The Fourth Place
Starter Kit
Stop asking how to get them back. Start asking what's worth the commute. Design a space AI cannot replicate. Get the tools and the full presentation from Rex Miller to audit your floor plan, surface hidden talent, and make the case for investing in your space.
- Long Tail Talent Inventory — the one page survey that surfaces what your org chart misses
- The Fourth Place Touchpoint Audit — map the moments of friction and delight inside your building
- The Full Presentation — the complete Fourth Place keynote video and handout
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What is the Fourth Place?
The Future of Office Space. Two Roads.
AI is splitting the future of work in two. Which road will you take?
The Amazonification of Work
AI becomes the ultimate task manager — assigning, tracking, and optimizing humans the way an Amazon warehouse optimizes its pickers. It is highly efficient and scalable, but it treats humans like raw components.
- ✕Managers act as algorithms, managing checklists rather than development.
- ✕Human work is commoditized to only what can be documented or systematized.
- ✕The Consequence: The office becomes completely obsolete. If your manager is an algorithm, why commute?
The Fourth Place
AI commoditizes what you know. What is left is what you can connect, judge, trust, and co-create with another human in a room. This road elevates human potential and uses AI to strip away tedious admin work.
- ✓Focuses on tacit knowledge transfer and peer-to-peer expertise.
- ✓The office stops being where work is assigned — and becomes where meaning, judgment, and trust are created.
- ✓The Outcome: A highly aligned, creative continuous learning hub that makes the commute an absolute no-brainer.
Rex Miller
Rex Miller is a futurist, author of eight books, and one of the construction and workplace industry's most sought-after keynote speakers. He holds a Master's Degree in Strategic Foresight and has coached and trained over 18,000 people using CliftonStrengths.
His work sits at the intersection of human performance, spatial design, and organizational transformation — helping firms understand not just what to build, but why people show up.
Three Tools. One Download.
Everything you need to take the Fourth Place framework from concept to action inside your organization.
Long Tail Talent Inventory
The one page survey that surfaces what your org chart misses. Discover hidden skills and capability.
Touchpoint Audit
Map the moments of friction and delight inside your building. Understand the full human experience of your space.
The Full Presentation
The complete Fourth Place keynote video plus the companion handout. Watch the full talk and follow along with the reference guide.
Bring it to Your Whole Team.
The Fourth Place travels. Pick the format that fits your team — every one includes the working tools and a brief tailored to your roles.
Virtual Lunch & Learn
A 45–60 min remote session for your team. The reframe, the five zones, and one tool they can run that week. Lowest-commitment way to start.
Half / Full-Day Workshop
A working session built around the Touchpoint Audit and Long-Tail Talent Inventory. Your team leaves with a real Fourth Place starter plan.
Executive Briefing
A focused session for CRE, facilities, and design decision-makers — rewriting the business case from cost-per-square-foot to return on human performance.
Trusted by Industry Leaders
"You saved me $500,000 that day. I'd like you to teach my leaders how to think like that."
"Rex Miller's work makes industry transformation more than possible — it provides a road map to lowering costs, removing waste, and producing sustainable buildings."
"Improving team performance starts with breaking industry silos. Rex's team describes not only the full potential but the threat to business if we don't act."
Ready to Design Your Fourth Place?
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