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In this episode Caleb, Jonathan and Dave talk about COVID’s impact on the office market, the hybrid work model, whether companies will shrink their office footprint as a result, and what customers are saying they want from office buildings going forward.

Jonathan Pearce from Canadian based real estate investor and developer Ivanhoé Cambridge, who manage of billions of dollars worth of assets globally, joins Bold Founder, Caleb Parker, to discuss COVID’s impact on the office market, the hybrid work model, whether companies will shrink their office footprint as a result. They talk about what customers are really saying they want from office buildings going forward and how Space-as-a-Service can bridge the growing gap between supply and demand. They are joined by CBRE’s Dave Cairns,  a prominent thought leader within the commercial real estate industry.

Connect with Jonathan Pearce on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-pearce-7b7b3b1b/ 

Connect with Dave Cairns on LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-cairns-5644a233/

Connect with Caleb Parker on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebparker/ 

If you have any questions or feedback on this episode, email podcast@workbold.co

Value Bombs

• Quality will trump commodity – Jonathan Pearce
• I believe the office has a major role to play in the platform of work – Caleb Parker
• If the office going forward is simply a desk and a chair, that just isn't going to be good enough. There needs to be a compelling value proposition, a reason to come in, different types of spaces, maybe an environment that people are going to miss when they're not there – Jonathan Pearce
• We've reached an unparalleled and unprecedented era of polarisation. Some companies leaning into a future of workplace choice and others hoping for a return to the old ways of working – Caleb Parker
• I fundamentally believe that COVID has changed the job market forever – Dave Cairns
• Everyone's heard of following the money, but we're trying to follow the people – Jonathan Pearce
• Over the last 14 months, we've demonstrated that technology supports remote work – Jonathan Pearce
• CBDs and those prime locations are going to be more important than ever – Dave Cairns
• It all begins and ends with listening to the customer - Jonathan Pearce
• People will be much more judicious with their time, and have interactions with a sense of purpose – Jonathan Pearce
• It always baffles my brain that commercial real estate is the only sector that I can point to that doesn't currently solve all of their customers problems for them – Jonathan Pearce

Resources

• Dave Cairns article:
  https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-cure-workplace-pandemic-dave-cairns/

• Dave Cairns #WorkBold Podcast Episode:
  https://workbold.co.uk/why-is-cbre-forward-cofounder-all-in-on-space-as-a-service/

• Pontus Kihlman’s LinkedIn:
  https://www.linkedin.com/in/pontuskihlman/ 

3. Ivanhoé Cambridge “Do You Miss The Office?” Podcast https://www.Ivanhoécambridge.com/en/news/podcasts/

About Jonathan Pearce

Jonathan Pearce is responsible for leasing across Ivanhoé Cambridge’s Office and Industrial platforms in North America. He is also Co-Head of Development for Ivanhoé Cambridge’s Office & Industrial asset classes. His responsibilities include leasing for all owned (managed and non-managed) office and industrial properties and developments in Canada and the Continental US, currently comprising more than 120 million square feet in multiple markets, which include: Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Chicago, New York, Boston, Atlanta, Charlotte, Mexico City, Houston, Dallas, Tampa, Jacksonville, Nashville, Salt Lake City, Denver, and Greater Los Angeles and the Inland Empire. 

Ivanhoé Cambridge currently has five office developments under construction or pre-development in the Americas in the following markets: Toronto, Dallas, Denver, Houston and Mexico City, and a variety of industrial projects under development across the United States.

Jonathan has more than 25 years of experience in office & industrial leasing and the sale of corporate investment assets in multiple markets. He also holds a BSc. (Hons) in Urban Land Economics and is a Professional Associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

About Dave Cairns

Dave Cairns started his career at CBRE in 2012 after being a professional poker player where he was ranked as one of the top 100 online tournament players in the world for a time. Since then, Dave has become a thought leader within the commercial real estate industry with global recognition. He is an avid content creator on LinkedIn, who is highly respect by his peers, and has received over 1 million views in 2020 alone. 

Working alongside his team, Dave’s focus is on working with high growth companies in the tech sector, Space as a Service Operators (#SPaaS), and with financial services firms on a local, national and global level. Dave also leads a partnership with Deloitte on their Technology Fast 50 program, advising many of Canada’s fastest growing technology companies on their real estate requirements. He is also the co-founder of CBRE Forward, a platform designed to showcase the fastest growing tech companies in Canada.

