https://simplecast.com Make Yourself @ Work Modern workplaces rely on people, systems, and spaces working together. Make Yourself @ Work explores how workplace, security and real estate leaders are simplifying operations, strengthening culture, and building work spaces people get excited about. Hosted by Matt Tverberg, Enterprise Customer Success Manager at Envoy, each episode delivers human stories and practical insights you can use right away. 2026 Envoy en Thu, 4 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000 Thu, 4 Jun 2026 07:00:13 +0000 https://make-yourself-work.simplecast.com Make Yourself @ Work https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/9af9fba1-837c-4059-ab78-af95721786d7/fa398216-b11d-4b1d-89af-673f26fbc6d7/3000x3000/make-20yourself-20at-20work.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://make-yourself-work.simplecast.com episodic Modern workplaces rely on people, systems, and spaces working together. Make Yourself @ Work explores how workplace, security and real estate leaders are simplifying operations, strengthening culture, and building work spaces people get excited about. Hosted by Matt Tverberg, Enterprise Customer Success Manager at Envoy, each episode delivers human stories and practical insights you can use right away. Envoy false https://feeds.simplecast.com/61TptP31 communication,future of work,hybrid work,technology,workplace,workplace culture Envoy meredith@caspianstudios.com b5cb6413-dc02-4d37-a8f6-66504457a110 Navigating the Future of Global Workplaces with Julian Sera from Cytokinetics In this episode of Make Yourself @ Work, Matt Tverberg sits down with Julian Sera, Senior Manager of Facilities at Cytokinetics, a global biopharmaceutical company focused on muscle biology and heart disease innovation. With experience at large enterprises such as Tesla and Apple, Julian shares what it takes to scale workplace operations internationally while maintaining complex regulatory requirements.

From locking down conference rooms for regulatory response teams to collaborating on creative room naming conventions, Julian unpacks the operational details that are often overlooked when it comes to workplace management. He dives deep into how he leverages utilization data to design smarter offices, why small tweaks to airflow timing can have a massive impact on the bottom line, and why flexible design elements prevent wasted space in hybrid environments. 

You’ll also hear practical lessons in change management and how the team at Cytokinetics balances standardization with personalization as they expand their global footprint. Some key lessons from the conversation include: don’t assume knowledge, always communicate the “why” behind new tech, and build trust by following through on even the smallest requests.

This episode is a must-listen for facilities leaders, workplace strategists, operations executives, and anyone responsible for scaling physical environments in fast-growing, regulated industries.

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Quotes

“No cookie-cutter approach is gonna actually work even within a company itself. Every department has different needs. And I think that kind of trend that we've seen a lot in the workplace design world is really creating different worlds, different environments for people rather than creating a cube farm.”

“If you say that you're gonna do it, just do it. Because if you don't, next time it's cold they might not reach out to you. Next time they have a bigger thing that's not just office temperature, they might not reach out to you. I think it's building off those seemingly meaningless little asks that can have a big impact.”

“If people aren’t asking us and we’re catching it ahead of time, awesome. That’s a good day. A lot of facilities, workplace, all of our operational aspects, we’re kind of like those ninjas in the background. And I think if you’re too noticed, that means you’re doing something wrong.”

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Timestamps 

(00:32) Background on Julian and Cytokinetics

(01:47) Managing global offices and scale

(03:32) What brought Julian to the space

(05:04) Avoiding a cookie-cutter approach

(07:58) Operating in a highly regulated industry

(11:36) Underestimated aspects of facilities and operations

(13:45) The team logistics that follow global growth

(17:58) Strategic space planning leveraging data

(25:22) Empowering all types of roles across the organization

(29:27) The power of follow-through

(31:06) Looking toward the future

(36:28) How to prioritize new tools

(39:39) How Julian makes himself @ Work

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Links 

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Learn more about Envoy


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]]> Thu, 4 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000 meredith@caspianstudios.com (Julian Sera, Matt Tverberg) https://make-yourself-work.simplecast.com/episodes/navigating-the-future-of-global-workplaces-with-julian-sera-from-cytokinetics-bCiGimTa In this episode of Make Yourself @ Work, Matt Tverberg sits down with Julian Sera, Senior Manager of Facilities at Cytokinetics, a global biopharmaceutical company focused on muscle biology and heart disease innovation. With experience at large enterprises such as Tesla and Apple, Julian shares what it takes to scale workplace operations internationally while maintaining complex regulatory requirements.

