Hong Kong Chapter: Believers vs Non-Believers Alternative Workplace Strategies (AWS)

By: Karen Chan

For the final workplace forum of 2011, we decided to hold an interactive debate session between Believers and Non-Believers of Alternative Workplace Strategies (AWS), in conjunction with a Christmas party at the Hong Kong Football Club.

Our Believers were John Bowden, Cisco’s APJ and India Manager for Workplace Design and Development and Andrew Watt, Barclays’ Regional Head of Corporate Real Estate Services, Asia Pacific.

Our Non-Believers were Mark Bernard, Knight Frank’s Executive Director and Head of Commercial Agency Department, Hong Kong and Gerard McCrea, First Commercial Properties’ Founder and Managing Director.

The speakers began by stating why they did or didn’t support AWS and gave relevant case study examples to back up their point of view. A lively and sometimes heated debate ensued, with some interesting questions posed by our moderator, Sophia Mendelsohn of Haworth and also from our audience. While the debate did not have a clear winner, it gave everyone some interesting opinions to ponder. The evening was wrapped up with more drinks to celebrate the holiday season and another successful year.

Workplace Community Summit Breakout Session, Atlanta 2011

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Comics from Paris Summit 2011 Session

By: Kate North & Marie Puybaraud

We have uploaded almost 40 fantastic cartoons that were co-created during the recent European Workplace Community of Practice Session held at the Paris CoreNet Summit. Please enjoy and feel free to use and share them with your colleagues and customers. If you feel inspired, we’d welcome your thoughts and feedback . View the slideshow; then download your favorite image to use in presentations, set as the background of your electronic device of choice and let your peers know how you feel about the workplace! A special “thanks” to JCI for providing the funding that allowed us to bring in the talented cartoonist, Dominique Lizambar to create these for us.

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