by Chris | Oct 31, 2013 | Agile Working, Articles, Place Making, Workplace Strategy
Last Thursday, I attended the Workplace Trends conference, the 11th annual, get-together for people interested in how to make smart use of space (otherwise known as Workplace strategy). Overall, a useful day and one that provided some insights to reinforce my take...
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 | Sep 3, 2013 | Articles, BBC Estate story, BBC Television Centre, Creative Places, Place Making
With the end of the summer one thinks about stuff that has been put on the long finger. For me, it’s the long delayed return to the world of blogging. Having started on this blogging lark in 2009 with my BBC Spaces and Places site I really caught the bug and...
by Chris | Jul 5, 2013 | Articles, BBC Estate story, BBC Television Centre, Creative Places, Place Making
The last few months have been hectic on a number of fronts. There have been quite a few items on my to do list against which I can now tick as completed and in the bag. Although, somewhat minor in the overall scheme of things, relaunching my blog as Smart Spaces...
by Chris | Jun 26, 2013 | Agile Working, Articles, Creative Places, Place Making
Recently I had the opportuntity to visit Melbourne & Sydney and my eyes were opened on a number of fronts! There are quite a few interesting spaces and places to look at, Sydney Opera House apart. In Melbourne I had a look around the huge Victoria Docklands...
by Chris | Mar 23, 2013 | Articles, BBC Estate story, BBC Television Centre, Place Making
The press this week is full of nostalgic coverage of the end of an era as the BBC leaves its long term home at Television Centre (TVC) in West London – but little is made of what the future holds for this iconic building. Over the last week we have seen the...