Sponsors

Fortune Favours the Bold

Bold merges property management & Space-as-a-Service to drive asset value and help office customers grow faster. Now part of NewFlex (www.workbold.co) 

Future Proof Your Portfolio with NewFlex

NewFlex delivers and manages a range of branded solutions for every type of building, in every type of location, for every type of occupier. Including the flexibility to develop your own brand. All enabled by flexible management contracts where we are invested in making money for you. (www.newflex.com)

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https://workbold.co.uk/podcast/ 

Apurva Roy Choudhury, CEO, and Romasha Roy Choudhury, VP - Product Design, at Cynapse chat with our host Annie Dubé about their journey from Mumbai to Prince Edward Island. Cynapse designs real-time business dashboards for IOS devices, allowing companies to see KPIs instantly. Tune in to discover this start-up visa program success story of two Indian entrepreneurs who have successfully set up their business in Canada. Discover the vast opportunities of business between Canada & India, #investment #AI #Tech #diversity & more.

Host: Annie Dubé, Consul General of Canada in Mumbai
Guests: Cynapse - Founders Apurva Roy Choudhury & Romasha Roy Choudhury
Support Team: Etienne Lambert, Jayita Phulsunge, Vanessa Fernandes
Production Team: Chhavi @Sonologue
Sound Engineer: Vijay Doiphode
Logo design: Jasmine Bharathan
Music by ValentineMusic, Music Standard License
Copyright 2021, Consulate General of Canada in Mumbai

Note: This episode was recorded in 2020 before the pandemic and the host now has a new role with the Canadian government.

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Joe Walton, Cofounder and Managing Partner of London-based Fight or Flight, a dynamic B2B media company helping brands raise the pulse and give people goosebumps, joins Bold Founder, Caleb Parker, to discuss the challenges of growing a business during a lockdown, benefits of remote and why he plans to have an office for his team post pandemic.

Enterprise companies make all the headlines, but they employ just 40% of the UK population. 60% of UK employees work for SMEs (small to medium sized businesses). It’s time SMEs like Fight or Flight get some airtime. 

Joe Walton has a “Challenge the status quo” mindset.

He says “building a business used to be synonymous with having an office - not anymore.”

"Virtual meetings level the playing field for new companies when pitching" and remote working has enabled Joe to hire senior talent who he wouldn’t have considered in a pre-pandemic world.

But, Joe still believes the office has tremendous value and will be an important tool for his company's business growth.

In this episode Caleb and Joe talk about challenges of establishing company culture, how to engage team members about workplace, testing flexible work policies and how workplace brand plays a role in deciding where to work.

Connect with Joe on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joegileswalton/ 

Connect with Caleb on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebparker/ 

If you have any questions or feedback on this episode, email podcast@workbold.co

Value Bombs

• Launching a business during the pandemic has levelled the playing field for businesses pitching new clients
• Clients now have to make a decision based on the way someone looks and sounds on Zoom, not by how flashy their office is
• The flashy office can work against companies when clients feel that their budget might not match that of the partner they are seeking to work with
• Holding virtual meetings with partner organisations has produced more clarity for clients because it enables them to focus on the things that matter when selecting partners, which is quality people that you trust, that you believe can get the job done for you
• The pandemic has enabled the recruitment and employment of international staff which would not have been feasible or conceivable before working virtually
• The office is distracting for extroverts
• WFA enables more focus
• The challenges of remote work are culture building, celebrating wins together as a team and missing out on camaraderie
• We are also missing out on learning by osmosis, by watching people within the team, the way they work and modelling their experience and expertise.
• The office helps with learning, training and mentoring
• On return to the office, it will be important that everybody is in at the same time to invest in the culture of the team, whilst retaining flexibility of working from home.
• The feeling of comdadarie is strengthened when everyone is together
• When recruiting new candidates for roles, potential talent will gravitate towards the organisations that correspond to their values and the way they want to work
• Flexibility is key
• Businesses looking for real estate space value flexibility, shorter lease terms to accommodate team growth
• Brand has a huge role in deciding on a workplace
• Brand is not just a logo
• Brand is intrinsically wound up in the space, the ethos, the experience and the community within the building
• The workplace you choose says something about you and your brand
• In commercial real estate right now, there is a much more promiscuous group of customers, who are happy to experiment and happy to try new things
• The old model of signing a long-term lease and thinking you can sit back as a landlord and just collect cheques for the next 10 to 15 years is over. It’s very much hands-on, staying close to the ground with your customer, making sure that you're providing with any evolving your experience with their needs and their desires as they grow, otherwise someone else is going to win them over.

