Rachel Woodhouse, NCIDQ | Source | Principal, Director of Operations at Dyer Brown & Associates
Rachel Woodhouse, NCIDQ
An interior designer with over 20 years of experience, Woodhouse is principal and director of operations for national firm Dyer Brown & Associates where she manages day-to-day operations, leads DEI efforts, and guides the crafting of firm culture, core values and strategy. Woodhouse also leads Dyer Brown's Change Management practice, supporting clients in handling the "people side" of major workplace strategy rollouts. She also oversees the firm's Higher Education studio, working with notable institutions such as Northeastern, Boston University, Harvard and Emory.
Woodhouse speaks with authority on the following topics:
- change management
- workplace design
- design for higher education
- interior design
- interior architecture
- DEI in the design profession
- architecture + design industry mentorship
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Dyer Brown & Associates
Principal, Director of Operations
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For Change Management Guidance, Designers May Be Ideal Counsel to Execs
Woodhouse on why change management guidance is so important for small to midsize companies looking to grow.
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By weaving change management into the fabric of a project, ideally from the earliest stages, the right design firm can help clients achieve optimal results when rolling out updated office standards or a new headquarters, for both the employers and employees.
Naturally many corporate leaders hesitate to outsource what they see as internal communications to hired consultants, especially when those firms are best known for design, architecture, graphics, and branding. In fact, many of these organizations discover that the outside perspective is exactly what they need.
