The Team Around the Table: A CRE Podcast

We are seeing an accelerating pace of technological change across the commercial real estate landscape. Proprietary technologies, historically perceived as clunky and expensive, are being replaced by 'partner first' models. These approaches allow organizations to bring together innovative products from across the industry to create value for their people and customers. How should CRE professionals...

The office is more than just a building – it’s a place where people come together to build connections, collaborate and innovate. The global pandemic has accelerated an evolution of the workplace and forced businesses to reconsider when and how to best use the office in the future, posing the ultimate question: what is the purpose of place? Cushman & Wakefield partnered with top researchers fr...

With 1.5 trillion dollars being spent on India's infrastructure over the next five years, the logistics, industrial and manufacturing sector has a great opportunity to leverage from. But what is the India story? With international business looking seriously at India to take advantage of the world's second largest population - India is a complex and fascinating part of the world, for both investors...

While the way we work has evolved beyond conceivable recognition over the last century, so too has where we work. From Taylorism’ of the early 20th century, workplace design has become a much more cultured process with an increasing focus on creating workplaces that centre around the individual, and that promote not only productivity and efficiency for employers, but also creativity and wellbeing...

The way in which we work effectively has never been more important. While employees are reporting increased levels of productivity working remotely, a lack of face-to-face interactions mean there are limitations to collaboration and many challenges remain.  Now that the "genie is out of the bottle", how should organizations think about designing remote collaboration for an effective distributed wo...

Learner, maker, innovator & 3D technology enthusiast, Kadine James is Creative Tech Lead at Hobs 3D and is a prominent UK Tech Evangelist. She is CEO and Founder of the Immersive Kind Collective, a platform which brings together artists and creatives that are using emerging technology in their practice. In this episode Michael and Kadine discuss the influence that technology is having on prope...

In this episode, Michael Creamer is joined by Gya Adeyemi, EMEA Transaction Manager at Facebook and Alex Burnett, UK Lead for Transaction Management at Cushman & Wakefield. Gya and Alex discuss their approach to real estate partnerships and how fundamental partnership has been in delivering space for Facebook. Gya talks about her experiences of culture and diversity within the EMEA real estate...

In our fifth podcast of the “ Rebalancing the Work-Life Experience ” series we review the successes and challenges of working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The foundation of the discussion comes from the results of our bespoke Experience per Square Foot ™ (XSF@home) database, which contains over 1.7 million data points from more than 50,000 respondents   and allows us to provide unrivale...

Adam Hoy is VP, Head of Worldwide Real Estate & Facilities at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) having previously held global roles at Nestle and Unilever.   In this podcast, part of our 'Leadership' series and recorded prior to the coronavirus pandemic, Adam discuses assembling global teams, managing up as well as managing down, sustainability, productivity and lifelong learning.

In our fourth podcast of the “Rebalancing the Work-Life Experience” series we take a deep dive into the importance of employee health and wellbeing. This issue is critical to the success of any company. Quantitative data from our bespoke Experience per Square Foot™ database clearly identifies the importance of wellbeing and its relationship to bonding with colleagues, motivation and an ability to...

As shops, offices and other venues begin to reopen, helping ensure the safety of the places we’re returning to is top of mind for building owners, managers, workers and visitors. Our latest podcast brings in two facility services experts to talk about which technologies are proven, which are emerging, and which might turn out to be COVID-19 quackery. Join Michael Creamer , Chairman EMEA for our Gl...

In the third podcast of the “Rebalancing the Work-Life Experience” series, our attention shifts to two further drivers of workplace experience: staying informed and collaborative teamwork. Data from our Experience per Square Foot™ database clearly demonstrates that both can be achieved successfully in a remote working environment.  The key link between these two drivers is the availability of easy...

Dror Poleg is the author of Rethinking Real Estate and the Co-Chair of the Urban Land Institute’s Technology and Innovation Council in New York. His insights on the future of cities and buildings have been featured in publications and events by the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Moody’s, PwC, KPMG, and others. Find out more about Rethinking Real Estate .

