by Chris | Mar 29, 2021 | Agile Working, BBC Estate story, Facility Management, Future of Work, Real Estate, Reflections, Smart Spaces & Places, Where is my Office?, Workplace Renaissance, Workplace Strategy
Making Sense of the Noise Making sense of all the noise out there about the future of the office and work gives me a headache and I don’t think I’m the only one with a sore head! Participating in a recent Workplace Evolutionaries webinar with the very ‘rock n...
by Chris | Jan 24, 2015 | Articles, BBC Estate story, Creative Places, New Broadcasting House
I wonder why so many of us tend to focus on the negative aspects of an issue? It seems that our default position is that the glass is half empty? What would happen if we were to take a more holistic approach by weighing up both the negative and positive dimensions?...
by Chris | Jun 26, 2014 | Agile Working, Articles, BBC Estate story, Beyond the Workplace, Creative Places, Future of Work, Place Making
A guest blog by Nigel Roberts I spent the early part of my career in mildly toxic offices – the camaraderie of the news room was only slightly marred by the constant fug of cigarette smoke, the mildly epileptic flicker of ecologically unsound neon lighting and an...
by Chris | Jun 17, 2014 | Articles, BBC Estate story, BBC Television Centre, Design & construction
Walking around a building site has always fascinated me and over the years I have seen quite a few of them! But actually living as part of the day to day construction effort brings even more insight into what is a complex and often misunderstood process. One of my...
by Chris | May 1, 2014 | Articles, BBC Estate story, BBC Television Centre, Place Making
There is nothing more satisfying to me than seeing a plan really starting to take shape. This week, the BBC/Stanhope Smart Value Relationship saw another brick in the wall put in place with the announcement that a new Soho House members’ club and boutique...
by Chris | Jan 24, 2014 | Articles, BBC Estate story, Creative Places, Place Making, Workplace Strategy
Now that the BBC, amongst others, are comfortably settled at Media City UK – their new home in the North of England, I dropped in for a visit, just before Christmas, to check on progress. I came away feeling that the vision has truly come to life and that things...
