CHINA’S COVID COVER-UP: Leading Epidemiologist Dr. Maureen Miller Of Workplace 2030 Pandemic Initiative Opens Up On China’s Role In Covid-19 & Unveils The NEW Futuristic Office For Protecting Workers

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Workplace 2030 a not-for-profit initiative to reimagine the office has now opened to the public the world s first epidemiologically-guided office of the future prototype in San Francisco CA The prototype office is an interactive learning center where workplace leaders can experience first-hand the latest workplace designs technologies and collaborations for workplace health security confidence and comfort in one real-world space The office of the future prototype is live in San Francisco through March 2021 New York and Chicago locales are planned Over 50 of Bay Area s largest employers have toured the prototype workplace in the last 2 months to experience the innovative concepts and technology and now the space is available to any company for complimentary in-person when permissible by local health guidelines and virtual tours Under the leadership of Founder Executive Director Brandon Cook and oversight of leading infectious disease epidemiologist Dr Maureen Miller PhD Columbia University Workplace 2030 aims to help protect the health of workers and drive economic recovery by enabling businesses to make informed and confident decisions on both when and how to reopen their offices Workplace 2030 assembled a panel of ten leading workplace design and workplace technology experts to advise the initiative Security HR and Facilities leaders are tasked with reopening their company s offices yet no one has ever faced the current situation said Cook By working hand-in-hand with an epidemiologist and experts we will help clarify from a scientific and prescriptive perspective when and how to reopen so as the vaccine becomes available and when infection rates decline we can do so sooner and more safely than ever before There are two tectonic shifts in how work is done today First all organizations must proactively protect employees against viral disease transmission for an indeterminate amount of time likely well after a COVID-19 vaccine is available Second the majority of workplaces are permanently moving to a hybrid of remote and in-office work In four months and relying on over one million dollars worth of donated goods and services Workplace 2030 successfully built a functioning office of the future designed to demonstrate solutions to these unprecedented challenges The prototype serves as an educational resource available at no cost for workplace leaders evaluating how to deploy the latest technology and design to affordably upgrade their existing workplaces for enhanced safety and collaboration The Workplace 2030 initiative also includes an online resource center with epidemiologically-reviewed academic data sources and original content from expert advisors Corporations and their employees are eager to return to a sense of normalcy notes Dr Miller How to do that is not always obvious so we are providing free in-the-weeds how-to information for the business people on the front lines of these office reopening projects Dr Miller who consults for the public and private sector worldwide helps Workplace 2030 to distill the latest academic research and health and safety guidelines into pragmatic evidence-based recommendations She advises on the development of all of the Workplace 2030 innovation use cases and provides expert guidance free of charge online in Workplace2030 org s Ask an Epidemiologist section People are expecting to go back to a workplace that is more restrictive sterile and isolating but we ve actually built one that s more collaborative welcoming comfortable while also advancing employee health and safety significantly said Cook By building a real office we ve been able to find and test the technology and designs that work in the real-world and put them together in a way that make people actually want to go back to the office — Support this podcast https anchor fm john-aidan-byrne0 supportClick here to visit this podcast episode