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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: a cure for commuting
By @paulcarder : https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulcarder
Type the words "cure for commuting" into Google, you will find 6,580 results. Type the words "cure for stress" into Google, you will…
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: 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): …
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…
To the heart of the suburban dinosaur
This article in GlobeSt.com caught my eye: "C & W brings Merck Headquarters to Market". It might well have read "brings HQ to life", as if it was a dying old mammal! The article's…
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…