Better calls,
made deliberately.
AI has made individual output effortless, but that hasn’t translated into collective impact. The work that sets direction and moves teams together keeps stalling: high activity, low momentum.
Request a Seat- Location
- New York City
- Dates
- Sep 29 · Oct 29 · Nov 18
- The Room
- ~30 senior leaders
- Cost
- Free · invite only
A hands-on working session, not a talk.
Around 30 senior leaders across People, Change, and Technology spend a focused afternoon pressure-testing the calls they’re already making against situations they’re actually carrying.
No one arrives with the answer. The room builds it together, then keeps the conversation going over a rooftop happy hour.
What people leave with is sharper judgment, a shared language for the calls ahead, and the connective tissue of a peer group worth keeping.
The day turns on two decisions every leader is already making, whether deliberately or by default.
Which mode fits the moment?
Tools, structures, and approaches keep multiplying. Which combination of people, methods, and speed does this specific moment actually call for?
Where does friction help, and where does it hurt?
Where should you strip friction out to move faster, and where is healthy friction worth keeping, because it forces the prioritization and discernment that make the call better?
Three sittings,
one format.
- September 29Tuesday
- October 29Thursday
- November 18Wednesday
- Time
- 1:00–5:00pm Rooftop happy hour to 6:30pm
- Location
- Steelcase Offices 4 Columbus Circle, New York
- The Room
- ~30 senior leaders People, Change, and Technology
- Format
- In-person, facilitated Working in Miro plus physical methods
- Cost
- Free to attend Invite only
Ideal
attendees.
- 01
Senior Leader in People, Change/Transformation, or Technology at a Fortune 1000 org.
- 02
Comfortable thinking out loud, building on others, and saying the hard thing.
- 03
We encourage 2–3 cross-functional leaders from each org — feel free to share with peers who would add value to the room and help you instigate change after.
Participating organizations
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The room,
in practice.
Real leaders, real problems, pen in hand. Photography from previous Design Gym executive sessions.
Convened as
equal partners.
The Design Gym
A boutique consultancy that helps organizations move from high activity to real momentum by redesigning how teams connect, decide, and work together. Through our Adaptive Operating System, we help leaders make better calls and build teams that move with greater clarity, alignment, and speed.
Miro
Miro is the AI-powered collaboration workspace where teams think, decide, and execute together. It provides the shared environment that turns conversations into action and helps organizations adopt new ways of working at scale.
Steelcase
Steelcase designs workplaces that help people do their best work. By creating environments that foster collaboration, focus, and meaningful connection, Steelcase helps organizations bring better teamwork to life — both in the room and beyond.
Request
a Seat
Space is intentionally limited to approximately 30 leaders per session so the room can actually work.
Tue, Sep 29 · Thu, Oct 29 · Wed, Nov 18 — 1:00–5:00pm, with a rooftop happy hour to 6:30pm. Steelcase Offices, 4 Columbus Circle, New York. Free to attend, invite only.
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