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The Building Futures Group debate, sponsored by RICS
By Paul Carder; t. @paulcarder
This blog is a bit UK-oriented, for which I apologize in advance, but the key points are fairly universal.
I have just travelled up from Bristol to east…
PLACEMAKER: 2040: “Grandma, what was commuting?”
Imagine that a child was given school homework, to make a PowerPoint slide of Mum's journey to and from work. It may look like this: https://app.box.com/s/w19otbry4gt53m3zfs3q - hopefully…
PLACEMAKER: its not what you do, its the way that you do it
by Paul Carder ([email protected]); Twitter: @paulcarder
When Terry Hall of Fun Boy Three brought Bananarama in as backing vocals in 1982, to release "It ain't what you do, …
Consumerization of workplace accommodation: how far will it go?
In November, I wrote about Place-as-a-Service (PaaS), based on the now common term SaaS (Software as a Service): …
PLACEMAKER: Research Programme: Questions?
by Paul Carder @paulcarder & [email protected]
This post relates to the open LinkedIn Group of the same name: …
Workplace is discipline; see one, do one, teach one
We cannot always 'just do it', like the Nike adverts suggest. For the future, we also need to teach.
This point is perhaps missed in the 150th post on workessence, a reflection by Neil…
The challenge of personalization; another nail in the coffin of the office monolith
Every human being is different – that fact needs no referencing. Yet, people work in groups, and multiple groups become organisations. The larger the organisation, the more generalization…
Productivity: yesterday’s measure? Post-productive Places
Productivity is important at a macro-economic level. How much a country produces, measured by GDP, is still important.
Productivity at an organization level is also important, when…
Organizational Landscaping: a search for references
I am going to try to crowd-source this one! - I need your feedback please! The term "organizational landscape", or the term in action, "landscaping". Have you used it? Has it been used by…
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your Plans (for 2014!)
Cheesy title, but serious point....
Many occupier teams will have been working on their 2014 Plan. Your major projects next year, your key service improvements, partnerships - or for a very…