What you’ll take away.
A board-ready checklist for your first 90 days:
- Outcomes first: Pick 3 metrics (e.g., CO₂ < 1,000ppm in meeting rooms; −15% kWh/desk; 70%+ space utilisation).
- Map your “already there” estate: AV bars, Wi-Fi, switches—what’s sensing today that you can surface tomorrow?
- Pilot quickly: 2–3 rooms + 1 comms space + building-level energy. Capture baseline for 4–6 weeks.
- Design the loops: Who gets alerted? What’s the response within 2/24 hours? What changes do Estates/IT make?
- Correlate to value: Tie air quality to absence/complaints/productivity; tie energy to cost centres for targeted reductions.
- Scale with the network: Use NaaS to add sites and sensors without capex spikes.
Stephen Harley
Field CTO, Bechtle
Focus:
Modern workplace strategy, hybrid architectures, AV & collaboration.
Stuart Pass
CTO, Qolcom | Bechtle Group
Focus:
IoT platforms, NaaS, building telemetry, data integration.
#1 Merging Technology and Interior Design: A Blueprint for Modern Workspaces.
An office isn’t a postcode, it’s a product.
In this episode of Future Ready with Bechtle, Stephen Harley (Field CTO, UK) sits down with Michael Harley (Head of Bechtle Interiors) to unpack why an IT company runs an interiors practice, and how space, culture, and technology must be designed as one system.
#2 The True Cost of a Cyber Breach. Why the Board Must Lead.
Cybersecurity isn’t an IT problem, it’s a business risk.
In this episode of Future Ready, Bechtle’s Pre-Sales Security Consultant Kaylie Watts sits down with Alice Lee, Head of Security, to unpack what recent high-profile retail breaches reveal about today’s threat landscape, and what leadership teams must do next.
#3 Network-as-a-Service (NaaS). Faster, Leaner, Greener Networks That Just Work
What if your network felt like a utility; always on, right-sized, and someone else’s problem?
In this episode of Future Ready, Niamh Burgess-Smith (Hybrid Infrastructure Leader & Strategist, Bechtle) and Lee Alesbrook (Hybrid Infrastructure BDM) unpack why Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) is quietly reshaping IT: from energy-hungry legacy kit and weekend callouts to an on-demand, fully managed network that scales with the business and improves user experience.