Workplace strategy, FM procurement and operating models
(That’s us.) Ocean Sesame is an independent advisory firm for corporate occupiers. We question the thinking behind your workplace, your contracts and how you operate, then stay to help you act on the answers.
20 years
of advising corporate occupiers
Ex-Deloitte
and a former partner at a boutique advisory firm
Chartered accountant
who’s as interested in people as in numbers
Workplace strategy
What is the workplace meant to deliver?
Most large organisations don’t lack a workplace strategy. They lack agreement on what it’s for. We help leadership teams settle what their places and services should deliver for the business, in terms that real estate, finance, HR, technology and the business itself can all sign up to, and turn that into a clear brief and a business case that holds together.
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Has the market really been tested?
Most contracts are won or lost long before the final negotiation, in the specification, the pricing structure and the questions nobody asked suppliers. We run procurements from strategy through to go-live, scrutinising the commercials and negotiating a deal that holds up once the service starts.
More about SourceOperating model design
What should you actually own?
A good strategy and a good contract still fail without the right operating model behind them. We design what you keep in-house and what you outsource, how the two work together, and how the change lands with the people involved. We stay close through mobilisation so the design survives contact with reality.
More about ShapeWe say what we think, including when it’s unwelcome.
We stay close through implementation, so change sticks.
We think laterally and bring ideas you didn’t ask for but are glad to have.
Some teams want to lead it themselves, with expert support built in. Sorcrer is a self-serve platform co-founded by Saimah and Ed Chatwin for exactly that. Start with the free market scan.