Regardless of what industry your company is a part of, or the size of your facility, crises are inevitable. How you and other facility managers handle the crisis and it’s aftermath helps define public perception of your organization. It also shows your employees how stable your facility is, which directly relates back to their confidence in […]
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Regardless of your industry, there are a number of tools at your disposal that stand to make the job of managing your workplace more accurate and streamlined. One type of solution is facility management software. When implementing a new facilities management software, the goal should always be to bring the entire organization together- providing them
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One of the most valuable creeds we can take away from the cowboy code is getting together for the roundup. The cowboys learned early on that no one person had all the answers and that collaboration was fundamental to their survival. While each person has their individual job, sharing thoughts and ideas inspires innovative approaches
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By now, many of you have likely heard about my partner and my book Wide Open Workspaces: Trailblazing Solutions for Tomorrow’s Workforce; hopefully you have even downloaded the first chapter. In our book we compare today’s facilities manager to the American cowboy of the past and how they achieved success on the open range The
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If you have been paying any attention at all over the last few years, you have likely encountered “the cloud”, either personally or professionally. As technology surrounding the cloud-based system advances, more and more companies are moving towards a web-based (also called SaaS) system for their software solutions. The advantages to this breed of software
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Just by very definition, the role of the facilities manager is multi-faceted. The International Facility Management Association (IFMA) defines facility management as: “a profession that encompasses multiple disciplines to ensure functionality of the built environment by integrating people, place, process and technology.”
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Inc. Magazine recently published a very informative article called 100 Great Questions Every Entrepreneur Should Ask. Although every question is appropriate for leaders spanning every industry, we have tailored a few (and quoted a few exactly) that we felt were the most relevant to the Facility Manager’s role.
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What does the ideal workspace look like? It’s no longer brick-and-mortar: Exploring the workspace – the unlimited expanse of the digital world.
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Today’s facility manager is more focused on people than it is places. No longer is the FM just tackling AC issues and office moves, they have become the Ambassador of the workspace, acting as executive liaison for everything pertaining not only to the building but also to how people work inside.
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Millions of us spend our days – and sometimes nights – at the office. Whether it’s a corporate mega-campus on acres of rolling hills or the 46th floor of a downtown high-rise, it’s often more home than home. We’re expected to do our very best work there, yet the traditional office typically forces the office
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