From locking down conference rooms for regulatory response teams to collaborating on creative room naming conventions, Julian unpacks the operational details that are often overlooked when it comes to workplace management. He dives deep into how he leverages utilization data to design smarter offices, why small tweaks to airflow timing can have a massive impact on the bottom line, and why flexible design elements prevent wasted space in hybrid environments. 

You’ll also hear practical lessons in change management and how the team at Cytokinetics balances standardization with personalization as they expand their global footprint. Some key lessons from the conversation include: don’t assume knowledge, always communicate the “why” behind new tech, and build trust by following through on even the smallest requests.

This episode is a must-listen for facilities leaders, workplace strategists, operations executives, and anyone responsible for scaling physical environments in fast-growing, regulated industries.

—

Quotes

“No cookie-cutter approach is gonna actually work even within a company itself. Every department has different needs. And I think that kind of trend that we've seen a lot in the workplace design world is really creating different worlds, different environments for people rather than creating a cube farm.”

“If you say that you're gonna do it, just do it. Because if you don't, next time it's cold they might not reach out to you. Next time they have a bigger thing that's not just office temperature, they might not reach out to you. I think it's building off those seemingly meaningless little asks that can have a big impact.”

“If people aren’t asking us and we’re catching it ahead of time, awesome. That’s a good day. A lot of facilities, workplace, all of our operational aspects, we’re kind of like those ninjas in the background. And I think if you’re too noticed, that means you’re doing something wrong.”

—

Timestamps 

(00:32) Background on Julian and Cytokinetics

(01:47) Managing global offices and scale

(03:32) What brought Julian to the space

(05:04) Avoiding a cookie-cutter approach

(07:58) Operating in a highly regulated industry

(11:36) Underestimated aspects of facilities and operations

(13:45) The team logistics that follow global growth

(17:58) Strategic space planning leveraging data

(25:22) Empowering all types of roles across the organization

(29:27) The power of follow-through

(31:06) Looking toward the future

(36:28) How to prioritize new tools

(39:39) How Julian makes himself @ Work

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Links 

Connect with the guest and host on LinkedIn!

Learn more about Envoy


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]]> Navigating the Future of Global Workplaces with Julian Sera from Cytokinetics Julian Sera, Matt Tverberg 00:45:31 In this episode of Make Yourself @ Work, Matt Tverberg sits down with Julian Sera, Senior Manager of Facilities at Cytokinetics, a global biopharmaceutical company focused on muscle biology and heart disease innovation. From locking down conference rooms for regulatory response teams to collaborating on creative room naming conventions, Julian unpacks the operational details that are often overlooked when it comes to workplace management. He dives deep into how he leverages utilization data to design smarter offices, why small tweaks to airflow timing can have a massive impact on the bottom line, and why flexible design elements prevent wasted space in hybrid environments. In this episode of Make Yourself @ Work, Matt Tverberg sits down with Julian Sera, Senior Manager of Facilities at Cytokinetics, a global biopharmaceutical company focused on muscle biology and heart disease innovation. From locking down conference rooms for regulatory response teams to collaborating on creative room naming conventions, Julian unpacks the operational details that are often overlooked when it comes to workplace management. He dives deep into how he leverages utilization data to design smarter offices, why small tweaks to airflow timing can have a massive impact on the bottom line, and why flexible design elements prevent wasted space in hybrid environments. envoy, workplacestrategy, officedesign, futureofwork, corporaterealestate false full 2 84291c0a-44a4-4dd7-8589-60708cafbde2 Mission-Critical Security Playbook: From NASA to Tools for Humanity In this episode of Make Yourself @ Work, Matt Tverberg sits down with Alan Mather, Head of Corporate Security at Tools for Humanity, the company behind the Orb, World ID, and the World App. Before joining the company, Alan spent more than two decades at NASA, where he led the Protective Services Division at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. In that role, he oversaw the protection of personnel, facilities, and mission operations, and earlier in his career served as a Major in the U.S. Army’s Military Intelligence Branch.

