Where Future Grows: Changing Working Environments

An exploration of the shift towards work environments that foster creativity, well-being and meaningful growth – reimagining the future of work as a place where people really want to be.

Although more and more tasks are being taken over by machines and artificial intelligence, humans remain the central element to the working world. For knowledge workers in particular, the choice of workplace will increasingly depend on where they can best utilize their skills, find meaning in their work, and experience a positive working environment. Where Future Grows explores this transformation of work and examines how future workplaces should be designed. An environment that considers both functional and aesthetic aspects will become increasingly important. 

The authors present a vision of a working world where the boundary between life and work dissolves, allowing human potential to be fully realized. Through detailed analyses of future work environments and a series of interviews, best-practice examples illustrate how workplaces should be designed to foster both professional and personal growth.

Jan Teunen is Cultural Capital Producer, supporting his clients in increasing their cultural capital and economic strength. He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Burg Giebichenstein / Kunsthochschule Halle, where he holds a professorship for design marketing and a fellow and mentor of the Academy for Potential Development and an honorary member of the GENISIS Institute for Social Innovation and Impact Strategies in Berlin.Christoph Quarch is a philosopher, bestselling author, speaker, thought leader in companies and university lecturer in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He is co-founder of the New Platonic Academy for a spiritual renewal of economy and society. Blackspace is an independent creative studio and works in the fields of technology, culture and real estate.