00;00;04;01 - 00;00;08;19 Unknown Hi, I'm Natasha, and I'm the workplace team leader for the UK and Ireland here at Cisco. 00;00;08;19 - 00;00;14;21 Unknown according to Deloitte, it's between 15 and 20% of people that are neurodivergent. 00;00;14;21 - 00;00;18;13 Unknown Yet we build our offices entirely for the neurotypical today. 00;00;18;13 - 00;00;21;09 Unknown years I couldn't find a place where I truly belonged. 00;00;21;09 - 00;00;26;19 Unknown no one saw how physically and mentally exhausting it was to keep up with a world not built for me. 00;00;26;19 - 00;00;30;25 Unknown And there is something great about coming in and connecting with people 00;00;30;25 - 00;00;41;21 Unknown Those are in office advantages that we don't get at home. However, what that did do for me is it meant that I was very distracted because of the environment that I was in. 00;00;41;21 - 00;00;43;12 Unknown I didn't get to do the focused, 00;00;43;12 - 00;00;47;13 Unknown kind of concentrated work that also needs to get done during that day. 00;00;47;13 - 00;00;51;17 Unknown And so my 9 to 5 day very often became a 9 a.m., so midnight, 00;00;59;22 - 00;01;09;29 Unknown Cisco London is intentionally designed to provide a reassuring sense of order and a variety of workplace settings, supporting both focused and collaborative work 00;01;09;29 - 00;01;14;28 Unknown Accessibility and inclusion standards is something we have always done at Cisco. 00;01;14;28 - 00;01;27;24 Unknown However, we've always built our offices based on the neurotypical. And so we really wanted to do something different here with London. We really wanted to tap into that neurodivergent and sensory consideration 00;01;27;24 - 00;01;30;26 Unknown to ensure that we were supporting any end user. 00;01;30;26 - 00;01;39;26 Unknown some of the things that we've done differently here are the wayfinding. For example, navigating round an office should be simple and clear to everybody. 00;01;39;26 - 00;01;51;29 Unknown And so we wanted to make sure that the wayfinding was really easy for any end user. And we did that through visual sightlines, through color, through signage and also through our technology. 00;01;51;29 - 00;02;00;17 Unknown We also looked at the materials that went into the office, those natural biophilia elements to really create a soft 00;02;00;17 - 00;02;02;22 Unknown atmosphere, a calming atmosphere, 00;02;02;22 - 00;02;05;26 Unknown So we've put muted, very natural colors throughout the office 00;02;05;26 - 00;02;09;22 Unknown We looked at ambient lighting and offering a level of control 00;02;09;22 - 00;02;10;04 Unknown So 00;02;10;04 - 00;02;13;29 Unknown when you're in a meeting room, you can adjust the lighting and the temperature to 00;02;13;29 - 00;02;14;21 Unknown suit your needs. 00;02;14;21 - 00;02;23;12 Unknown So although you cannot control the main circulation lighting when you're in an enclosed environment, you have a set up that will work best for the way you need to work. 00;02;23;12 - 00;02;29;05 Unknown to measure the success of this office, it's not going to be to do with how many people show up. 00;02;29;05 - 00;02;34;19 Unknown We want to embrace flexible working that is inclusive. We want to continue doing that. 00;02;34;19 - 00;02;41;20 Unknown But what we want to do is measure success about how people feel when they're in the office, and how connected they feel 00;02;41;20 - 00;02;43;03 Unknown and how productive they feel. 00;02;43;03 - 00;02;54;14 Unknown So what's been fantastic about London is it's not just a siloed office design. And the only one that we're going to do, it's kind of set the precedent for the future offices going forward. 00;02;54;14 - 00;02;59;00 Unknown every future office, I think we will long time see a great success story. 00;02;59;00 - 00;03;05;08 Unknown We will say attraction of talent. We will say retention of the talent that we already have today. 00;03;05;08 - 00;03;05;21 Unknown it's about 00;03;05;21 - 00;03;15;23 Unknown the human element as well. That people will feel safe. They will feel that they have a place where they belong, and that they can be fully themselves and extremely productive 00;03;15;23 - 00;03;17;04 Unknown and thrive in the office.