Third Places

The global workplace community is in the midst of a revolution of thought and action about how, where, and when work should take place. For all the right reasons, we are in search of how…

Reflecting on what has changed about the town centre, and what has not, since an original blog on the subjectin 2010

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…

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.…

I come from the far west of England; the rugby-loving county of Cornwall. Because I was large, I had to play, but was never much good. My second-row buddy went on to play for Scotland and…

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…

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…

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…

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…

by Paul Carder (paul.carder@occupiersjournal.com); 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, …