by Chris | Dec 1, 2015 | Articles, Corporate Real Estate, Future of Work, Place Making, Workplace Strategy
The theme for last week’s Estates Gazette Office Occupier Summit focused on whether property developers and the commercial real estate sector are having to adapt to the changing needs of occupiers. Chairing the event, Emily Wright, Estates Gazette Features Editor,...
by Chris | Nov 25, 2015 | Agile Working, Articles, Facility Management, FM futures, Smart Spaces & Places
Last week I saw a really great example of the benefits of combining people and place to produce some remarkable insights whilst encouraging participants to consider that delivering the impossible whether its Facilities Management (FM) or another area, is realistic if...
by Chris | Nov 8, 2015 | Articles, Corporate Real Estate, Creative Places, Place Making
On final approach to Los Angeles airport, otherwise known as LAX, I gazed out of my window at the vast swathe of urban sprawl beneath the clear blue Californian sky. This vista always intrigues me despite the fact that I have pondered on it during numerous prior...
by Chris | Oct 20, 2015 | Articles, Creative Places, Place Making, sustainability, Uncategorized
Walking around down-town Chicago recently reinforced from me the age-old adage about not judging the book by the cover. In today’s fast-paced and always on society I wonder if we are forced to take a very superficial view of life and how we can work? Having spent a...
by Chris | Sep 22, 2015 | Agile Working, Articles, Smart Working, Workplace Strategy
Why don’t we use spaces and places differently? I often ponder on this whilst driving to work and waiting in line to get through a set of traffic lights. The photograph attached sets the scene – car and van drivers dutifully get in line and wait our turn. It’s just so...
