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Closing a floor or building for refurbishment? Moving staff out, through temporary swing space, and into their new home is harder than it looks. This post covers the six questions to answer before you start, what “least disruptive” phasing really means, an employee-first case study, and how a free planning tool builds the move sequence for you.

More people than desks? Running out of office space? A space calculator gets you from a gut feeling to a structured assessment of the problem. This post explains what a space calculator actually is, what to look for in a good one, the five strategic options you'll be choosing between, and how two real clients used the process to land on very different answers - one added desks into existing space, the other moved to desk sharing and took more space.

Block and Stack planning sounds simple. The stack is a building, the block is a team, rearrange some blocks across some floors and you are done. It turns out there is a bit more to it than meets the eye. This post sets out what Block and Stack planning really is, the five layers it operates across, what it produces, and where it tends to go wrong.

What does Roman concrete have to do with workplace transformation?

Being asked to manage an office restack can feel a bit like being handed a Jackson Pollock painting. There is plenty going on, but working through the complexity, the messy composition, and where to even begin is another matter entirely. That is often the reality of office restacking. On the surface, it can sound straightforward. Move a few teams, free up some space, improve adjacencies, and make better use of the office. In practice, it is usually far more complex than

When people ask me who’s world-class at delivering transformation, they expect a workplace strategist or change leader. Instead, I say Gordon Ramsay. Yes, the chef. Behind the kitchen theatrics is a triple threat: disciplined project delivery, confronting change leadership, and deep subject expertise. Different industry, same principles. And that’s why I see him as a transformation specialist.

Restacking an office - solving the workplace Rubik's cube. How to manage your office restack successfully.

Part 4 of 6 of the WorkFuture.com.au blog series, “Applying the Kipling Method* to Workplace Transformation."

Part 3 of 6 of the Work Future blog series “Applying the Kipling Method to Workplace Transformation" – When to do a Workplace Transformation

Part 2 of 6 of the WorkFuture.com.au blog series “Applying the Kipling Method to Workplace Transformation".