As the pandemic begins to subside—although there is still a long road ahead to recovery—experts are starting to envision how the events of the last 12 months will impact workplace strategy and office usage.

There are a wide range of predictions, from the workplace returning to normal to hybrid work structures that include both remote and in-office work to a hub-and-spoke, decentralized office structure. As companies figure out the best path forward, The Stanford Design School is stepping up to help. The school has a process called "I like, I wish, I wonder" that helps unearth issues in office strategy and target areas that need improvement.

"The Stanford Design School's process called 'I like, I wish, I wonder' is a non-committal process, because people aren't having to say it out loud," Mark Coxon, technology sales director at Tangram, tells GlobeSt.com. "People start writing post-it notes, and they all go up on the board. It's all meant to generate positive suggestions on improvement. Then, at the end, you let people go around with stickers and rate them on potential impact. Then group them."