by Chris | Jun 29, 2016 | Agile Working, Articles, Smart Spaces & Places, Smart Working, Workplace Strategy
Sydney is a remarkable city even in the depths of the Australian winter. I was there to take part in a CoreNet symposium, hosted by Cushman Wakefield, on trends in flexible working. The brief was to update the audience about what’s going on in London. Looking back, it...
by Chris | Jun 26, 2016 | Agile Working, Articles, Place Making, Smart Spaces & Places, Workplace Strategy
Travel broadens the mind it is said and given my recent walkabout of Australia and New Zealand I came across some remarkable insights. Over the course of the coming weeks I plan to recount some of these experiences in a series of blogposts. “Postcards from...
by Chris | Feb 19, 2016 | Agile Working, Articles, Millenials, Smart Working, Workplace Strategy
Guest Blog by Colm Devereux My age group has often been referred to as the “Peter Pan” generation, ostensibly because we cannot (or are unable to) grow up. I think that’s an unfair rap, the term coming as it does from older generations who have no experience of the...
by Chris | Nov 25, 2015 | Agile Working, Articles, Facility Management, FM futures, Smart Spaces & Places
Last week I saw a really great example of the benefits of combining people and place to produce some remarkable insights whilst encouraging participants to consider that delivering the impossible whether its Facilities Management (FM) or another area, is realistic if...
by Chris | Sep 22, 2015 | Agile Working, Articles, Smart Working, Workplace Strategy
Why don’t we use spaces and places differently? I often ponder on this whilst driving to work and waiting in line to get through a set of traffic lights. The photograph attached sets the scene – car and van drivers dutifully get in line and wait our turn. It’s just so...
by Chris | Sep 3, 2015 | Agile Working, Articles, Creative Places, Smart Working, Workplace Strategy
Nestling in the shadows of the Shropshire foothills lies the stronghold of a most remarkable creative organisation – working and living in a really smart space. During my summer ramblings I had the opportunity to visit the home of iDEA and to sample their smart way of...
