Where is my Office now?
– the need for fresh perspectives.
With the explosion of hybrid work, author Chris Kane challenges us to rethink CRE post-pandemic and calls upon our industry to embrace bold steps to revitalize the workplace for the benefit of landlords, occupiers, and our planet.
With the conflagration of external forces - from labor market shifts (including in employee attitudes) to climate change imperatives, geopolitical instability, and the arrival of AI - optimizing the built environment has become extremely challenging.
There is little doubt that this decade will be seen as a pivotal time in world history.
Will our industry be fundamentally disrupted? What if AI provokes an upheaval in how corporations organize themselves, provoking a fundamental shift about how we use buildings? What will happen as 75% or so of pre-pandemic leases start to come due over the next few years? Can we right-size portfolios and navigate hybrid work equitably?
During this exciting CoreNet NYC Lunch n Learn sponsored by the PropTech Committee, Chris Kane will challenge us to think beyond a tactical response and have the courage to consider the bigger picture. In his presentation, he will encourage us to explore how things fit together from a system perspective and examine how the relationship between people and place is changing in front of our eyes.
Can we be bold enough to step outside our comfort zone of our respective silos? What stops us from developing a broader perspective? Are we content to remain in what may be a professional mindset rut? Have we hit peak office?
The time has come for us to have some really honest conversations and CoreNet NYC has the opportunity to set the agenda.
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Speaker: Chris Kane
Chris Kane has worked in the Corporate Real Estate sector for over 30 years, having operated as the Vice President of International Corporate Real Estate for The Walt Disney Company, before acting as Head of Corporate Real Estate at the BBC, where he was responsible for the creation of MediaCityUK in Salford and oversaw the £1bn development of Broadcasting House, as well as the inception of White City innovation/creative quarter in West London.
Chris is a founding member and director of EverythingOmni, a boutique advisory, advocacy and thought leadership group, focused on workplace development, place making and innovation.
He has extensive experience as a Non Executive Director having served on the boards of Laganside Corporation, Network Homes, NHS Property Services and Elstree Film & TV Studios, he currently sits on the board of Ashford St. Peter’s NHS Trust.