Consumerization of workplace accommodation: how far will it go?
In November, I wrote about Place-as-a-Service (PaaS), based on the now common term SaaS (Software as a Service): …
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The challenge of personalization; another nail in the coffin of the office monolith
Every human being is different – that fact needs no referencing. Yet, people work in groups, and multiple groups become organisations. The larger the organisation, the more generalization…
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your Plans (for 2014!)
Cheesy title, but serious point....
Many occupier teams will have been working on their 2014 Plan. Your major projects next year, your key service improvements, partnerships - or for a very…
Place-as-a-Service (PaaS): time to join the connected world
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is now well known, and ubiquitous. Why buy, and maintain, software tools when they can be 'hired' in minutes online?
So, why do we 'buy' Places? Or lease,…
In search of our true profession: Facilities Management grows up and leaves home
It is a day of mixed feelings and emotions. Pride in the child, becoming an adult, and starting to make his or her mark on the world. And some sadness that the child has outgrown the parent.…
Facilities Management: go on, just one more cut…it won’t kill the…
One month ago I published this blog post: http://occupiersjournal.com/project-socs-service-operations-case-studies-collaborative-research/
I was super-enthusiastic! A good evening debate at…
Facilities Management: (a) boring, (b) boarding, or (c) on [the] Board? (C-Suite, for…
Paul Carder writes:
Sometimes I hear a conversation, or read a tweet, and have to 'fire some pixels' at my screen! Maybe someone will read them out there in cyberspace....in (cyber)space…
Project: SOCS (Service Operations: Case Studies) – collaborative research
Former British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, is widely reported to have said "a week is a long time in politics". A minute must have seemed a long time for Sabine Lisicki yesterday…
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…
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…
