Philips Innovation Campus, Bengaluru
600,000 SQ. FT. | ~5,000 EMPLOYEES
ROLE: SENIOR WORKPLACE STRATEGIST, SENIOR PLANNER & LEAD CHANGE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST
Overview
Led workplace strategy and change management for Philips’ consolidated Innovation Campus at Embassy Business Hub, Bengaluru. Project PRANA (“The Life Force”) reimagined the workplace as an experiential celebration of Philips’ innovation and purpose, aligning the new campus with global WPI Standards, hybrid working, and future-ready teams.
Scope
The project consolidated three fragmented sites into a single 12-floor campus, guided by the PRANA principles of Connectedness, Balance, and Flow. Scope included workplace strategy, spatial planning, and a comprehensive change management program to support ~5,000 employees transitioning from individually owned, desk-centric environments to shared, flexible, activity-based settings. Work covered implementation of WPI Standards, lab planning, destination Work-Café, workplace protocols, and phased move-in.
Contribution
As Lead Strategist and Change Management Specialist, defined the workplace vision and planning logic rooted in Connectedness, Balance, and Flow. Led development of future-state workstyles, space typologies, and protocols across open workstations, collaboration rooms, labs, focus and social spaces. Designed and delivered a four-stage change program (Plan & Manage, Engage & Co‑Create, Update & Prepare, Support & Evaluate), including stakeholder workshops, co‑creation with business and lab leaders, employee pulse surveys, and multi-channel communications to support the May and July 2023 move-in phases.
Impact
Enabled consolidation into a unified, state-of-the-art, WPI-compliant innovation campus
Supported adoption of hybrid working and shared-space behaviors
Enhanced collaboration, innovation, and sense of community through experiential, flexible environments
Established clear workplace protocols for paper-free, hygienic, future-ready ways of working
Provided a structured change program and post-occupancy evaluation framework to sustain and refine the new workplace
Project completed during tenure at Gensler. All rights and design ownership belong to Gensler and Philips.
