Lower Costs, Higher Satisfaction: What Iceland Can Learn from Saga
Short description
Many organisations struggle with rising costs, changing work patterns, underused office space, and increasing pressure on employee wellbeing.
At the University of Iceland, the transformation of the former Hotel Saga became much more than a building project. It evolved into a broader journey around workplace quality, wellbeing, collaboration, and organisational performance.
In this session, Kristinn Jóhannesson and Tim de Vos-Donkers will share practical lessons from the Saga project and explore how organisations can use space more intelligently while improving employee satisfaction, flexibility, collaboration, and overall workplace quality.
The session will focus not only on physical space, but on the relationship between environment, behaviour, leadership, health, and organisational performance.
Speakers
Kristinn Jóhannesson
Director of Operations and Resources at the University of Iceland. Kristinn has led the transformation of the Saga project and has played a key role in introducing new workplace concepts within Icelandic organizations.
Tim de Vos-Donkers
Senior Consultant and Global Culture & Change Lead at Veldhoen + Company (The Netherlands), an international consultancy specialized in workplace strategy, organizational change, and workplace performance. Tim has supported organizations all around the world in connecting workplace design, behavior, wellbeing, and organizational performance.