Alan shares how that mission-critical mindset translates to the fast-moving world of tech, where he now protects a company whose entire product is built on trust. From planning security for high-profile launch events to navigating the blurry line between physical and cybersecurity, he unpacks what it takes to build a resilient security program at the frontier of digital identity.

He dives into the real-time accountability gap, why the secure path must also be the easiest path, and what the future of continuous, contextual identity verification looks like. Some key lessons from the conversation include: good security is invisible but not absent, planning matters more than the plan, and real vendor relationships are mission partnerships.

This episode is a must-listen for corporate security leaders, workplace technology professionals, and anyone thinking seriously about the intersection of physical security, digital identity, and organizational trust.

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Quotes

“Any security program that is too difficult to understand, too cumbersome to implement, or too hard to manage is not going to be implemented or adopted by the stakeholders. Your employees aren't going to do it, and management isn't going to support it, and thus it's ineffective. A good security program is one that focuses on making sure that the secure path is the easiest path.”

“The best partnerships are the ones where you're not a customer or a vendor, but both sides treat each other with respect and help each other, and we become mission partners to solve problems.”

“ The best security systems are the ones people don't have to think about, really. And I say periodically, ‘I work awfully hard to make nothing happen.’ If security becomes invisible, but yet it still works, then that usually means the security system is designed well and it's integrated into the workday, into the workflow, and so it's just natural.”

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Timestamps

(00:32) Background on Alan and Tools for Humanity

(03:10) Planning security for a high-profile product launch

(05:22) How the mission shapes the security mindset

(10:36) Lessons from NASA: recalibrating risk in tech

(12:28) Emergency preparedness and contingency planning

(16:23) Balancing security visibility with data privacy

(20:10) The "who's present" problem: Okta, Envoy, and integration gaps

(27:01) Security leaders as systems architects

(33:17) Where physical and cyber security converge

(42:16) What security teams underestimate about human behavior

(51:10) How Alan Makes Himself @ Work

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Links 

Connect with the guest and host on LinkedIn!

Learn more about Envoy


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]]> Thu, 21 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000 meredith@caspianstudios.com (Alan Mather, Matt Tverberg) https://make-yourself-work.simplecast.com/episodes/mission-critical-security-playbook-from-nasa-to-tools-for-humanity-mrpFPnNU In this episode of Make Yourself @ Work, Matt Tverberg sits down with Alan Mather, Head of Corporate Security at Tools for Humanity, the company behind the Orb, World ID, and the World App. Before joining the company, Alan spent more than two decades at NASA, where he led the Protective Services Division at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. In that role, he oversaw the protection of personnel, facilities, and mission operations, and earlier in his career served as a Major in the U.S. Army’s Military Intelligence Branch.

Alan shares how that mission-critical mindset translates to the fast-moving world of tech, where he now protects a company whose entire product is built on trust. From planning security for high-profile launch events to navigating the blurry line between physical and cybersecurity, he unpacks what it takes to build a resilient security program at the frontier of digital identity.

He dives into the real-time accountability gap, why the secure path must also be the easiest path, and what the future of continuous, contextual identity verification looks like. Some key lessons from the conversation include: good security is invisible but not absent, planning matters more than the plan, and real vendor relationships are mission partnerships.

This episode is a must-listen for corporate security leaders, workplace technology professionals, and anyone thinking seriously about the intersection of physical security, digital identity, and organizational trust.

—

Quotes

“Any security program that is too difficult to understand, too cumbersome to implement, or too hard to manage is not going to be implemented or adopted by the stakeholders. Your employees aren't going to do it, and management isn't going to support it, and thus it's ineffective. A good security program is one that focuses on making sure that the secure path is the easiest path.”

“The best partnerships are the ones where you're not a customer or a vendor, but both sides treat each other with respect and help each other, and we become mission partners to solve problems.”

“ The best security systems are the ones people don't have to think about, really. And I say periodically, ‘I work awfully hard to make nothing happen.’ If security becomes invisible, but yet it still works, then that usually means the security system is designed well and it's integrated into the workday, into the workflow, and so it's just natural.”

