by Chris | Nov 15, 2013 | Articles, Creative Places, Future of Work, Workplace Strategy
Last Thursday I found myself chatting to Gen Y students at University College Dublin’s Michael Smurfit Business school located in the hallowed halls of a building steeped in the history of educating – a truly smart place. Walking around the Blackrock...
by Chris | Nov 12, 2013 | Articles, Creative Places, Future of Work, Place Making
Last night I attended the Thinkers 50 Awards: a remarkable event hosted in a remarkable location – Drapers Hall, London. Given that some of the world’s top thinkers were present I wondered why the organisers chose this location for their equivalent of...
by Chris | Oct 16, 2013 | Articles, Corporate Real Estate, FM futures, Future of Work
Who are the enablers of today’s smart workspaces and what does the future hold for them? Recently, I contributed to a discussion forum on the value of Facility Management (FM). As the sole spokesperson for the consumer, I had the opportunity to express my views in...
by Chris | Sep 30, 2013 | Articles, Corporate Real Estate, Future of Work, Place Making
Could we be approaching a tipping-point in workplace strategy? Last Friday, I spent the day listening to world famous speaker, Gary Hamel, as he shared ideas about reinventing the way we manage organisations. The key take away for me was the observation that there is...
by Chris | Nov 1, 2010 | Articles, Future of Work
I recently had the opportunity to attend a two day summit with my peers from 15 large organisations from across the world. It wasn’t your typical conference, but more of a highly focused series of workshops designed to achieve real insight on how we can add...
by Chris | Nov 17, 2009 | Articles, Future of Work
I was interviewed recently on the question of how new ways of working are developing and functioning in practice; I attach a link to the article. It did provoke thought about how we have approached work historically; mostly you could say that we all come to an office...
