Kathleen McLaughlin’s Post

The challenges to downtown retail continue and they include a lot of things besides remote workers staying away from their downtowns for a few days each work week. The NYT has an article today about the decreased size of the floor spaces fast food operations are looking for that is worth a close look: https://lnkd.in/eKFUfxiS This has been happening with coffee shops for somemtime now, but with chains like Chick-fil-A also looking for much smaller spaces, the threat to downtowns being the location of an abundance of Third Places may be growing. In small and medium-sized downtowns and in many urban neigborhoods these fast food establishments are major third places for seniors, teens, parents with preschool children, and people with nearby workplaces. Unfortunately, the challenges to downtown retail are not limited to this problem. For a great discussion of where downtown retail now is I suggest you take a very close look at Mike Berne's recent article in Urban Land https://lnkd.in/ePkpBidH #downtownretail #downtownthirdplaces

How to Use Organization Development (OD) #8: Are you relevant? https://buff.ly/3s1V7xp Do your clients need you? Do you know why they need you? For decades the “corner shop” has been declared a victim of—the internet, hyper-markets, deliveries or any other advancement. And yet data from the UK shows them growing and thriving in the last years. As you read, consider how they have looked to *remain relevant* to their customers and neighborhoods. Those are questions every organization needs to ask: are we relevant? Org-ology can help. #orgology #ODN_Europe #CIPD #ODNNY #EuropeanODF #ODC #OrgDevandchange #change #organizationdesign #organizationaldesign #organisationdesign #organisationaldesign #orgdesign #consulting #organizationaldevelopment #organizationdevelopment #changemanagement #OrganizationChange #OrganizationStrategy #ChangeManagement #StrategyImplementation #TeamBuilding #organizationalgrowth #od-ll #ODN #IODA #consulting #workplace #productivity

How to Use Organization Development (OD) #8: Are you relevant? https://buff.ly/3s1V7xp Do your clients need you? Do you know why they need you? For decades the “corner shop” has been declared a victim of—the internet, hyper-markets, deliveries or any other advancement. And yet data from the UK shows them growing and thriving in the last years. As you read, consider how they have looked to *remain relevant* to their customers and neighborhoods. Those are questions every organization needs to ask: are we relevant? Org-ology can help. #orgology #ODN_Europe #CIPD #ODNNY #EuropeanODF #ODC #OrgDevandchange #change #organizationdesign #organizationaldesign #organisationdesign #organisationaldesign #orgdesign #consulting #organizationaldevelopment #organizationdevelopment #changemanagement #OrganizationChange #OrganizationStrategy #ChangeManagement #StrategyImplementation #TeamBuilding #organizationalgrowth #od-ll #ODN #IODA #consulting #workplace #productivity

How to Use Organization Development (OD) #8: Are you relevant? https://buff.ly/3s1V7xp Do your clients need you? Do you know why they need you? For decades the “corner shop” has been declared a victim of—the internet, hyper-markets, deliveries or any other advancement. And yet data from the UK shows them growing and thriving in the last years. As you read, consider how they have looked to *remain relevant* to their customers and neighborhoods. Those are questions every organization needs to ask: are we relevant? Org-ology can help. #orgology #ODN_Europe #CIPD #ODNNY #EuropeanODF #ODC #OrgDevandchange #change #organizationdesign #organizationaldesign #organisationdesign #organisationaldesign #orgdesign #consulting #organizationaldevelopment #organizationdevelopment #changemanagement #OrganizationChange #OrganizationStrategy #ChangeManagement #StrategyImplementation #TeamBuilding #organizationalgrowth #od-ll #ODN #IODA #consulting #workplace #productivity

𝗧𝗼𝗽 𝟱 𝗧𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 1. Register -Make sure you are getting all the up-to-date information for FMDD. B+N Industries Registration - 1052 W Fulton Market Fulton Market Design Days - 954 W Fulton Market. Open 9AM - 5PM all three days. 2. Strategize - Begin your tour at the FMDD Welcome Center, then make your way down the street. Make sure you are incorporating the daily events into your schedule. B+N Industries is hosting FireCakes Monday morning so make sure we are your early stop. Tuesday, VonPoof Cotton Candy will be B+N Industries – 11:00 AM until sold out. Wednesday, before you leave FMDD stop by B+N Industries for Pretty Cool Ice Cream at 1:00 PM until sold out. 3. Get Comfortable – What is worse? Watching someone try to navigate Fulton Market in heels or being the one trying to navigate in heels. Wear comfortable shoes. 4. Get Educated - Nothing is better than learning about what is happening in the workplace than joining an Educational Session. B+N is hosting the incomparable Jan Johnson from Workplace Collective for our Workplace speaking series each day starting at 9:30am. You will not want to miss her! 5. Rest up! Get some sleep and remember to hydrate! We cannot wait to see you! #FMDD #DesignDays #FultonMarket #B+N #JanJohnson #Workplace

