by Chris | Sep 11, 2014 | Articles, Beyond the Workplace, Creative Places, Future of Work, Place Making, Uncategorized
This blog is the work of a millennial! Ciara is starting her career and knows very little about work, the workplace or the workforce. She has agreed to join the Beyond the Workplace Big Conversation to learn more about the topic and to provide her views on life,...
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 13, 2014 | Agile Working, Articles, Beyond the Workplace, Corporate Real Estate, FM futures, Place Making, Workplace Strategy
Since my 30th May update on Beyond the Workplace (#BtWC) the last twelve days have been a bit like the twelve days of Christmas each one bringing exciting and ever increasing developments! I thought about trying to put everything that has happened into verse but that...
by Chris | May 21, 2014 | Articles, Creative Places, Design & construction, Future of Work, Place Making, sustainability, Workplace Strategy
As part of a recent fact finding trip to Dubai, I had the opportunity to visit the world’s tallest building – Burj Khalifa.. I wanted to build my understanding of place making in this part of the world. Looking out over this city from the 152nd...
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 | Apr 25, 2014 | Agile Working, Articles, Future of Work, Place Making, Workplace Strategy
Words are the building blocks of language yet we use them in ways which others find confusing. Take for example’workspace’ and ‘workplace’ – these are used in multiple ways and mean different things to different people. Over the Easter...
