Designing for Menopause

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Rebecca Horton, Senior Insights Strategist, and Lori Daughtrey, Senior Workplace Designer, of MillerKnoll share how we can shift workplace culture and design to ease the symptoms of peri- through post-menopause—a pivotal yet natural part of life. Despite menopause’s ubiquity—half the world’s population will experience it—it still provokes a great deal of stigma, especially in the workplace. The cost of this lack of response adds up: in the U.S. alone, experts estimate that menopause causes a loss of $1.8 billion annually in lost productivity from workdays missed. Designing for 'the pause' enhances the workplace experience for all associates. Learn how to support the specific needs of menopausal employees with environments and furnishings that address sensory and physical comfort, mental health, and personal control and choice.