Making work, workplace strategy & workplace design more human

As attitudes toward work rapidly evolve, Placeology is dedicated to offering experienced, independent strategic insight and advice to organizations who want to redefine their vision of modern knowledge work; and bridge the gap between work and workplaces, culture, leadership, process and technology.

Domino Risch, Founder & Director

Recognized globally as a thought leader and advocate for advancing modern work practices, Domino is known for her expertise in navigating complex organizational changes through the lens of workplace design. Her extensive experience, combined with a knack for fostering strong client relationships, shines through in her project portfolio, written works, and public speaking engagements – all of which underscore her mission: to make work more human.

With a proven record of leveraging research, data, and stakeholder input to shape effective strategies and design, Domino excels at simplifying complexity. She thrives in leading diverse teams and providing strategic direction aligned with organizational objectives and culture. Her personal commitment to supporting neurodiversity and wellbeing further enriches her contributions, positively impacting the work experience for numerous leading organizations worldwide.

Following an exceptionally successful career as a workplace strategist and designer at some of Australia's leading design firms, Domino is now following her purpose as an independent work futurist - allowing her to amplify beyond ‘design’ and place creation; helping to shape the future of work and workplaces for organisations where the opportunity starts before and goes beyond purely spatial outcomes.

She delights in conversations with people and organisations that share her purpose - to make the experience of work more human.

How can Placeology help?

There are a myriad of ways that Placeology can help diverse organisations successfully nagivate the future of work, here are a few examples:

Workplace Strategy Creation

A workplace strategy is more than just figuring out how many workstations, offices or meeting rooms are needed, though that is often part of one. Identifying the aspiration, purpose and goals of an organization is foundational to creating a unique cultural and spatial response that goes beyond desks and chairs; reflecting the future vision of your team, your culture & brand, how you work, where you work and the tech you use to stitch it all together.

Workplace Activation & Enablement

Through stakeholder facilitation – from informal conversations to deep dive workshops and investigating the hard numbers – an existing workplace activation plan pinpoints what your people need and identifies what might be holding them back. Whether it's refining work-practices to suit a new workspace, or adapting a legacy workspace to contemporary ways of working, enabling people to be their best at work is the key to success.

Future of Work Consulting

The pandemic accelerated issues that existed before 2020, and with the rise of hybrid work we have firmly arrived in the 4th Industrial Era, but there is much to be done in humanising ‘work’. Overly large, mostly empty workplaces cannot fulfill sustainability targets or the very human desire for an energising experience that “pays back” in-person attendance. The focus must shift to re-inventing how work is done, before mandating where it happens.

Keynote Speaking & Thought Leadership

A captivating and entertaining speaker, Domino employs her unique style and wealth of experience in keynote presentations by sharing insights, anecdotes, and cutting-edge information about the future of work based on her experience as a workplace futurist and designer. She is a sought after writer for mainstream media, industry and academic publishers; helping to shape the trajectory of work in a rapidly evolving landscape.

Commercial Property Developement Support

Commercial real estate is under more pressure than ever with rising levels of volatility and disruption. Collaborating with developers, asset owners and landlords to co-design human-centered strategies that integrate people, technology, and place; and bringing a tenant-centric lens to commercial developments is vital to ensuring the built environment responds to what tenants need to magnetically attract people back to work.

Commissioning & Interpreting Research

There is a myriad of opinion, editorials and clickbait headlines about what's happening in the world of work, and it can be hard to understand what the underlying issues are and what to believe. Whether it's undertaking targeted new research through stakeholder engagement, or collation of available data sets and published research, Placeology can help bring an evidence-based understanding of modern knowledge work.

Testimonials

Trusted advisor to many leading global organisations

Corenet Australia Chapter had the pleasure of Domino presenting at our 2024 annual Canberra Government Forum – a truly engaging session!

Domino provided a candid & honest perspective on today’s world of work. The presentation was data informed, shared lived experiences and insightful context towards leadership, organisational connection, work and workplace today, and the respective impacts on people and culture.

Greatly received by the Corenet audience and one of the best perspectives on work today experienced in a long while.

Corenet Australia

Program Executive

Hub Australia has enjoyed a rewarding and trusted partnership with Domino over many years, with her being instrumental in strengthening our business-to business-relationship, steering the design direction of several of our most successful and beloved clubhouses, and advancing strategic exploratory conversations with landlords and asset owners across Australia.

She has many strengths, but the ones that really stand out for us are her deep understanding of co-working operator and member drivers and requirements (as differentiated from typical tenants), her ability to communicate and elicit feedback from stakeholders, calm and empathetic leadership of multi-disciplinary teams and her ongoing willingness to share expertise and foresight about the future of work and workplaces with our business.

We’re delighted that Hub Australia’s own purpose – being a place for businesses to grow is now able to actively support her as she builds her own consulting business from our flagship clubhouse in Martin Place that she was instrumental in bringing to life. We are very much enjoying watching her flourish and wish her and Placeology every success.

Hub Australia

Chief Property Officer

Domino is one of the most interesting and passionate advocates for all things related to work and the workplace, and not only is it a highlight to attend events and conferences where she is speaking, but we also love inviting her to contribute to our own work and events at Colliers - from client pitches and pursuits, to strategy work, boardroom lunches and presentations. What she brings to her work and shares with her network is always interesting and relevant, and her anecdotes really bring ideas to life and are entertaining, fresh and reflect her deep connection to, and understanding of the modern work zeitgeist.

Colliers

Director of Workspace

I've had the pleasure of collaborating with Domino for many years - both in day-to-day project roles as a Workplace Designer for our firm, but also listening to her present at workplace conferences, and periodic presentations and events where she shares new anecdotes, research and insight. I've always found that her passion for making work and workplaces better, her insight into the future of work and her sensitivity to clients - even the toughest of legal Partners – coupled with her ability to weave stories that spark the imagination and inspire us to be a little more brave, mean that when she speaks, people really listen.

Baker McKenzie

Director

Placeology delights in conversations with people and organisations that share the same purpose – making the experience of work more human - so if that’s you, let’s chat!

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