OUR TEAM + OUR MODEL
Our vision is to solve the industry’s biggest challenges, while always loving what we do. We are a dedicated team of passionate experts, laser-focused on delivering high-quality work. We provide a platform that empowers everyone on the team to do the best work of their careers.
We are built with the intention to maximize the value of your investment in us.
We are distributed, to access the best talent in the world.
We believe in the power of coming together in person.
We are visionary, yet highly pragmatic.
We are all doers. We do not have people managers.
We capitalize on the newest technologies at all times.
We are differentiated by our unique knowledge database.
Our team has spent time on both sides of the workplace equation. We have spent decades designing and delivering workplace experiences, but we have spent almost as much time working internally, so we know the challenges you’re facing and the opportunities ahead of you.
With Workshape Labs, we gain insights through our research advisors, our research partners and our Labs Experiences that are fed directly into our database. This tool provides us with a resource and perspective that is totally unique to our industry and immediately beneficial to our clients.
Brett Hautop
Founding Partner
Brett created Workshape to feed a lifelong passion to use design to help people get more value out of the work they do. He feeds his unlimited curiosity and need to be making things by escaping to his shop and cutting up things to put them back together to make better things.
Sandi Lam Harder
Head of Labs
Sandi leads Workshape Labs, where she gets to bring together her creativity, curiosity, and passion for people and the places that bring out the best in them. She pinches herself daily that she gets to help bridge the gap between human-centered research and practice. She shares her home workspace with two mischievous corgis, ensuring life stays just a little chaotic.
Omar Ramirez
Head of Strategy and Operations
Omar leads strategy and operations at Workshape, connecting the dots and ensuring that our internal ways of working reflect the same excellence that we help teams achieve. He shares his passion for design, art, and food with his incredible family.
Tonya
Fractional Workplace Leader
Tonya is an empathetic Real Estate and Workplace strategist dedicated to improving people, space and systems through thoughtful design and innovation. With a versatile skill set, she thrives as a "Swiss Army Knife" of workplace design, real estate, technology and employee experience.
Nikki Xia
Brand and Design
Michelle Samura
Advisor Workshape Labs
Michelle is Dean of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Santiago Canyon College. Her research interests center on the relationship among space, belonging, and community. Michelle studies key design principles and elements of built environments that promote belonging in education, workplace, healthcare, hospitality, and community settings.
B Sanborn
Advisor Workshape Labs
B leads design research at DLR Group, where they explore how spaces shape our minds, bodies, and work. With a background spanning anthropology to organizational behavior, B is passionate about bridging disciplines to create environments that truly support people. They’re active in communities like EDRA, the APA, and Workshape Labs—always chasing better ways to connect research and real life.
Rayyan Fani
Chief of Staff
Rayyan keeps the wheels turning at Workshape, making sure our people, projects, and priorities are aligned and moving forward with purpose. With a background in organizational development and a love for building high-performing teams, he brings structure to our big ideas and heart to our daily work. He's most in his element when translating strategy into action — or planning his next travel adventure.
Hande Burcu Deniz
Workplace Experience & Design Researcher
Hande brings a research-driven lens to workplace strategy, drawing on her background in environmental psychology and design. She’s particularly interested in how the workplace environment impacts behavior and well-being, and how those insights can inform healthier, more effective workplaces. Outside of work, she’s often planning her next travel adventure or experimenting with new recipes.