Bishop Ranch

I would like to extend a warm welcome to Vayu Robotics as one of our newest tenants here at Bishop Ranch. Wade Ogburn, it's always a pleasure working with you!

What happens when the people and workplace teams become one team? They stop the BS of solving for siloed metrics of space use or office attendance. They solve for the real goal: employee engagement. They design for a culture that embraces diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. That then fuels the rocketship for productivity and innovation. I am sharing the key learnings that stood out for me from a great immersive event arranged by Workshape and Bishop Ranch. The event brought together thought leaders from the people and places domains. It started with teams split up in an "escape room" simulation to solve for employee experience. Annie Murphy Paul delivered the keynote on how we think outside the brain. It ended with a panel discussion that I was part of along with Michelle Samura Juliana Schroeder Brian Elliott Hakee Chang. 🏢 👣 More companies are combining people and places teams under the people function. They have realized what they need to optimize for. Forcing people into the office without intentionality and making it meaningful is not working. 🧠 ❤️ 🤸♀️ The intersection of people and places allows for designing the ideal multi-purpose space. This space lets you think beyond the brain and draw on physical, emotional, and social wisdom. This wisdom speaks when you are free from distraction. You can then escape external noise and tune into your "inner weather." It's a space to express yourself with gestures and learn from observing others. We cannot make these observations on a video call. It's a space that invites you to spend time outside. It also brings the outside in through views of nature. It's a space that invites you to engage in social activities. These include storytelling, debating, and teaching others. It's a space that makes it easy for people to form groups under shared interests - meals and hobbies. 🌏 Any in-person meeting design has to enable belonging. Belonging is different for everyone. The design reminds everyone that they belong here. The design reminds them of the organization's culture. It rejects the current state of world inequities. It nudges them to educate about differences among the world's communities. It shows what a peaceful world could look like. Thanks, Alex Mehran Jr. Andrea Reeder for providing a space perfect to live the insights in reality. Using the luxury movie theatre for the panel was extra special for a movie buff. I felt like I was at a film festival's post-screening press conference :) I look forward to seeing how my family's favorite, Bishop Ranch, furthers its vision to be a forward-thinking community hub with meaningful workspaces. Thanks Brett Sandi Allie for such an awesome experience. Thanks Omar for the B&W photos. Thoughts shared are my perspective only and that of my advisory Belong & Lead #diversityequityinclusionandbelonging #futureofwork #artificialintelligence #innovation #leadership #culture #management #humanresources #peopleanalytics #workplace

Congratulations to all the San Francisco Business Times honorees from this year's Real Estate Deals of the Year, representing the biggest construction and development deals that shaped the Bay Area in 2023. Alex Mehran Jr. Bishop Ranch K. Cyrus Sanandaji CBRE Bayer Oxford Capital Group, LLC Brookfield Properties Ballast Investments Mission Rock University of California, San Francisco Ohana Real Estate Investors Larry Baer San Francisco Giants Gensler Inc. Anthropic SKS Partners The Swig Company IKEA Holy Names University Michael Iino Raise Commercial Real Estate The Emory Quarterra Group Greystar Build Group, Inc Nor Cal Carpenters Union Torani (R. Torre & Co.) Cushman & Wakefield The Sobrato Organization Blake|Griggs Properties John Cumbelich & Associates Decon BDE Architecture Bay West Group Pacific Development Corporation Ltd Johnstone Moyer, Inc. Barker Pacific Group Ridge Capital Investors, LLC https://lnkd.in/gtQZ2KJq