Resources

About Joe Walton

Joe Walton, managing partner at Fight or Flight, a B2B  agency specialising in integrated communications that deliver emotional and commercial impact. Joe and his cofounders launched the firm in April 2020.

Joe has 15 years’ experience creating and executing international communications programmes for enterprises like Microsoft, BAE Systems, Capgemini, Honeywell, Symantec and IBM, as well as high-growth scale-ups like Tableau, Concur and hybris. 

Prior to founding Fight or Flight, Joe spent 13 years at global PR firm Weber Shandwick (where we met in my previous role - more about that later). He was managing director of its technology and B2B practice for the last 4 years. In this role he led a team of 40 consultants in the firm’s London office, and led the IBM-Weber relationship across 40 markets in Europe.

Sponsors

Fortune Favours the Bold

Bold merges property management & Space-as-a-Service to drive asset value and help office customers grow faster. Now part of NewFlex (www.workbold.co) 

Future Proof Your Portfolio with NewFlex

NewFlex delivers and manages a range of branded solutions for every type of building, in every type of location, for every type of occupier. Including the flexibility to develop your own brand. All enabled by flexible management contracts where we are invested in making money for you. (www.newflex.com)

Launch Your Own Podcast

A Podcast Company is the leading podcast production company for brands, organizations, institutions, individuals, and entrepreneurs. Our team sets you up with the right equipment, training, and guidance to ensure you sound amazing. (https://www.apodcastcompany.com)

“Everyone can only be so smart but you can always be curious, and curiosity is better than being smart." - Lawrence Taylor

CBQ: Would your highschool self consider yourself cool?

Lawrence Taylor, Executive Board Member of Barrie House Coffee, discusses how his curiosity, preparation and maybe a little luck led him to this field. Join us as he explains the significance of his role, not only in making strategic decisions, but holding the responsibility to represent black people in a historically monotone board. 

3 Takeaways

• Put yourself in positions to learn and absorb information
• Stay curious and never be afraid to ask questions
• Companies perform better with diversity and inclusion

Can you see the broader picture within the funding landscape? Finding the right funding is not always easy and according to Jeremy Meadowcroft, persistence is key. Jeremy shares his valuable insights in the world of lending and explains what the relevant questions are to be asking when considering how to raise funds for your business. Jeremy has truly walked the walk of commercial lending, public lending, equity investing and non-profit lending which has equipped him and enabled him to listen, assess and show SME business owners HOW, WHAT and WHY to fund their growth.

KEY TAKEAWAY

“The great Jim Rohn said if you’re passionate about something, learn about it, become a student of it and teach it because if you’re on purpose with it you’re naturally interested.”

ABOUT JEREMY MEADOWCROFT

Jeremy Meadowcroft is a freelance speaker, presenter and consultant on the funding landscape for SME business owners. He shows business owners how, where and what funding options are available to their business, which he finds rewarding and is highly valued by the people that book him, to understand and discover some alternative options that are available for them.  

He has sanctioned the lending of £millions in bank funds, public sector funds, grants, match-funding and also equity funding (Angel investment) for hundreds of new and established businesses of all types, sizes, sectors and ages.

For 32 years, Jeremy has been banking, financing and fundraising for individuals, start-ups and businesses to help their growth plans.  He has assessed, advised and helped as a Bank Manager, Business, Commercial and Corporate lending manager, an Investment Manager and a Dragons’ Den Host and M.C. 
 

CONNECT WITH JEREMY

Website : https://horizon-8.com/    

LinkedIn :https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremymeadowcroft

ABOUT THE HOST - AMY ROWLINSON

Amy is a Coach, Mentor, iTunes #1 Podcaster, Mastermind Host, Speaker and Property Investor. Through coaching and workshops, Amy works with businesses to Focus on WHY to create people-centred environments, by improving productivity and employee engagement by focusing on fulfilment, values and purpose.