—

Timestamps

(00:32) Background on Alan and Tools for Humanity

(03:10) Planning security for a high-profile product launch

(05:22) How the mission shapes the security mindset

(10:36) Lessons from NASA: recalibrating risk in tech

(12:28) Emergency preparedness and contingency planning

(16:23) Balancing security visibility with data privacy

(20:10) The "who's present" problem: Okta, Envoy, and integration gaps

(27:01) Security leaders as systems architects

(33:17) Where physical and cyber security converge

(42:16) What security teams underestimate about human behavior

(51:10) How Alan Makes Himself @ Work

—

Links 

Connect with the guest and host on LinkedIn!

Learn more about Envoy


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]]> Mission-Critical Security Playbook: From NASA to Tools for Humanity Alan Mather, Matt Tverberg 00:53:33 In this episode of Make Yourself @ Work, Matt Tverberg sits down with Alan Mather, Head of Corporate Security at Tools for Humanity, the company behind the Orb, World ID, and the World App. Alan shares how that mission-critical mindset translates to the fast-moving world of tech, where he now protects a company whose entire product is built on trust. From planning security for high-profile launch events to navigating the blurry line between physical and cybersecurity, he unpacks what it takes to build a resilient security program at the frontier of digital identity. In this episode of Make Yourself @ Work, Matt Tverberg sits down with Alan Mather, Head of Corporate Security at Tools for Humanity, the company behind the Orb, World ID, and the World App. Alan shares how that mission-critical mindset translates to the fast-moving world of tech, where he now protects a company whose entire product is built on trust. From planning security for high-profile launch events to navigating the blurry line between physical and cybersecurity, he unpacks what it takes to build a resilient security program at the frontier of digital identity. insider threats, digital identity, visitor management, envoy, security leadership, emergency preparedness, cybersecurity, make yourself @ work, corporate security, physical security, workplace technology, tools for humanity, okta, data privacy, nasa false full 1 97946939-2efd-4e2d-a9be-43667bdccf9b Introducing Make Yourself @ Work Modern workplaces rely on people, systems, and spaces working together. 

This is Make Yourself @ Work — the show about the people making workplaces work, hosted by Matt Tverberg, a Success Leader at Envoy.

In each episode, Matt sits down with workplace, security, and real estate leaders who are simplifying operations, strengthening culture, and building spaces people actually get excited about.

You’ll hear real stories, hard-won lessons, and practical insights you can put to use right away.

So if you care about creating a workplace that works for everyone, you’re in the right place. 

Welcome to Make Yourself @ Work.


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]]> Thu, 14 May 2026 07:00:00 +0000 meredith@caspianstudios.com (Matt Tverberg) https://make-yourself-work.simplecast.com/episodes/introducing-make-yourself-at-work-OhoPU5Qs Modern workplaces rely on people, systems, and spaces working together. 

This is Make Yourself @ Work — the show about the people making workplaces work, hosted by Matt Tverberg, a Success Leader at Envoy.

In each episode, Matt sits down with workplace, security, and real estate leaders who are simplifying operations, strengthening culture, and building spaces people actually get excited about.

You’ll hear real stories, hard-won lessons, and practical insights you can put to use right away.

So if you care about creating a workplace that works for everyone, you’re in the right place. 

Welcome to Make Yourself @ Work.


Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

]]> Introducing Make Yourself @ Work Matt Tverberg 00:00:58 Modern workplaces rely on people, systems, and spaces working together. This is Make Yourself @ Work — the show about the people making workplaces work, hosted by Matt Tverberg, a Success Leader at Envoy. In each episode, Matt sits down with workplace, security, and real estate leaders who are simplifying operations, strengthening culture, and building spaces people actually get excited about. You’ll hear real stories, hard-won lessons, and practical insights you can put to use right away. So if you care about creating a workplace that works for everyone, you’re in the right place. Welcome to Make Yourself @ Work. Modern workplaces rely on people, systems, and spaces working together. This is Make Yourself @ Work — the show about the people making workplaces work, hosted by Matt Tverberg, a Success Leader at Envoy. In each episode, Matt sits down with workplace, security, and real estate leaders who are simplifying operations, strengthening culture, and building spaces people actually get excited about. You’ll hear real stories, hard-won lessons, and practical insights you can put to use right away. So if you care about creating a workplace that works for everyone, you’re in the right place. Welcome to Make Yourself @ Work. false trailer