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The technology-enabled future of real estate: A present-day necessity?
Corporate Real Estate Journal,
10
(1),
63-77
(2020)
Abstract
The global COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the purpose of the workplace into a realm of uncertainty barely imaginable even in late 2019. Emerging into the midst of Industry 5.0, it has accelerated a number of trends that were already apparent, but that are now causing us to re-evaluate the assumptions on which for several decades we have created and managed physical workplace. The opportunities for repurposing the workplace to satisfy the triple bottom line — social, commercial and environmental performance — using new and emerging technologies are vast. In particular, the smart scheduling of workspace may be the essential draw-down on the much-imagined tech-enabled future of real estate that we need today.
Keywords: workplace; technology; AI; real estate; future; Industry 5.0
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Author's Biography
Neil Usher has over 25 years in the industry as a real estate, workplace and change leader, Neil has delivered innovative environments for organisations in a variety of sectors all over the world, including Warner Bros., Honeywell, Rio Tinto and Sky. He is now chief workplace officer for GoSpace, the first AI application for the workplace. Together with this practical experience, Neil’s influential blogging and regular conference talks have made him a leading thinker in the profession. His first book, The Elemental Workplace, was published in 2018 and the follow-up, Elemental Change, will be out in November 2020.
