by Chris | Apr 23, 2021 | Future of Work, Where is my Office?, Workplace Strategy
Offices are not factories “Offices are not factories” was one of the key takeaways from my recent conversation with Wanda T. Wallace, author of “You Can’t Know It All: Leading in the Age of Deep Expertise” and managing partner of the Leadership Forum Inc. We had a...
by Chris | Apr 13, 2021 | Articles, Smart Spaces & Places, Smart Working, The Workplace Conversation
The Great Office Debate – the great future of work Debate 2021 #1 The tidal wave of noise in the media about work from home (WFH) and the spotlight on remote working is one of the surprisingly significant by-products of these pandemic times. The massively...
by Chris | Jun 25, 2019 | Corporate Real Estate, Facility Management, Uncategorized, Workplace Strategy
A recent Twitter exchange amongst fellow workplace travellers prompted me to mull on the question of perspectives. This led to those great existential questions: Why don’t we see things in the same light? How come we have different perspectives even on the same...
by Chris | Oct 25, 2018 | Beyond the Workplace, Corporate Real Estate
Having just returned from the CoreNet Global Summit in Boston and having previously attended the EMEA Conference in Madrid, I had the opportunity to reflect on what I had observed at both these gatherings. My impression was that CRE/workplace sector was now beginning...
by Chris | Nov 30, 2016 | Corporate Real Estate, Facility Management, FM futures, Uncategorized
January 2004 was a big month for me. It marked the start of my new role at the BBC where I became global head of Corporate Real Estate (CRE). Since getting involved with the consumer side of the real estate industry almost 30 years ago I have focused on becoming...