More of my journalism and blogging has been published in the last few months and I have provided a brief update menu of Built Environment, Real Estate, Project Management and Supply Chain articles below, with links to original copy. (Additional writings on Energy, Environment and Education to follow.)
Map Supply Chains for Turns in the Road
Summary: Managing the many risk factors that have the potential to disrupt a supply chain is no easy task, but a strategic approach can mitigate the impact of natural and man-made calamities.
Published in: ‘Supply Chain Strategies’ Special Report, ‘The Times’ (16 June, 2016)
Moving Earth, Iron, Ice and Community
Summary: Relocating an entire town 3km east in the Arctic Circle, with temperatures as low as -43°C, ranks as one of the most challenging projects ever attempted.
Published in: ‘Project Management’ Special Report, ‘The Sunday Times’ (22 May, 2016)
Mindset Not Toolset – It’s All About People
Summary: Project management is a dynamic growth industry, but the boom brings with it significant challenges which must be overcome to establish this young profession.
Published in: ‘Project Management’ Special Report, ‘The Sunday Times’ (22 May, 2016)
Skyscrapers: A Licence to Thrill
Summary: Times and tastes have changed. It is no longer enough to be a tall building with just a restaurant at the top offering a birds-eye view of the city: visitors want to walk, jump, even slide, high in the sky.
Published in: JLL ‘Real Views’ (20 May, 2016)
How Cutting Edge Science Is Bringing Buildings to Life
Summary: Most of us think of modern buildings as inert structures – the shell for all the activity that goes on inside. Advances in science and technology, however, are creating new types of biological and metabolic materials which are essentially turning a growing number of buildings into living, breathing organisms.
Published in: JLL ‘Real Views’ (10 May, 2016)
New writing… My first piece for The Hub – the award-winning content platform curated by Mitsubishi Electric – explores the idea of the user experience (UX) driving the design of the built environment, particularly our workplaces. It discusses how differently commercial developers and their clients might do things if tenants and employees were to start rating the likes of their office environment in the same way as they rank hotels, or restaurants – scoring with stars and posting reviews. It considers what the implications would be for sustainability if happiness and wellbeing provided the prime metrics for post-occupancy evaluation and the key performance question to ask was simply: ‘How does your workplace make you feel?’
