Simi Gandhi-Whitaker (Director of Connected Workspace, Mitie) welcomed the audience and raised the challenges of “bringing tech and data together to drive strategic decisions.” Liz Kentish continued the theme as Facilitator, posing the question about “how do we harmonize technology?” Before suggesting that “digital and analogue technologies can happily co-exist.”…
You were 530 days late, Francis Rossi. Was it worth the wait? Absolutely. I had booked VIP Meet and Greet tickets for my husband and I to see Francis Rossi at the Corn Exchange in Stamford, last March. Yesterday, the event happened. The Meet and Greet started early. It was…
Welcome to the Global FM Trust Index 2021. This builds on the UK Trust Index we carried out in 2019 and explores the levels of trust across the world, giving us a unique opportunity to really understand how important trust is in this vital sector. Please find below the results…
Why do 38% of respondents feel the need to test the market so frequently? It implies that something is missing from the existing facilities provider relationship, that they don’t fully trust them to bring the best ‘of the market’ to the table. Perhaps an honest conversation about what the client…
When I was about 13 years old, I put an advert in the back of a music newspaper called Superpop, which was the ‘poor relative’ of NME and Melody Maker, I guess. I’m not sure if anybody even remembers it. Anyway, I wanted some pen pals. And I had quite…
Neil Mullarkey is an international speaker and performer (virtual for now!) and author. He co-founded London’s ‘Comedy Store Players’ and still performs with them. He has acted on TV, radio and in two Austin Powers films with his former comedy partner, Mike Myers. He also has an alter ego, the global enigma…
I really like Tony Blackburn’s radio show ‘Sounds of the 60s’ (the music era that shaped me) which I listen to every Saturday morning. On the two-hour show he has a couple of ‘Magic Moments’ where someone writes in and shares something that happened in the 60s which was really…
On a recent Kentish and Co team call, we ‘travelled’ to Mumbai for a virtual tour, guided by Pranav. Liz and Dave had met Pranav and taken a walking tour with him several years ago, whilst visiting Mumbai on business. The virtual tour was fabulous – Pranav played short video…
Sabbaticals have risen in popularity recent years, fuelled in part by tech companies searching for new perks to attract and retain staff. We were curious – how many companies actually offer Sabbaticals? So, we recently asked our LinkedIn and Twitter followers “Does your organisation formally offer the chance for people to…
No thanks. What does that have to do with high performing teams? Well, a great deal actually. A car only runs effectively if all the parts are in good working order – if one part fails, that can impact on the whole vehicle. If you’re not a mechanic, then you’ll…
