learning organisations

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 more

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. ……………………………………… About this post As architects, we aim to get commercial property occupiers, developers, owners and investors a better... read more

An enormous opportunity for commercial developers

Because we are now in possession of the social technologies that can drive them, the internet-fuelled learning organisation has become an inevitable product of an age of accelerating workplace digitisation. It presents an enormous opportunity for commercial developers. (more…)... read more

How might your property be put to better strategic use?

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. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...........   A strategic resource may generally be conceived as one that can be drawn on to enable or enrich the future of a business, so how might your property be put to better strategic use? (more…)... read more