by Paul Carder @paulcarder & [email protected]
This post relates to the open LinkedIn Group of the same name: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/PLACEMAKER-Research-Programme-5093552/about

PLACEMAKER is our next research programme, and we would like to get you involved. It comprises the kind of exploratory research, across multiple-disciplines, which we love – and upon which most of you will have a view! It is also related to my PhD, which officially started on 1st April at UWE Bristol, and as you know will be a long process (hopefully around four years). So, personally, I also very much welcome all your feedback – now, and into the future…

For now, I just want to put these questions out there, for you to comment upon, and add to:

1. What is the relevance of PLACE to an organisation? Or to a part of an organisation, in a specific place?
2. Location is one key aspect, but what are the characteristics of PLACE at different levels – region, city, sector, street, building?
3. An organisation, any occupier of PLACE, is the demand-side of the ‘economics of place’ – what are those demand factors?
4. Users (employees, contractors, consultants, visitors) form part of the ‘demand’ profile – what level of user engagement occurs?
5. How does the supply-side of the ‘economics of place’ position itself to deliver to this demand profile?
6. How do regions, cities, and sectors of cities, impact on and relate to demand from organisations and their workforce?
7. How does the economics of agglomeration, and the competitive advantage of cities, relate to PLACE?
8. What, and who, is a PLACEMAKER? City Mayors, property owners/developers, hub operators, and occupiers?
9. How do they work, and interact, for mutual economic advantage?
10. What will the future PLACE look like, for organisations and their knowledge-workers? Hooks to PLACES? Or free-roaming?

There are many more questions that we could ask – but what are the key questions? I look forward to your comments! Thank you in advance, Paul.