Picture your office. Now imagine it without walls, cubicles or the traditional CEO corner office. Imagine your only enclosed spaces are a couple of reservable rooms, generally used for client meetings and private calls. Imagine a vast expanse of unobstructed workstations and communal areas where employees gather for team meetings, impromptu chats and creative collaboration.
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While most forms of communication have become electronic, a certain amount of paper-based correspondence and packages are still received by organizations on a daily basis. For any item that is received from a courier or delivery service, the courier typically requires a signature of receipt by the organization upon delivery. Once the organization signs for the
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There was a time when every employee within an organization showed up to work, every day, from nine to five. They had their own personal workspace, and rarely left the office except for lunch break or quitting time. This was also the time where we stored contact information on a rolodex, faxing was the regular
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Facilities Managers are constantly faced with a barrage of difficult and tedious tasks to complete or tackle. They have a running list of numerous jobs and are often answering or discerning information to people at all levels in an organization, from the C-suite all the way down to the bottom tier workers. One of the
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The numbers are in and the workforce has spoken. A recent study by Global Workplace Analytics revealed that, since 2005, the number of work-at-home employees has grown by 103%. 3.7 million U.S. employees work from home at least half the time; and research indicates that “if those with compatible jobs and a desire to work
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Whether a business’s office space is owned or leased, effective space management is vital to the health of the organization. Proper space utilization is as important a business tool as computers, Internet, mobile devices, and management software. It aids the FM team in meeting organizational needs and goals, impacts the ability to attract and retain
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In an effort to boost productivity and learn what inspires their workforce, organizations are getting more creative with how they collect information and what they do with it. Through technological tools such as wearable devices and sensors, FM Leaders gain a bird’s eye view into how their space utilization and tangible assets are being used
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How has the workplace changed over the past decade? What are the workplace trends that drive the future of the office space? Many of the workers of the 1970s, 80’s, and 90’s wouldn’t even recognize today’s offices as such. The headquarters of notable companies like Google and Twitter don’t look anything like the old cubicle
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Does your team conduct a lot of their work away from the office? Perhaps you manage a remote team that does almost all of their work elsewhere? Remote workers present challenges to facilities managers, but there are some excellent tools to empower your remote workers and make them as productive as those who stay in the
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It’s time for IFMA’s WW2015 and facilities managers from around the nation are making plans and preparations to be there. Along with which ties to bring, whether or not to pack the swimsuit, and how many pairs of socks you’ll need, you also need to make sure your mobile devices are equipped with the apps
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