We spoke to Natasha Terinova from Reach UK a venture capital fund which invests in new technologies that serve the built environment. It’s fascinating to hear the range of problems which are being addressed from mobility and livability to air quality and cradle to cradle material use.

This week on Rethinking work we spoke to Richard Meier and James Scott the co-founders of Stories, a property development firm who are taking a different approach. Focused on Stakeholder value rather than Shareholder value Richard and James discuss how they aim to maximise social and economic value and address some of the challenges we face in cities.

Advocates of the 4 day working week, we hear about the origin of the business and what impact this working strategy has on their company.

This week on Rethinking work we spoke to Sol Rogers the founder of Rewind in their brand new office space. Sol started Rewind 10 years ago pioneering immersive technology and real time engineering which they now do for some of the worlds biggest brands

We talk about their growth, the recent acquisition by the American company Magnopus, and what the next internet looks like. Sol paints a picture of what the content and platforms which blur the boundaries between digital and physical may look like and what their impact could be on the way we work.

This week on ‘Rethinking Work’ we are joined by Henry De Zoete, an entrepreneur and political advisor who discusses his experience of going on Dragon’s Den where he secured the best deal the show has ever seen. Henry shares his ideas on productive working environments as well as commenting on what the government should, or to be more accurate, should not but be doing as we all explore what our new working methods are.

"The world of work has changed. Remote vs. Office is over and it’s now all about hybrid. In this hybrid era, everything happens in digital workplace tools." 

Welcome to the able partners conversation series ‘Rethinking Work’. This week we are joined by Jazz Hanely from Temporall talking about ‘The Digital HQ’. Jazz raises some great questions around proximity bias, influencing your team remotely, and what the impact on the built environment will be.

Hosted by Bill Webb and Ben Stuart the co-founders of able partners, ‘Rethinking work’ is a series of conversations with leaders, thinkers and doers across all industries.