by Chris | Sep 15, 2016 | Agile Working, Articles, Future of Work, Place Making, Smart Working, Workplace Strategy
Dear Chris Reading “Wow! I never expected this from a Council!” in your response to my first Letter to the Edge made me really sit up and read your reflections of how the City of Casey is transforming itself. To hear from a digital native such as yourself that...
by Chris | Sep 2, 2016 | Agile Working, Articles, Place Making, Smart Spaces & Places, Smart Working, Workplace Strategy
Having had some great experiences during my June trip ‘down under’ this is a long overdue thank you letter to everyone who facilitated my tour of agile working environments in Australia and New Zealand. As mentioned in my Postcards from the Edge – the scale and...
by Chris | Jul 21, 2016 | Agile Working, Articles, Creative Places, Place Making, Smart Spaces & Places, Smart Working, sustainability, Workplace Strategy
Touring Medibank Place the new home of Australia’s leading health insurer left me more than stunned! One cannot help but be taken by the architecture, the natural daylighting and the vibrancy of the colour scheme. However, this is not just a glitzy interior design as...
by Chris | Jul 15, 2016 | Agile Working, Articles, Smart Spaces & Places, Smart Working, Workplace Strategy
Last port of call on my smart working tour and back to where I started and indeed where Activity-Based Working (ABW) all started. It seemed quite fitting to spend the day tracing the origins of this remarkable approach to flexible working given all the great examples...
by Chris | Jul 11, 2016 | Agile Working, Articles, Future of Work, Place Making, Smart Spaces & Places, Smart Working, Workplace Strategy
The only appealing thing about arriving in Melbourne on a wet Sunday evening was I was spending four nights in the same place! Although I had visited Australia’s Second City on a number of occasions over the years this visit gave me the opportunity to have a proper...
by Chris | Jul 1, 2016 | Agile Working, Articles, Place Making, Smart Spaces & Places, Smart Working, sustainability, Workplace Strategy
Arrived into Auckland airport still jet lagged and it didn’t feel like I had ‘hopped over the ditch’ Little did I know that this fleeting visit to the city of sails would turn out to be very interesting...