by Chris | Mar 31, 2014 | Agile Working, Articles, FM futures, Future of Work, Workplace Strategy
Last week I contributed to a conference on the theme of the next-generation workforce. The organisers wanted me to share my experiences on what it takes to create a truly agile, creative and flexible working environment. As the audience comprised people from the HR...
by Chris | Mar 6, 2014 | Articles, Design & construction, sustainability, Workplace Strategy
Yesterday, I contributed to a debate hosted byEcobuild 2014 on the topic of – “Is back to basics the office of the future?” The panel consisted of: a developer, Derwent; an architect, AHMM and an academic,Royal College of Art. I had the privilege of joining this...
by Chris | Feb 11, 2014 | Articles, Creative Places, Design & construction, Place Making, Workplace Strategy
Last week, I had the opportunity to catch up with Argent’s Roger Madelin CBE to take a look at the work of the last decade the King’s Cross regeneration scheme. The marketing pack urges that the vision for King’s Cross aims to capture hearts and minds: after my...
by Chris | Jan 24, 2014 | Articles, BBC Estate story, Creative Places, Place Making, Workplace Strategy
Now that the BBC, amongst others, are comfortably settled at Media City UK – their new home in the North of England, I dropped in for a visit, just before Christmas, to check on progress. I came away feeling that the vision has truly come to life and that things...
by Chris | Nov 27, 2013 | Agile Working, Articles, Corporate Real Estate, FM futures, Workplace Strategy
What links, if any, exist between Business and the UK’s Property/Workplace sector? Last week, I had the opportunity to discuss this with James Max, broadcaster and media commentator, who, like me, started life as a chartered surveyor. Given his early career at DTZ,...
by Chris | Nov 15, 2013 | Articles, Creative Places, Future of Work, Workplace Strategy
Last Thursday I found myself chatting to Gen Y students at University College Dublin’s Michael Smurfit Business school located in the hallowed halls of a building steeped in the history of educating – a truly smart place. Walking around the Blackrock...