In the second podcast of the “Rebalancing the Work-Life Experience” series, we focus on two key qualities of a successful workplace: leadership and culture.  Analysis from our bespoke Experience per Square Foot™ database demonstrably shows that culture is a tier-1 driver of workplace experience. Employees that have the strongest connection to company culture have the most positive workplace experi...

Access to digitized global data has become critical in executing business continuity plans in the face of the pandemic. In this podcast, our guests discuss how portfolio administration has helped occupiers understand all aspects of their real estate portfolios in the eye of the COVID-19 storm and leverage data to develop reactive portfolio strategies. Among the topics addressed by the podcast are...

The rapid spread of the coronavirus globally has placed many corporates on an accelerated path of enacting remote working universally across their workforce. This inevitably will place strain on existing systems, take employees out of their established routines and require development of new processes among a myriad of other challenges. In light of this Cushman & Wakefield have developed a new...

In this podcast Michael is joined by Toby Ogden, Chief Commercial Officer at The Office Group and Emma Swinnerton, EMEA Head of Flexible Workspace at Cushman & Wakefield, to discuss What's Next in Flexible Workspace. Toby and Emma discuss how the flexible workspace market continues to evolve in response to changing occupier needs and how a B2C mindset is enabling operators to provide spaces th...

Nick O'Donnell is Director of Estates & Facilities at King's College London - a portfolio spanning five campuses, four million square feet, 160 buildings and more than 30,000 daily users. He has previously held senior roles at the Financial Times, Microsoft, Seagram and HSBC. In this 'spotlight' podcast, Nick discusses how traditional corporate occupier challenges manifest within the universit...

In this first episode of our 'Spotlight' series, Michael was joined by Mary-Louise Gray , Real Estate and Facilities Director (EMEA) at Microsoft and Caroline Gardiner , Strategic Head of Integrated Facilities Management (EMEA) at Cushman & Wakefield, to discuss What's Next in Facilities Management. Mary-Louise and Caroline discuss creating different environments that give people choice, creat...

Despina Katsikakis is an industry leader with an international reputation for thought leadership and innovation on the future of work and the impact of workplace on organisational transformation, people and business performance. Despina has over 35 years' experience of leading innovation, research and implementation of transformative business environments and exemplary real estate developments wor...

James Maddock is Head of Global Occupier Services (GOS) for EMEA at Cushman & Wakefield, having previously led teams in Bahrain, as well as London West End Agency and Tenant Representation. In this podcast, James draws on 30 years' experience to discuss leadership - from 'learning on the job', building diverse teams and story-telling - to attempting to swim every Olympic sized pool in the worl...

Irene Masterton is the Finance Group Estates Director at Department for Work and Pensions (British Government). She has previously held senior global roles at Shell International Petroleum, Standard Chartered Bank, BT and Computer Sciences Corporation. In this third podcast in our 'Leadership' series, Irene discusses putting together global teams, surrounding yourself with experts, managing attent...

It’s difficult to predict the future of an industry, but Brad Kreiger , Chief Marketing and Communications Officer at Cushman & Wakefield, understands the future of marketing begins with authentic storytelling. In this podcast Brad discusses his experiences of the real estate industry, how different generations are shaping the workplace, why digital marketing drives value and how companies wil...

Ben Almond has held a variety of Global COO and corporate real estate roles over a 30 year career across Finance, Investment Banking and Real Estate. He is currently Global Head of Property at Pearson. In this podcast Ben talks about leadership values in the context of being a CRE leader in today’s changing workplace environment and what he has learned about the importance of respect, trust, brave...

Diana Foxlee qualified as a chartered management accountant at ICI Paints before moving to Sky carrying out various finance roles over seven years. She became the Head of Real Estate three years ago. In this podcast Diana talks about how her understanding of Sky, having supported different areas of the business, has stood her in good stead to take on a role in property.