Hosted by Sid Meadows · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 186 episodes
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Welcome to The Trend Report, your inside look at the people, products, and ideas shaping the future of workplace design. This podcast takes you behind the scenes of the office furniture industry and the broader interior design community. Hosted by industry veteran Sid Meadows, each episode dives deep into the conversations, trends, and strategies shaping the future of our industry. From insightful interviews with industry innovators, brand builders, design leaders, CEOs, and changemakers to real-world discussions on workplace trends, sales strategies, and furniture design, The Trend Report delivers the knowledge and inspiration you need to stay ahead. Whether it’s exploring how workplace design impacts the future of work, uncovering innovations in commercial furniture, or understanding the connection between real estate and design, this is your inside look at the ever-changing world of contract interiors. If you’re an architect, interior designer, manufa
Sid Meadows hosts The Trend Report, a business show with 186 episodes published.
Send us Fan Mail Susan Pilato and Michelle Warren join Sid to challenge the idea that more activity automatically creates growth, and they lay out what a true strategic plan looks like for small businesses in the contrac
Send us Fan Mail Sid looks past the celebrity and fame and identifies practical business lessons from Taylor Swift’s strategic playbook: turn adversity into fuel, build customer loyalty that beats price, and grow with a
Send us Fan Mail Simona Constantini of Volt Productions joins Sid to talk about why business owners need to stop treating podcasting like a marketing extra and explain how it becomes a real business asset for trust, visi
Send us Fan Mail We're back with another Hot Takes episode. Sid spins the wheel with Rob Kirkbride from officeinsight, discussing topics on selling, marketing, and trust in the contract interiors world. They challenge ea
Send us Fan Mail Join Sid as he chats with Anika Jackson about using Delphi to clone her voice and expertise so people can get real answers 24/7 without demanding more hours from her calendar. They break down what to upl
Send us Fan Mail This week, challenge yourself with one sharp question: if your content disappeared, would your customers even notice? Sid is breaking down what “adding value” really means in a noisy, AI-fueled content w
Send us Fan Mail Sid is digging into why the future of learning deserves as much attention as the future of work with Dr. Lennie Scott-Webber and Libby Ferin of Marco. They discuss how classrooms quietly shape behavior,
Send us Fan Mail The Hot Takes Wheel is spinning again! This time Kay Sargent from HOK joins Sid to discuss what is breaking, what is evolving, and what needs to get simpler in the contract interiors world. They dig into
Send us Fan Mail Sid talks with Officeworks CEO Chris Hanes about leading through consolidation while stepping into a bigger role and keeping the dealer business grounded in trust, process, and people. They dig into coac
Send us Fan Mail Sid spins the Hot Takes Wheel with Michelle Warren of The Collaborative Network and Catalyst Consulting. They unpack the questions that keep the contract furniture world debating what works. Michelle and
Send us Fan Mail Sid is digging into what it looks like when AI moves from headlines to real workflow inside a contract interiors manufacturer. Karli Slocum and Cosmo Kramer break down how 3form uses digital visualizatio
Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to another Hot Takes episode, this time with Larry Lee of KISP. Sid and Larry trade honest exchanges on what moves the contract furniture industry forward. They dig into why distribution and
Send us Fan Mail Ed Eisaman joins Sid to talk about how the independent rep model is evolving into a capital-intensive, service-heavy business that still runs on a backbone of relationships. We get specific about what’s
Send us Fan Mail We talk with Avanto leaders Matt Danyliw and Leonardo Vargas about what “operationalised innovation” looks like when AI moves from talk to execution across the contract interiors ecosystem. We break down
Send us Fan Mail What would change in your business if you truly put your customers first? Sid explores how the Savannah Bananas used courage and a fans-first mindset to turn a failing team into a phenomenon, then map th
Send us Fan Mail Sid connects sustainability, design, and the future of work with Todd Bracher of Humanscale, tracing his craft-first roots in Europe to a clear framework: form follows function, and function follows cont
Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to the new Trend Report segment called Hot Takes. Join Sid along with Amanda Schneider as they challenge the idea that our industry sells products and argue for outcomes, ease, and risk redu
Send us Fan Mail Senior Interior Designer, Krystal Lucero, and Sid explore how to earn trust and build durable relationships between product sellers and the design community. From fast, accurate support to visible though
Send us Fan Mail Sid explores why gratitude is a performance multiplier and how simple daily habits can raise trust, engagement, and results without adding more work. Learn four practical practices to balance high standa
Send us Fan Mail Hunter Jensen of Barefoot Solutions, and Sid unpack why AI is moving so fast and the important basics leaders skip during implementation and use: data quality, governance, and a focused strategy that tar
Anika Jackson
founder of Your Brand Amplified, faculty at USC Annenberg · Zen Power Coach in Training
2 appearances on this show
Kay Sargent
Senior Principal and Director of Thought Leadership, Interiors · HOK
2 appearances on this show
Michelle Warren
The Collaborative Network
3 appearances on this show
Todd Bracher
Humanscale
1 appearance on this show
Hunter Jensen
founder and CEO · Barefoot Solutions
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Kari Anderson
interior designer–turned–UX designer
1 appearance on this show
Doug Shapiro
VP of Sales · JSI
1 appearance on this show
Rex Miller
author of Genius Spark: Reignite Your Life
2 appearances on this show
Jonathan Johnson
Technical Consultant · Form Furniture
1 appearance on this show
Sam Richardson
Executive Engagements Programs Director · Cowell Clarke Commercial Lawyers
1 appearance on this show
Brian Piper
1 appearance on this show
Jonathan Howard
chief of the neurology service at Bellevue Hospital · Standard Chartered
1 appearance on this show
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