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Reimagining the Office

Reimagining the Office

by Chris | Oct 15, 2020 | Agile Working, Corporate Real Estate, Future of Work, Where is my Office?, Workplace Strategy

”What’s the purpose of the office?” that is a question I’ve been asking many people in recent years – not ever imagining that the future of offices would be the most hotly debated topic in 2020. Current circumstances have certainly thrown a massive spotlight on...
Working From Home and the Eternal Triangle

Working From Home and the Eternal Triangle

by Chris | Jun 9, 2020 | Agile Working, Corporate Real Estate, Future of Work, Smart Working, Workplace Renaissance, Workplace Strategy

are we only seeing part of the picture? Covid-19 has unleashed a great deal of interest in remote working, now known to all and sundry by the snappier three-letter acronym, WFH. What I find particularly fascinating is that the mainstream press has now latched on to...
Amsterdam – City of Contrasts

Amsterdam – City of Contrasts

by Chris | Feb 28, 2020 | Corporate Real Estate, Real Estate, Reflections, sustainability

I really enjoy visiting Amsterdam, it is an intriguing city, full of contrasts. There’s the old-fashioned, picture-perfect gabled painted houses harking back to the age of Vermeer, flanking the patchwork quilt of canal-bordered islands. Another characteristic of...
Strategy and Place – still illuminating

Strategy and Place – still illuminating

by Chris | Jul 22, 2019 | Corporate Real Estate, Facility Management, Workplace Strategy

Twenty years ago, I found myself balancing a demanding role at the Walt Disney Company whilst completing my studies for an MBA and as part of my research I came across Martha O’Mara’s insightful book ‘Strategy and Place’. It was a pioneering effort which she began...
Pondering on Different Perspectives

Pondering on Different Perspectives

by Chris | Jun 25, 2019 | Corporate Real Estate, Facility Management, Uncategorized, Workplace Strategy

A recent Twitter exchange amongst fellow workplace travellers prompted me to mull on the question of perspectives. This led to those great existential questions:  Why don’t we see things in the same light? How come we have different perspectives even on the same...
Thirty Years A-Growing

Thirty Years A-Growing

by Chris | Mar 31, 2019 | Corporate Real Estate, Facility Management, FM futures, Place Making, Workplace Strategy

Having bumped into an old friend and professional colleague at an industry event recently I was transported back in time to when we were both young surveyors in London in the late 1980s. Reflecting back on those heady days as I approached my 30’s in 1989, me an...
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