by Chris | Sep 13, 2026 | Uncategorised
The dust isn’t settling — on friction, flow, and the new operating logic for commercial real estate The game has changed, and so has the stadium An awkward question, still unanswered For most of my career as a surveyor I have asked one awkward question: what is...
by Chris | Sep 13, 2026 | Uncategorised
What a 1992 question in the Estates Gazette got right, and what it took thirty-two years to prove Recently, I came across a short piece I wrote for the Estates Gazette way back in September 1992, under a deliberately simple headline: What about the occupier? It is...
by Chris | Apr 3, 2025 | Smart Spaces & Places
EverythingOmni: The End of the Line (of the Experiment) EverythingOmni set out to build bridges, between people, place, and technology, between suppliers, consumers, and policymakers. The benefits were only partially recognised; most players preferred to remain in...
by Chris | Jul 4, 2024 | Smart Spaces & Places
Chatting to some Facility Management folk today reminded me of a recent interview with Mike Petrusky for his Workplace Innovator podcast. Now that the summer holidays are behind us should we reconsider, at a system level, the facility management professional’s role in...
by Chris | Jun 28, 2023 | Smart Spaces & Places
Broadening the Debate – the great to WFH or not dilemma? As the 2020 lockdown prevented us from having a ‘Where is My Office? ‘book launch first time round, we wanted to make up for the lack of a proper launch, by hosting an event with a difference. Little did we...
