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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…
PLACEMAKER: how do we inter-connect corporate spaces and public spaces?
By Paul Carder: @paulcarder & @WorkAndPlace
This article caught my imagination: http://www.citylab.com/design/2014/06/who-really-owns-public-spaces/373612/
Mid-way through it says,…
PLACEMAKER: Independence
By Paul Carder @paulcarder & @WorkAndPlace
May I take this opportunity to wish our friends in the USA (and our own Jim Ware of course) a peaceful or hectic weekend, whichever is your…
PLACEMAKER: who creates ‘home’ for people at work?
By Paul Carder : @paulcarder
I attended a fascinating 'Mobilities Workshop' on Friday at University of the West of England (UWE). It was one of a number of research seminars and workshops…
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…
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…