What spices are in a dish is location and building for the value creation of an organisation. A relatively small amount of spices can make or break a dish. Occupancy costs represent on average ‘only’ about 8-12% of the annual budget. Personnel costs represent on average approximately 70-80% of the annual budget. Accommodation is a…
During the opening of ‘De Glasbak’, the new floating clubhouse of De Bouwer & Partners, on September 3, 2014, René Stevens gave a Pecha Kucha on Accommodation & Positioning. A theme that has fascinated him as an architect and business administrator for years. The core of his argument is that ‘The emotional tail wags the…
For decades advisers, students and scientists have been looking for the holy grail to capture the alignment of Corporate Real Estate with the strategy of an organization in a comprehensive model. The aim is to use accommodation as a lever to improve the productivity and well-being of employees / students, among other things. However, reality…
The presentation of the Design NEN 8021 during the Provada 2013, gave me, as co-founding father and former director Stichting Real Estate Norm Nederland, a satisfying feeling that the ideas of the REN standard from the nineties had found their way to the Netherlands Standardization Institute. At the beginning of 2014, the NEN 8021, ‘Valuation…
Why have we traditionally turned to non-profit organisations, NGOs and governments to solve the biggest social problems? Michael Porter wonders this out loud during this just released TED Talk. Porter admits that he is biased as a business school professor, but – just like the social entrepreneur’s movement – he sees great opportunities for entrepreneurs…
As an accommodation professional, you are confronted on a daily basis at a tactical and operational level with the impact of the strategic course of your organisation. Armed with this experience, what would you do differently if you could set the strategic course? In this article you will be taken into the strategic thinking world…
Our economic system is ready for a ‘hard system reset’ or even a ‘restore to factory default’ because only a ‘refresh’ is not enough. If the saw has become dull, do not cut through with even more effort, but insert a stop and sharpen the saw or buy a completely new saw. As an entrepreneur,…
The Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad headlined “Everyone out, don’t come to the office anymore”. The officials of the Rotterdam borough of Overschie are testing whether they can do without a building. It may seem like an extreme test, but it is not so bad as an exercise to break free from ingrained ways of thinking…
d’Eersteling Grote Koppel, Amersfoort Nefkens Building Utrechtseweg, Amersfoort ATELIER V officially opened its previous ‘work palace d’Eersteling’ at Grote Koppel 7 in AMERSFOORT on Queen’s Day 2007. Six years later, ATELIER V moved, just before the inauguration of King Willem Alexander on the last Queen’s Day, to its new work palace in the Nefkens building…
Military strategists As an accommodation professional, you are confronted on a daily basis at the tactical and operational levels with the impact of the strategic course of your organisation. Armed with this experience, what would you do differently if you could set the strategic course? Successful military strategists are not only characterized by having a…