At BPS we feel ways of thinking are important.

If you know how we think and what we think about, you’ll feel more comfortable in integrating our work into your opportunities and needs. In addition, we want you to know that we’re not just out there doing, we’re also reflecting on what we do, how we do it, and what we should be focusing on in the future.

Included below are brief summaries of articles and idea papers we’ve written ourselves or in joint venture with others. If you would like a full copy please contact us and we’d be happy to email you one or provide a link to the appropriate journal resource.

Clark and Paul are frequently asked to present our thoughts about what we're seeing in the physical space and technology space in the workplace.  We'd be delighted to share our current thoughts with you; we look forward to hearing from you to set up time to talk.

As further evidence that management makes a difference in how work gets done, this interesting article in the New York Times describes remote management approaches and expectations at a number of businesses, including Best Buy. The article is now part of the Times Select section of their offering, but if you have access it is definitely worth reading. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/03/business/yourmoney/03mgmt.html

In our work at BPS, we deal with change all the time – business, workplace, and therefore personal change. A friend asked what we thought was the future of change? Beyond the painstakingly obvious observation that change is inevitable and it seems to happen increasingly quickly, what is there to know? It turns out that there’s plenty. We look here at three key elements: trends that will change the approach to business, the impacts of the coming generation (Millennials), and the potential impact of both on the workplace. Please contact us for a full copy of “The Future of Change: Guess Who’s Coming to the Workplace.”

Workplace change can be complicated, with important impacts on both the people and their work. This paper outlines: basic types of workplace change and their potential impacts; observations from our experience with workplace change; and five key questions you should be asking before initiating a workplace change program. Please contact us for a full copy of “The Nature of Business Place Change.”

Innovation is one of today’s mantras. You see it all over the business press in all kinds of forms. So what’s the contribution of the workplace to innovation? Are there work environments that support innovation? What about the 8x8 vanilla cube with the easily washable coffee closet located in the building core? In this thought piece, BPS looks at the nature of innovation and the work spaces that support it. Please contact us for a full copy of “Innovation Supportive Workplaces.”

Historically real estate and facilities have been looked at with the isolated perspective of the bottom line only. There are arguments, and some may say mandates, to look at them as to how they affect both the top and bottom lines. We take a brief look at the potential opportunities in this piece. Please contact us for a full copy of “The Custodian’s Seat in the Boardroom: Real Estate Strategy is a Matter of Survival.”

In a volatile business, and therefore, real estate world, what are the approaches for facility development and design that make sense or are even available? In this article we outline some of the thinking about opportunities to respond to volatility as real estate organizations were making the change from a steady high growth world to one that was less “knowable”. Please contact us for a full copy of “Office Futures”, Urban Land, June 2001.