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The BIG Shift

Artificial intelligence will continue to radically transform the workforce. Today, many organizations are introducing chatbots to improve the employee experience or to […]

Leading and Developing a Built Environment Coalition (RE+FM+IT+HR)

Company departments and technology are still very silo’ed, resulting in poor communication, inconsistent data, weak analysis, and disconnected forecast. This presentation envisions […]

Proven Strategies to Become a Better Listener

Each day facility managers and their staff are involved in a variety of communications with customers and colleagues that make or break […]

Developing an IT Roadmap for Working Facility Managers

The workplace is evolving at a rapid pace with today’s talented workforce creating the need for strategies and tools to help them […]

Successful Contracting: Seeing It from Both Sides

Successful contracting begins with basic important elements, but do we always take the time and effort it takes to do it well? […]

If You Can Communicate Effectively You Are Set Up for Success

To quote the number one leadership expert in the world, Dr. John C. Maxwell, “leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less.” Facility […]

How to Make the FM Outsourcing Decision for Small and Medium Companies

The trend toward outsourcing facility management is well established among the Fortune 500 companies. The benefits of outsourcing are known and have […]

See Something, Say Something...to Everyone: Crowdsourcing Emergency Communication

Today’s communication systems are often no better than an elementary school phone tree. Property Managers may reach out to the facilities managers, […]

CMMS is Changing the FM Game: A Real Life Example

This presentation follows the story of how one company took the opportunity to bring in a CMMS, computerized maintenance management system, solution […]

No Building is an Island: Hardball on the future of FM

“The ambient office; smart buildings; smart cities; zero net energy consumption; every building a mini-power plant; free-addressing; the post-carbon economy.” We’ve all […]