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Defining a new vision and role for facilities management
Last week I had the pleasure of speaking to a large group of facilities professionals at the June luncheon meeting of the Houston Chapter of IFMA (International Facilities Management…
Free Webinar on “Leveraging Mobile Work to Engage Your Employees”
When: Thursday, March 7, at Noon Pacific Standard Time
Register: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/476196598
Please join me and my colleague, Pi Wen Looi of Novacrea Research, for a…
What is really going on at Yahoo?
There's been quite a buzz building around Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer's recent proclamation that all employees are now expected to be in their assigned corporate office every day. No more…
Sodexo’s 2013 Workplace Trends Report is due out on 24 January
Be on the lookout for Sodexo's annual report on workplace trends; it's due out this Thursday, 24 January.
An online summary of the report identifying its 12 key trends for 2013 is already…
Corenet Summit: Off and Running
Theme this year is "Reimagination: RE-orient, RE-ignite, RE-invent - all about the importance of innovation and creativity.
First order of business: presenting the Global Innovator's Award…
Just one question about “The Kinetic Organisation”, by Regus /…
I picked up a copy of "The Kinetic Organisation" from the Regus stand at CoreNet Global #CNGLondon. It is written by my ex-colleague, Andrew Mawson, owner of Advanced Workplace Associates, a…
Put people and performance ahead of property
By Paul Carder:
"Put people and performance ahead of property" - (Facilities Management, May 2012)
This article argues that today's "new" office concepts are not nearly as new as…
RICS backs global study by Occupiers Journal
Dear Friends,
We are extremely pleased to report that the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyrs (RICS - http://www.rics.org/) is supporting our global study, "Raising The Bar - enhancing…
Raising the Bar: Enhancing the Strategic Role of Facilities Management
We have a view, formed by numerous discussions with senior facilities and business executives, that Facilities Management can be more “strategic.”
By “strategic” we mean playing a leadership…
After 50 years, it’s time to go mainstream
By Paul Carder:
"After 50 years, it's time to go mainstream" (Facilities Management, March 2012)
This article argues that today's "new" office concepts are not nearly as new as facilities…