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Bus lanes and herd instinct
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...
Living the iDEA
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...
London’s White City – new kids on the block
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...
Brussels – breaking the rules
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)...
Spanish Surprises
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...
Are you allergic to offices?
I've written a couple of guest blogs for Chris but realise that I never actually introduced myself, so I thought it might be worth doing so seeing as hopefully you'll be hearing a bit more from me in the coming months. My name's Ciara, I'm 24 and although I believe my...
Rising to dizzy heights!
Does smart working require a smart building? An interesting question, which was brought into focus by my visit to BT Tower in January. I was there to celebrate the achievements of a smart working initiative – the TW3 awards. As I stood in the high-speed lifts that...
#TWPC We’re off!!
After many months of deliberating and planning, The Workplace Conversation is off and running. Our dream is to engage with as many people as possible to make a difference. It’s not just to talk about workplace issues, but to generate real actions as to how to help us...
A Millennial view from the sidelines #1
GUEST BLOG BY CIARA O'CONNOR Like a lot of people my age, I'm engaged in a few different kinds of work. One of them is tutoring children at home - but sometimes it's outside in the garden. Sometimes it's writing on windows with markers or on the patio with chalk. Some...
A glass half empty?
I wonder why so many of us tend to focus on the negative aspects of an issue? It seems that our default position is that the glass is half empty? What would happen if we were to take a more holistic approach by weighing up both the negative and positive dimensions?...