Thought Leadership on creating knowledge economy environments in the commercial and educational markets
Tom Weaver is a former design strategy consultant, and highly experienced public speaker, who is now specialising in creating the next generation of corporate real estate solutions for the knowledge economy.
His previous experience involved a number of years within the learning environments sector, where he recently led a transformational project for the Department for Children, Schools and Families to rethink the way science laboratories should be designed based on the needs of the learner, as opposed to the teacher. This project had significant implications for the entire design of schools and led to the securing of a two year, whole school redesign project.
He is available for keynotes and presentations on a variety of topics, including:
Where We Work: the evolution of places to work across the centuries, and what the future holds |
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The design of the workplace affects most of us, day by day, and its evolution across the centuries tells a compelling story about the types of work ongoing within these environments. As our economy shifts further away from industrial and towards knowledge, Tom Weaver asks whether we are going full circle back towards workplace ideals of the merchant class in the middle ages, and looks forward at the changes that policy, technology and culture will bring on workplaces around the world. Drawing on his research into work environments for Nomad Property, his new venture into commercial real estate, Tom will demonstrate how companies can become more effective through forecasting and considering these issues, and considers what implication this has for other types of environments, such as universities and schools.
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Project Faraday: designing the next generation of science learning environments |
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The humble science lab has changed little in the century and a half since Faraday himself taught, despite the advent of technology and a greatly evolved understanding of how we learn. With over £40bn being spent on new schools through Building Schools for the Future, the DCSF asked three teams to work with two schools each to reinvent science departments. As the Project Manager and Lead Consultant of the DEGW Project Faraday team, Tom Weaver was at the cutting edge of a design process that started from the basis of how science was learned, pedagogies, and created learning settings to best support that, instead of sticking with the paradigm that science could only be taught in a traditional laboratory. In this talk, Tom speaks about the briefing and design process that any school, Local Authority or company within the BSF sector could learn from.
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What they say"As part of our preparation for Building Schools for the Future many Wolverhampton school management teams benefited from Tom’s unique experience, insights and ideas. He is an engaging speaker who inspires, motivates and provide practical help in delivering innovative and relevant solutions for 21st century working, living and learning."
Tim Westwood, BSF Programme Director, Wolverhampton City Council | |
To book Tom to speak please contact him on the email page.
| These talks are priced at: |
| Private Sector: | £1,000 |
| Public Sector: | £800 |
| Schools: | £500 |
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