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Risk Reduction Synergistic Strategies

An IFMA Workplace Evolutionaries (WE) Community webinar addressing data-driven emergency planning and risk mitigation strategies, including specific technological and communication processes for […]

Weathering Climate Change: Resiliency Strategies for Existing Buildings

In 2017, there was a shift within the facilities management community from sustainability to resiliency. The effort now is to counter the […]

A Cigarette, a Fire and 3 Years to Find a Solution: Lacrosse Apartments, Docklands

On the evening of 24 December 2014 the occupant of apartment 605 at the Lacrosse Building put down his cigarette. What happened […]

Emergency Response Management: A Plan for Failure

Explains the importance of Emergency Response Management and planning, including the creation of developing an Emergency Preparedness Plan, a Hazard Vulnerability Plan […]

When the Smoke Clears: How Planning Enabled Business to Continue During the Northern California Wildfires

How ready are you for a big disaster? As a small business, when we undertook the ISO Business Continuity Management Systems certification, […]

Working and Living in the “Left of Boom”: Developing a Survival Mindset for the Workplace and Life

“Left of Boom” is a bit of security/business continuity jargon for all the actions done to prepare for and/or prevent an incident. […]

Ep. 23: A Facility Management Story with René Jackson of Ciena Corporation

René Jackson is Regional Manager of Real Estate and Facilities at Ciena Corporation in Silicon Valley, CA. Mike Petrusky asks René about […]

5 Ways Remote Working is Impacting Business Resilience

More companies are implementing telecommuting programs as a business resiliency strategy. During a disruption such as a power outage or flood, telecommuting […]

Population Health Management: A New Business Model for a Healthier Workforce

As Population Health Management (PHM) continues to mature as a model for keeping populations healthy, the programmatic elements of employer PHM efforts […]

Workplace Violence and Terrorism: Best Practices for a New Reality

As part of the “Sodexo 2016 Workplace Trends Report,” this research explores the “new normal” of workplace violence, particularly the emergence of […]