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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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Creating the Lab of the Future: A Shift Toward Greater Agility, Flexibility and Efficiency
Although considered part of Integrated Facilities Management, there is an increasing trend toward separating scientific services from other facilities services. The transition […]
Humanizing the Workplace: Using Design Principles to Inspire Workplace Thinking
As part of the “Sodexo 2016 Workplace Trends Report,” the following set of design principles has both gaps and areas of substantial […]