Amy inspires and empowers entrepreneurial clients to discover the life they dream of by assisting them to make it their reality through their own action taking. Helping them to focus on their WHY with clarity uniting their passion and purpose with a plan to create the life they truly desire.

If you would like Amy to help you focus on your WHY then please book a free 20 min call via www.calendly.com/amyrowlinson/enquirycall 

Please sign up for the weekly Friday Focus newsletter at https://www.amyrowlinson.com/subscribe-to-weekly-newsletter

CONNECT WITH AMY

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HOSTED BY: Amy Rowlinson

DISCLAIMER

The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast belong solely to the host and guest speakers. Please conduct your own due diligence.

BidWrite plays a pivotal role helping defence and industry communicate to meet capability requirements, while generating business in the hotly contested defence industrial ecosystem.

On this episode of the Defence Connect podcast, host Steve Kuper is joined by Dr Rodger Manning and David Harvey, principal consultants at BidWrite, to discuss the evolving nature of responding to tenders to support the $270 billion Defence Strategic Update and the 2020 Force Structure Plan.

The trio also cover the initial impact of COVID-19 on Defence and defence industry, the immense opportunity available to both primes and SMEs, and the way in which industry as a whole is evolving to the new normal.

Dr Manning and Harvey also discuss the importance of getting the right balance when responding to the complex nature of Defence tenders, with key points of focusing on the customer’s needs and the unique capacity the business brings to solving the challenges proposed by Defence.

Finally, they talk about the varying challenges in the tendering process, breaking down language and technicalities in order to help both parties better understand one another’s objectives.

Enjoy the podcast,

The Defence Connect Team

In this episode, I discuss the results of the recently released Botswana SME Competitiveness report.

Rob Braiman is CEO and founder of Cogent Analytics, a business consulting firm. Since 2005, he has personally engaged with over 1800 small to medium size businesses. An entrepreneur himself, he knows the challenges of the journey, and his passion is to help others achieve success and profitability that also enhances quality of life. He has grown Cogent Analytics from 6 people to over 120 inside of 5 years; and has ranked on the Inc 5000 fastest growing companies 3 years in a row.

“manage profit. Profit is not about greed, it’s about solvency, it’s about building equity, it’s about retiring debt, it’s about taking care of your family, it’s about the benefits you offer to your employees. And if you don’t manage profit first bad things happen. So, I am a profit for sky and I don’t want to again communicate that that somehow supposed to be about greed because it’s not. The responsibility of every small business owner every mid-sized business owner, every large business is to produce a minimum mandatory profit that is engineered within a company because that impacts so many areas of the business. Don’t do that haphazardly do it purposefully”…[Listen for More]

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Fran Boorman is a bestselling author and successful entrepreneur having built a £9m turnover business around her two young children, which became the fastest growing in its sector. She has gone on to support over 1000 individuas start their own enterprises and become a key spokespersn for Social Enterprises and SMEs in the UK; representing their interests in government, as a TEDx speaker and as a regular contributor on BBC Radio. Fran is currently the CEO and Co-Founder of a ground-breaking new Social Enterprise called Goal 17. The company aims to assist in ending youth homelessness through the power of football. Having formed partnershps with many Premier League Football clubs and some of the largest and most respected UK companies, Goal 17 is expected to become the blue print for how business can profitably engage in making positive social impact. Fran is also a big advocate of supporting other women into enterprise and senior corporate roles. Fran speaks frequently on this topic n school and for clients such as Barclays and the Federation of Small Business. Alongside being entrepreneurial, she believes in leading by example in the corporate world and hold a Non-Executive Directorship in a large private hospitality company.

Thriving Entrepreneur Conference - The Event for New and Seasoned Entrepreneurs Dedicated to Blazing Their Trail in a Long-term, Sustainable Way. 1 DAY - 5 Powerful SPEAKERS. Get Inspired, Get Empowered, Get Equipped - The Landscape of Business Over The Next 5 Years - 1st FEBRUARY 2019

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Assistant Editor Karen Vinton speaks with author Josip Kotlar about his paper, recently published in Family Business Review, which elaborates on how family governance influences innovation.