Data is a wonderful thing. The NYC subway is probably a great class leveller too. “…Using our uniquely detailed data, we show that brands, combined with distance, explain about half the isolation of the rich. Casual restaurant chains, like Olive Garden and Applebee's, have the largest positive impact on cross-class encounters through both scale and their diversity of visitors. Dollar stores and local pharmacies like CVS deepen isolation. Among publicly-funded spaces, libraries and parks are more redistributive than museums and historical sites. And, despite prominent restrictions on chain stores in some large US cities, chains are more class diverse than independent stores. The mix of establishments in a neighborhood is strongly associated with cross-class Facebook friendships (Chetty et al., 2022). The results uncover how policies that support certain public and private spaces might impact the connections that form across class divides…” Thanks to the Economist for the original review. See below for the source.

How to Use Organization Development (OD) #8: Are you relevant? https://buff.ly/3s1V7xp Do your clients need you? Do you know why they need you? For decades the “corner shop” has been declared a victim of—the internet, hyper-markets, deliveries or any other advancement. And yet data from the UK shows them growing and thriving in the last years. As you read, consider how they have looked to *remain relevant* to their customers and neighborhoods. Those are questions every organization needs to ask: are we relevant? Org-ology can help. #orgology #ODN_Europe #CIPD #ODNNY #EODF #ODC #OrgDevandchange #change #organizationdesign #organizationaldesign #organisationdesign #organisationaldesign #orgdesign #consulting #organizationaldevelopment #organizationdevelopment #changemanagement #OrganizationChange #OrganizationStrategy #ChangeManagement #StrategyImplementation #TeamBuilding #organizationalgrowth #od-ll #ODN #IODA #consulting #workplace #productivity

How to Use Organization Development (OD) #8: Are you relevant? https://buff.ly/3s1V7xp Do your clients need you? Do you know why they need you? For decades the “corner shop” has been declared a victim of—the internet, hyper-markets, deliveries or any other advancement. And yet data from the UK shows them growing and thriving in the last years. As you read, consider how they have looked to *remain relevant* to their customers and neighborhoods. Those are questions every organization needs to ask: are we relevant? Org-ology can help. #orgology #ODN_Europe #CIPD #ODNNY #EODF #ODC #OrgDevandchange #change #organizationdesign #organizationaldesign #organisationdesign #organisationaldesign #orgdesign #consulting #organizationaldevelopment #organizationdevelopment #changemanagement #OrganizationChange #OrganizationStrategy #ChangeManagement #StrategyImplementation #TeamBuilding #organizationalgrowth #od-ll #ODN #IODA #consulting #workplace #productivity

How to Use Organization Development (OD) #8: Are you relevant? https://buff.ly/3s1V7xp Do your clients need you? Do you know why they need you? For decades the “corner shop” has been declared a victim of—the internet, hyper-markets, deliveries or any other advancement. And yet data from the UK shows them growing and thriving in the last years. As you read, consider how they have looked to *remain relevant* to their customers and neighborhoods. Those are questions every organization needs to ask: are we relevant? Org-ology can help. #orgology #ODN_Europe #CIPD #ODNNY #EODF #ODC #OrgDevandchange #change #organizationdesign #organizationaldesign #organisationdesign #organisationaldesign #orgdesign #consulting #organizationaldevelopment #organizationdevelopment #changemanagement #OrganizationChange #OrganizationStrategy #ChangeManagement #StrategyImplementation #TeamBuilding #organizationalgrowth #od-ll #ODN #IODA #consulting #workplace #productivity

How to Use Organization Development (OD) #8: Are you relevant? https://buff.ly/3s1V7xp Do your clients need you? Do you know why they need you? For decades the “corner shop” has been declared a victim of—the internet, hyper-markets, deliveries or any other advancement. And yet data from the UK shows them growing and thriving in the last years. As you read, consider how they have looked to *remain relevant* to their customers and neighborhoods. Those are questions every organization needs to ask: are we relevant? Org-ology can help. #orgology #ODN_Europe #CIPD #ODNNY #EODF #ODC #OrgDevandchange #change #organizationdesign #organizationaldesign #organisationdesign #organisationaldesign #orgdesign #consulting #organizationaldevelopment #organizationdevelopment #changemanagement #OrganizationChange #OrganizationStrategy #ChangeManagement #StrategyImplementation #TeamBuilding #organizationalgrowth #od-ll #ODN #IODA #consulting #workplace #productivity