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How to Facilitate Knowledge Work in Universities

Knowledge workers share two basic needs: their productivity requires isolation (internalization of knowledge) and interaction (externalization of knowledge), supported by different spatial […]

Best Practice for Data Center Management

Learn about the importance of data center maintenance, including best practices and process organization, selection of professional maintenance providers, and industry tips […]

Sustainable Facility Leadership: People First!

Facility leaders can fulfill the dynamic requirements of modern FM by placing people at the center of their organizations, integrating the People, […]

High-performance Buildings Need High-performance FM

Quality frameworks and performance management systems are recommended for high-performance facility mangers to align organizational strategy and the delivery of economical, safe […]

Innovating for Impact by Designing for Delight

As facilities managers we must keep putting great products in front of our customers to be seen as a vital business partner […]

The Disaster Experience QuickFire for Facility Managers

Learn the basics of business continuity planning, including principles of emergency management, business continuity outlining and planning produce, questions for self-evaluating disaster […]

Advice for Emerging Leaders: The Best Career Investments you Can Make

Career management advice for prospective and emergent FM leaders, addressing career development strategies for developing, early, and continued career cultivation. Advice for […]

Beyond Payback Period: Demystifying Sustainability Finance

Make the business case for sustainability initiatives by extending your finance projections past payback period alone and into sustainability plans considering return […]

Technology and the Workplace of the Future

Review of FM technology components driving strategy and change in the workplace, including a brief description of traditional and emerging technologies available […]

Exploring the Current Trends and Future Outlook for Facility Management

A study of internally, externally, and organizationally-driven trends, serving as a forecast of competitive FM skill sets, anticipated FM issues, and positional […]