Catherine Arod Gall

“I’ve worked in business strategy and design research for more than 25 years, constantly seeking to understand the interplay of space, technology, culture and behaviors to drive positive impact for human beings and organizations. With Steelcase Inc, I have conducted workplace transformation projects for leading corporations and education institutions in Europe, the USA, the Middle East Africa and China I also led and co-authored the exploratory ethnology research called “Culture Code” aiming at investigating cultural factors that influence the design of working and learning environments in 11 countries. I keep writing and teaching about workplace design strategies in several business and design schools in Europe.

After leading thecamp - an exceptional open innovation campus located in the south of France - for the past 2 years, I have created Art of sensemaking to work with other passionate change makers to open corporate doors and shift social mindsets to invent new models”