rethinking work by able partners

On this weeks #rethinkingWork we talk to Graham Hussey the founder of Dream Factory, a content creation studio in Shoreditch. We talk in their custom YouTube production studio all about Grahams start with the wildly successful YouTube channel ‘the start up van' with millions of views to starting his own production house in London. With digital marketing content becoming so important for so many businesses to stand out Dream Factory is growing massively with over 160 start-ups using their studio. Making impactful content isn't easy, it takes money, production expertise and time, which isn't something many early-stage businesses have in abundance. Dream Factory can bridge that gap and help founders create ground-breaking content they've always wanted to.

On this weeks #rethinkingWork we head over to the award winning Olympic legacy project Here East. We talk to the CEO Gavin Poole about the ongoing success along with the 10 year Olympic anniversary. Here East is an innovation and technology campus situated in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Hackney, East London. The former Olympic Media Centre was left in the wake of the 2012 Games, and in 2014 was reinvented, courtesy of a privately funded, £120m regeneration project. Today, the architectural masterstroke unites culture, enterprise, entrepreneurship and education under one roof, whether the focus is dance, digital technology or game development.

In Episode 8 of #Rethinkingwork we spoke to John Hoyle the CEO and founder of Sook in their oxford street location who are disrupting retail by selling time rather than space.

The B1M is the world's largest, most subscribed-to (and pretty much best) video channel for construction. Over 20 million people watch their videos each month. We speak to Fred Mills the founder and host about how the B1M has changed the construction industry and created a video platform that has made the built environment accessible to millions!

Space form is a virtual communication tool which has spun out of the brilliant design agency Squint Opera which specialises in visual narratives and immersive experiences. We speak to the founder Jan Heuff about conceiving and building the product and what's its impact on the way we work could be.

We spoke to Natasha Terinova from Reach UK a venture capital fund which invests in new technologies that serve the built environment. It's fascinating to hear the range of problems which are being addressed from mobility and livability to air quality and cradle to cradle material use.

This week on Rethinking work we spoke to Richard Meier and James Scott the co-founders of Stories, a property development firm who are taking a different approach. Focused on Stakeholder value rather than Shareholder value Richard and James discuss how they aim to maximise social and economic value and address some of the challenges we face in cities. Advocates of the 4 day working week, we hear about the origin of the business and what impact this working strategy has on their company.

This week on Rethinking work we spoke to Sol Rogers the founder of Rewind in their brand new office space. Sol started Rewind 10 years ago pioneering immersive technology and real time engineering which they now do for some of the worlds biggest brands We talk about their growth, the recent acquisition by the American company Magnopus, and what the next internet looks like. Sol paints a picture of what the content and platforms which blur the boundaries between digital and physical may look like and what their impact could be on the way we work.

This week on ‘Rethinking Work' we are joined by Henry De Zoete, an entrepreneur and political advisor who discusses his experience of going on Dragon's Den where he secured the best deal the show has ever seen. Henry shares his ideas on productive working environments as well as commenting on what the government should, or to be more accurate, should not but be doing as we all explore what our new working methods are.

"The world of work has changed. Remote vs. Office is over and it's now all about hybrid. In this hybrid era, everything happens in digital workplace tools." Welcome to the able partners conversation series ‘Rethinking Work'. This week we are joined by Jazz Hanely from Temporall talking about ‘The Digital HQ'. Jazz raises some great questions around proximity bias, influencing your team remotely, and what the impact on the built environment will be. Hosted by Bill Webb and Ben Stuart the co-founders of able partners, ‘Rethinking work' is a series of conversations with leaders, thinkers and doers across all industries.