Overview
Webinar: join us for ‘Hybrid working: how do you make it a reality?’
Work has changed during the pandemic and hybrid working – spreading work between home and the office - is projected to become mainstream, but how do we make it a reality?
Register your place now for our next episode of ‘Navigating turbulent times’ when I will be joined by industry experts to tackle some of the big questions around the practicalities of transitioning your people to hybrid working and what this shift to a new way of working means for workplace and facilities professionals. Roughly half of the episode will be dedicated to taking your questions, so get involved and we’ll do our best to help.
The third and latest phase of IWFM’s time-series research into remote working and expectations from employees for the future found that the vast majority want and expect a move to hybrid working, with nearly half (44%) planning to work from the office for 3 days or fewer a week.
Now, several major organisations have announced their intent to move to hybrid working, with many others expected to follow suit.
What does this mean for the workplace and facilities profession trying to make hybrid working a reality? What are the challenges and opportunities? How does the flexibility and choice afforded by hybrid working translate in and beyond the office environment? What business functions need to be included on the journey and how are relationships changing across those functions?
Join us on Wednesday to find out more and send in your questions during the bumper Q&A session.
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Speakers
Chris Kane
Chris’s latest publication, Where Is My Office? draws on his knowledge and experiences in commercial property to investigate what the 21st century workplace needs to look like.
Chris Kane has worked in the Corporate Real Estate sector for over 30 years, having operated as a Partner at JLL, Vice President of International Corporate Real Estate for The Walt Disney Company and Head of Workplace at the BBC; where he was responsible for the creation of MediaCityUK in Salford, the redevelopment of Television Centre and oversaw the £1bn development of Broadcasting House.
He is a Fellow of the RSA and RICS and a co-founder of Six Ideas, a global community of thought leaders focused on workplace development, place making and innovation. Chris has extensive experience as a Non-Executive Director and currently serves on the Board of Elstree Film & TV Studios. Chris has served on the boards of Laganside (Belfast)Corporation, Network Homes, NHS Property Services and Reach2 Academy. He also sits on the editorial board of the Corporate Real Estate Journal.
Andy Kelly
Andy Kelly is Director of FM at Manchester Central Convention Complex. His career has been spent in both public and private sectors: he has directed FM services in complex portfolios, including industrial sites, medical facilities and corporate offices.
His passion for delivering exceptional customer service has been recognised by his peers, being awarded Facility Manager of The Year accolade in 2007. He has been a lead judge and mentor in the annual IWFM Impact Awards, and he is now convenor of the Global FM Awards program.
Chris Moriarty
Chris is co-founder of workplace experience analytics engine, Audiem, and co-host of the Workplace Geeks podcast.
He has been involved in some of the sector’s most important conversations about the future of work, the workplace and the facilities profession’s role within that. Former Director of Insight at IWFM and UK MD for Leesman, Chris is often as asked for his commentary and insight into the latest workplace trends and how organisations can embrace them.
Patrick O'Farrell
Patrick is passionate about extoling the importance and value that a professional, well run facilities management function can bring to the overall operational efficiency of any business. He was the winner of a BIFM (now IWFM) Team of the Year Award in 2015, winner of Nationwide Building Society’s Team of the Year award for his team’s response to the Carillion collapse in 2018, and in recent weeks, he received another award and recognition for response to the COVID pandemic.
Outside of work, aside from holding a Bath Rugby season ticket for almost 30 years, Patrick is an active member of Rotary, holding the role of President of his local club during 2019/20.