Simona Paleanu

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About Simona Paleanu

The places where people work shape their behaviors, and this can ultimately lead to a change in organizational culture. Workplace design can jumpstart innovation by creating spaces that help people experiment, take risks and learn as much from what doesn’t work as what does. For over 100 years, Steelcase has been studying how people work, wherever they work. Today, we help our clients in Business, Government, Education and Health Care address five main business issues: • Optimize real estate • Enhance collaboration • Attract, develop and engage talent • Build brand and culture • Improve wellbeing at work Employee engagement is a serious bottom-line issue. It fuels organizations during times of economic growth and, more critically, when market conditions are uncertain and volatile. The work environment can either augment or hinder efforts to boost employee engagement. It also identifies areas of change to the workplace that can have the most positive impact. I help companies create great spaces wherever work happens and translate Steelcase research and insights into solutions that amplify their performance. I do this by taking a user-centered approach to understand the way our customers’ employees work and the goals the organization is trying to achieve.