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Maddie Thomson from Knight Frank explores why strategic asset management must act as a core leadership discipline during public sector reform, ensuring estate decisions, operating models, and service delivery remain aligned around place and community outcomes.

Maddie Chelsom, an Associate at Knight Frank, argues that estate strategies are now "strategic imperatives" for the public sector. She outlines four key drivers for renewal—financial efficiency, service transformation, climate commitments, and place leadership—and details the critical success factors of a good strategy, including strategic alignment, data-driven insight, and robust financial modelling to ensure deliverability and secure senior buy-in.