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Over a well-earned G&T, Antony Slumbers and Mark Eltringham discuss what makes work and workplaces great, the origins and wisdom of determining how much time people should spend in an office and how we escape the interminable binary loop of headlines about whether the home or the office is a better place to work. Antony talks about the role of AI in the future of work and property and what people should focus on in their changing lives.

It's bitterly cold outside but over a glass of hazy IPA, Nigel Oseland and Mark Eltringham warm to a conversation about fish guts, the sounds that make us cringe, what comfort means and what it would really take to get people to spend more time in the office.

Monica Parker joins Mark Eltringham to share an Old Fashioned and discuss how to find wonder in the everyday, the limits of workplace design, how to achieve flow states in a world of distractions and what it means to be truly happy.

Take me home, with Mike Petrusky by IN

Mark Eltringham is joined for a glass of red wine (or two) by Esme Banks-Marr of BVN architects and Jo Sutherland of Magenta. They discuss the joys of shared space, when people should tell AI to FO, the limits of workplace design, how to create a great culture wherever people work and much more

Workplace Cocktail Hour... with Chris Moriarty by IN

Do organisations truly understand how their people work? A big question that needed some unpacking and was explored at a recent Workplace Evolutionaries event, led by Tim Allen and Mark Eltringham. Raw audio from the event so includes brief chat about dogs.

It explored aspects of how to encourage organisations to explore their understanding in more detail; how questions around productivity (personal and organisational) can hinder that exploration and set you on a different (and difficult) path that might have more to do with presenteeism and control; how trust is still a dominating factor in the decision-making process; are we mistaking hybrid working for rota working and how is it different to flexible working; where best for creativity and innovation; are we entering a time where organisations need to accept more uncertainty in the short-term as it is a complex area of functionality; it’s about the meetings between the meetings and the individual, informal organisational structure to achieve delivery rather than the official hierarchy.

And then a wider conversation including a discussion on the idea of the 4-day week and other ideas centred on the new era of work.

One of Europe's most experienced and eminent property and workplace specialists, Chris Kane talks about his new book on workplace transformation, published at a time when the pandemic has changed everything.

Dr Sarah Norgate and Sir Cary Cooper have just published an extremely timely new book exploring the links between wellbeing and flexible working. They discuss why firms have been slow to adopt the practice and what they and their employees can do now.

The digital twin for buildings creates enormous opportunities for owners, tenants, users and facilities managers. In this conversation, Peter Löffler , Head of Innovation at Siemens Smart Infrastructure discusses what digital twins are and how they have the potential to transform the built environment and the experiences of people.