In parallel, architecture has become acutely, myopically object-oriented, celebrating the product rather than the process.
Professor John Dyson spent more than 25 years at GlaxoSmithKline, eventually ending his career as VP, Head of Capital Strategy and Design, where he focussed on developing a long-term strategic approach to asset management..While there, he engaged Bryden Wood and together they developed the Front End Factory, a collaborative endeavour to explore how to turn purpose and strategy into the right projects – which paved the way for Design to Value.
He is committed to the betterment of lives through individual and collective endeavours.. As well as his business and pharmaceutical experience, Dyson is Professor of Human Enterprise at the University of Birmingham, focussing on project management, business strategy and collaboration.. Additionally, he is a qualified counsellor with a private practice and looks to bring the understanding of human behaviour into business and projects.. To learn more about our Design to Value philosophy, read Design to Value: The architecture of holistic design and creative technology by Professor John Dyson, Mark Bryden, Jaimie Johnston MBE and Martin Wood.Available to purchase at.As a commentator remarked, the coronation service of King Charles III brought into sharp relief some of the idiosyncrasies and incongruities of the British.On one level Britain is a secular country, while the coronation process itself is highly religious.
The British are generally not known for their flamboyance, assumed tight-lipped and cold; and yet they parade to the world like no other nation.In the confusion of the coronation ceremony itself, I was impacted by one particular aspect: the divestment of the King.
In this highly symbolic act the monarch is disrobed; their outer garments, those which distinguish them as a ruler, are taken off.
This demonstrates that underneath everything, they are just a human being, like the rest of us..Firstly, the very practical impact of the space required to treat, segregate, store and move materials for recycling.
Secondly, the expectations of the new cohorts of the workforce.Those entering the workforce in the 2020s expect and demand that these commitments and activities are going on and this influences who they want to work for..
Skills shortages were mentioned in the pre-event survey completed by participants.Although not discussed in great detail, a number of key points were made about recruitment.