lick the Frog!
And other creative thinking techniques……
Creativity is inspired when there is a problem to solve. The first time we encounter a problem we craft a solution and try, if that works, we don’t usually explore other options. What if there are more solutions, better ones? Pushing the boundaries and utilizing Creative Thinking methods is a way to develop novel or unorthodox solutions that do not depend wholly on past or current solutions. Although some people might seem more “creative” than others, thinking creatively is a skill that all of us can develop and improved using various techniques and practices.
Resistance to Resilience
The world is in a continuous state of change and our best bet for survival is to learn how to be more change capable. In Resistance to Resilience – Making the Shift we examine why change is hard, how we feel about change and the importance of mindset throughout the process The goal is to help prepare ourselves to be more open and welcoming of change, to see it not as difficult, costly and weird but as doable, rewarding and normal. Being capable of and comfortable with change is an invaluable skill for our rapidly changing world.
Designing with workfloMAP©
The workfloMAP© is a powerful and proven design toolkit to help a customer:
Create awareness about employees’ different work styles and the benefits of knowledge swirl;
Create user data to support effective workplace strategy and design
Co-design, by helping users be part of the design process
Change management, by helping users “see” themselves in new ways of working while creating visual narrative tools
Every Color Tells a Story:
How color psychology influences
our mood & behaviors
Do you feel balanced when you see green? Does red make you energized or anxious? Color is powerful; it helps us communicate and it directly affects our mood, feelings, and emotions. Understanding the impact of color is a critical tool for designers. Learning how to apply color psychology to interior design helps convey nonverbal information and influences how occupants interact with an environment. Every color tells a story, learn how to use color to craft the story you want to tell.
Sustainability;
Furniture- from Design to Decommissioning
Detrimental environmental impact is the furniture industry’s dirty secret that we are going to delve into in this course. Fast furniture is the biggest culprit, so we’ll discuss why it’s so popular and its significant impact. Fortunately, there are strategies for designing and manufacturing furniture sustainably. There are also many sustainability certifications that help hold manufacturers accountable. We’ll explore all of this, as well as how to reduce our impact as individuals and as organizations, and how to steer clients into partnering with furniture manufacturers that prioritize sustainability, from the design phase through decommissioning.
The Power of Storytelling
In this course, you’ll dive into the world of storytelling and learn why storytelling matters in your professional and personal lives. Discover and practice using a simple structure to create engaging stories and connect better with others – in meaningful, impactful, and memorable ways. You’ll leave with valuable tools to help you tell compelling stories that resonate.
Not So Fast:
Unpacking the High Cost of Fast Fashion & Furniture on our Planet
Catering to the fast-paced lifestyles of modern consumers, fast furniture and fast fashion are growing rapidly as more people demand goods at low prices to keep up with current trends. Are consumers thinking through the impact of fast fashion and furniture on the environment? What does it mean for the future of our planet as these “fast” trends come and go? Join us in this engaging CEU session, as we dig into these questions and explore sustainable practices that extend the useful life of fashion, furniture, and more.
Belonging
Belonging 101 What makes you feel like you belong? In the first part of a three part series, we will provide an overview on how to cultivate belonging, understand the belonging framework, and dive into how belonging strengthens a team.
Belonging 201 continues a study of organizational belonging that is based on a framework by Haas Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership at UC Berkeley. This course includes activity based learning to express leadership can mitigate psychological risks in the workplace by using methods of inclusion and vulnerability.
Belonging 301 concludes a study of organizational belonging that is based on a framework by Haas Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership at UC Berkeley. This course includes activity based learning to express how organizational results are stronger due to belonging and strategies to build and design for it.
