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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.…

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 …

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

by @paulcarder I have been studying and thinking about this concept of the Corporate Placemaker for some time now. I trace it back to our work on Raising The Bar, a global study for the…

The marketing blurb for Timothy Sprinkle's 2015 book, "Screw the Valley", says: The most exciting high-tech startups are escaping the expensive and inbred environment of Silicon Valley.…

Paul Carder November, 2015 It's the weekend. I'm not paid by UWE Bristol (my 'day-job') to think at the weekend. I can stop working (attending meetings, teaching, writing emails). But I…