Space That Speaks

""With over thirty years of experience as a CFO and executive leader for companies like Mozilla, Netflix, and Intuit, I've always believed space creates culture and culture is the lever for company performance, talent attraction and retention, and career and network growth. Mette Johansen Keating memorializes my personal beliefs with Space That Speaks. Her insights are both practical and visionary. I highly recommend this as a must-read for any leader rethinking the future of your company's 'space' to make it 'speak' to the culture you want."" Jim Cook, CEO of BenchBoard Executive Coaching; author of Cook's PlayBooks; former executive at Mozilla, Netflix, Intuit ""In Space That Speaks, Mette Johansen Keating delivers a bold, research-backed argument: The spaces we work in aren't neutral-they wire us. Drawing from neuroscience, design, and systems thinking, she reveals how physical environments directly influence cognition, emotion, and collective performance. And this isn't just about aesthetics-it's a call to redesign our surroundings as tools for thriving minds and high-impact leadership."" Dr. Elizabeth C. Nelson, author of The Healthy Office Revolution ""Place matters. In our experience, many organizations miss how important physical space is to make their people feel safe to take a risk, which we know is the single most important factor in the performance of a team. Space That Speaks is a compelling read where you learn not only how environments shape trust, safety, and performance but, more importantly, what to do about it. Mette Johnansen Keating's insights are timely, actionable, and grounded in real human experience. If you care about the performance of your team or organization, you need to read this book."" Dr. J. P. Pawliw-Fry, New York Times-bestselling co-author of Performing Under Pressure