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PLACEMAKER: a notional case study: Wallace & Sprocket LLP
Development of a teaching 'case study': Wallace&Sprocket LLP
(Note: it would be great to receive your feedback - and perhaps, somewhere out there, real-life examples which are similar…
PLACEMAKER: throughout life, there is a time and a place
by Paul Carder , @paulcarder
How often has someone said to you, "there is a time and a place..."? In my case, it is usually because I have chosen the wrong time, or place...or both! My card…
Efficiency: being invited in for coffee, I discovered, is rarely about coffee
by Paul Carder, @paulcarder
Returning home late in one of my first cars, one of my first girlfriends invited me in for coffee. She filled a huge kettle right to the top, and switched it on.…
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: 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, …
In search of our true profession: Facilities Management grows up and leaves home
It is a day of mixed feelings and emotions. Pride in the child, becoming an adult, and starting to make his or her mark on the world. And some sadness that the child has outgrown the parent.…
Facilities Management: go on, just one more cut…it won’t kill the…
One month ago I published this blog post: http://occupiersjournal.com/project-socs-service-operations-case-studies-collaborative-research/
I was super-enthusiastic! A good evening debate…
Facilities Management: (a) boring, (b) boarding, or (c) on [the] Board? (C-Suite, for…
Paul Carder writes:
Sometimes I hear a conversation, or read a tweet, and have to 'fire some pixels' at my screen! Maybe someone will read them out there in cyberspace....in (cyber)space…
Project: SOCS (Service Operations: Case Studies) – collaborative research
Former British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, is widely reported to have said "a week is a long time in politics". A minute must have seemed a long time for Sabine Lisicki yesterday…
Defining a new vision and role for facilities management
Last week I had the pleasure of speaking to a large group of facilities professionals at the June luncheon meeting of the Houston Chapter of IFMA (International Facilities Management…