What Today’s Employees Really Want from the Office

What Today’s Employees Really Want from the Office

The office is being reimagined around how people want to feel at work. This article explores how companies are designing spaces that prioritize calm, trust, and momentum, turning workplaces into destinations employees want to return to. Featuring insights from WorkX speakers Bill Callahan (Seismic) and Nichole Aguinaga (Tandem Diabetes Care), along with new research and case studies, it shows why emotion is becoming a core workplace strategy. In this article, you’ll learn:

  • How emotional experience drives modern workplace design
  • Ways companies are embedding trust, well-being, and psychological safety into their spaces
  • Real examples of organizations boosting engagement and performance through design
  • Practical steps to reverse-engineer spaces from emotional outcomes
  • What to expect in emotionally intelligent workplaces heading into WorkX 2026

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