The built environment sits at the heart of society’s biggest challenges — from climate change and inequality to wellbeing and community. The pace of change is accelerating, and with it, the expectations of different generations about what work should mean.
I believe built environment professionals have a vital role to play. With AI reshaping our industry, the role of the professional is no longer just about delivering projects. It’s about shaping the future of business, inspiring clients, and making a real difference in society.
That’s why I started Boxx. My passion is to equip those who share this purpose with the skills, confidence, and motivation to act. To help them find workplaces and clients aligned with their values. To help them build inclusive, supportive cultures where diverse professionals can progress and stay.
Because when people grow with purpose, and when businesses grow by valuing difference, society grows stronger too!
I’m often singing the praises of the Managing Partners’ Forum
Yes, the audience is more law and accountancy firms – but for years I’ve been banging on about just how relevant their thinking is to the built environment sector – and to encourage more of you to join us!
2025 felt like a pause year for property and the built environment.
2026 looks like a restart.
If there’s one thing the market taught us last year, it’s this:
waiting for “certainty” is no longer a strategy.
Every year has its own feel, but 2025 has really been about one thing above all else: CHANGE! In the built environment, change is no longer an occasional shake-up – it’s just how things are. New structures, new ownership, new client expectations, new ways of working. And all of it playing out in a world shaped by technology, uncertainty and opportunity all at once.
What professional services firms can learn from research beyond their own sector
I’m often found singing the praises of the Managing Partners’ Forum.
Yes, the audience leans heavily towards law and accountancy firms—but for years I’ve been making the case that their thinking is highly relevant to the built environment, and increasingly so as our sector faces many of the same structural challenges.
