by Chris | Oct 20, 2015 | Articles, Creative Places, Place Making, sustainability, Uncategorized
Walking around down-town Chicago recently reinforced from me the age-old adage about not judging the book by the cover. In today’s fast-paced and always on society I wonder if we are forced to take a very superficial view of life and how we can work? Having spent a...
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...
by Chris | Jul 30, 2015 | Articles, BBC Television Centre, Creative Places, Place Making
I have always felt that White City has the potential to be a rather special place in London. It all started way back in 1908 with the White City Exhibition (a form of Expo) accompanied by the Summer Olympics. Then in more recent times the arrival of the BBC added a...
by Chris | Jul 7, 2015 | Articles, Creative Places, Future of Work, Smart Working, The Workplace Conversation, Uncategorized, Workplace Strategy
Yesterday, like a lot of others, I took the train into central London. However it was just the start of my journey as I was off to Brussels by Eurostar. As we sped through the Kent countryside I wondered what my visit to the Belgian Social Security Services HQ (FPS)...
by Chris | Jun 2, 2015 | Agile Working, Articles, Future of Work, Smart Working, Workplace Strategy
Recently, I had the opportunity to renew my acquaintance with Madrid and it turned out to be a very interesting experience in more ways than one. Apart from participating in 3-Goffice conversation about the Spanish perspective on the future of work and the...
