The latest issue of Work&Place, published for Spring 2019, offers cutting-edge, in-depth thinking about the most important contemporary workplace issues from the foremost experts in the field worldwide.

Anthony Tasgal argues that we rely far too much on data and algorithims and need to rediscover our curiosity to address workplace challenges

The triple-pillar mode, based on Dave Ulrich‘s role model, has now become widely accepted as an HR business model, particularly in large companies. It consists of three core areas: the HR Busi-ness Partner, the Centre of Expertise, and the…

Reflecting on what has changed about the town centre, and what has not, since an original blog on the subjectin 2010

by @paulcarder (with contributions from @therealsulim) If you have read the story so far, in Part 1, three managers met at the bar of a corporate training centre. Frankie (from HR), Sam (from FM - Facilities Management), and Jules (from…

by @paulcarder Three managers walk into the bar . They all have gender-neutral names, so I'll leave you to work out whether they may be male or female. Not that it matters in this context. Frankie gets there first. "Hi. Large glass of…

Is Facilities Management Strategic? What does it mean to be a strategic business resource? Those questions are crucial to the future of the Facilities Management (FM) profession. Please contribute to an important conversation and research…

by @paulcarder This is a simple post. It is intended to cause a good-natured argument amongst professionals. I'm more interested in how things are achieved, by whom, than perhaps by the end result. Take workplace transformation as an…

by @paulcarder (References at footer) You are probably quite familiar with the term "evidence-based design" (or EBD) as a corporate real estate, FM or workplace professional. In fact, there is a new EBD Journal. You may not have heard of…

by @paulcarder A thought for the Easter weekend. You may be going away for a few days - have a great time! I'm staying on a small-holding on Dartmoor Devon, UK, with my youngest daughter, looking after piglets and chickens, and looking out…

by @paulcarder This has nothing to do with football (soccer). That's lost a few people who found this via Google search! I have mentioned this a few times in presentations and various seminars, but realized that I have not actually…

by @paulcarder For the time-poor, here: The memory of the great place where you went, replays (fast) whilst you sleep, and is stimulating the memory of what you learned. So avoid crap places/spaces if you want people to remember stuff....…