Workplace draft for Indesign magazine
Please note: This is the first draft of this piece I submitted to Indesign magazine in October 2019 and will no doubt appear in a slightly modified form when it appears on the page in print. It is due to be published in mid-February, 2020.
DOWNLOAD: Get a printable A4 pdf of this document here.
The transformation of the learning-driven, digital, networked workplace
As more of the people who gave the world of work its current shape retire, new notions of work, the tools it uses and where it will be done will transform the workplace to create a new economy of smarter businesses. This will make an entirely new breed of workplace entrepreneur richer. But, with the future of work increasingly in the hands of those who have never known... read moreA conference appearance based on our work on workplace strategy
Total Facilities Conference 2017
One result of the extensive research I’ve conducted into workplace strategy was that having published The Evolution of Workplace Strategy into a Discipline of FM in the December 2016 print issue of Facility Management magazine, I was then invited in March 2017 to chair an expert panel on the subject of the evolving workplace at the Total Facilities Conference at Sydney’s Darling Harbour.
This event aside, I have had the following published In The Urban Developer:
Beyond Activity Based Working
Beyond Activity Based Working, published in The Urban Developer
In August, 2015, I had a story, entitled Beyond Activity Based Working, published in Australia’s property industry web site, The Urban Developer, here. It’s probably better to read it there than here as it has all the images in place.
The piece attempts to wrestle with the challenges presented to commercial property developers and owners by the emergence of smarter, “learning” organisations able to do more with less, alongside the future’s likely increasingly rapid displacement of jobs.
I think it scrubbed up ok, and I got appreciative feedback from my participants, so that’s a plus. Check it out, if you’re interested in matters affecting property by the incursions of smaller, leaner, smarter learning businesses.
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As architects, we aim to get commercial property occupiers, developers, owners and investors a better... read more
Update: Designing new workspaces for the Learning Economy
The point of this post is to summarise some of my early research for a book on the companies, the work practices, technologies and places of work of what I describe as the Learning Economy. To aid my investigation, this is also the subject of the LinkedIn group of the same name here. (more…)... read more
Losing fiefdom in the transition to Activity Based Working
How will the Learning Economy transform your workplace?
PLEASE NOTE:
This post and others in our series in our research into workplace strategy and design for the modern workplace can now be found at their new home, on Medium.com: Workplace Strategy.
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The rapid growth of a breed of fast-learning, internet-enabled business organisations is likely to have a dramatic effect on our society at all levels, but how will the Learning Economy transform your workplace? (more…)... read more