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...
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 | 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 | 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...
