One size (property) solutions no longer work

We now need elastic buildings

Landlords and Bosses face the same dilemmas

It is all about choice and flexibility

Existing playbooks are obsolete

Commercial property faces huge disruption

CRE Advisor

Leading an estates, facilities, property, or workplace team today is a very demanding role, one has to face up to the unique and unprecedented challenges of a rapidly changing world of work and the workplace (property).

Chris Kane and Associates offer clients an unusual blend of people and property skills coupled with genuine hands-on practical experience . This is delivered through out unique CRES proposition.

Author & Speaker

As the author of Where is my Office and a variety of other publications and blogs Chris provides his unique perspective on a rapidly changing world of work, the workforces and workplaces.

Chris Kane

Non Executive Director

  • Over 25 years experience as a non executive Board Member across a range of sectors has equipped Chris with the ability to apply a strategic perspective to facilities, property and construction issues.
  • Deep experience in workplace strategy, place making and supply chain optimisation.
  • Extensive knowledge of the property industry as both a client and a provider and across public and private sectors.
  • Long term advocate for the need to better understand the relationship between people and place.

Workspace & Workplace – one in the same??

Words are the building blocks of language yet we use them in ways which others find confusing. Take for example'workspace' and 'workplace' - these are used in multiple ways and mean different things to different people. Over the Easter weekend, it struck me that those...

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Smart Working – gaining momentum?

The search for new ways to create agile teams is gathering pace. Not only was it discussed at Quora's Smart Working Summit last week, but at a similar event last month I gave a talk on what it takes to create a truly agile, creative and flexible working environment....

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London’s White City – a vision starting to take shape

It’s great when a plan works out. Last Wednesday, I participated in a London First forum entitled: “Go West and Innovate: Opportunity White City.” The purpose was to outline the progress being made on regenerating the White city area of the London Borough of...

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