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Current Conversations on MyFacilitiesNet:How Do You Build Partnerships? Soft skills are so often overlooked and underrated. The ability to form partnerships, to get people to understand your challenges and to show you understand theirs, and simply just not to be a jerk (after all, the one immutable rule in life: When in doubt, don't be a jerk) are as important as any MBA. And for FMs whose responsibilities touch nearly every sector of an organization... Smart Grid Energy Shift from Utility to Facility How's this for an exciting concept: "Today, energy innovation is being driven by the building industry more than the electric utilities, and facility managers are getting paid for the risk of adopting new technology with dramatic cost savings."
Keep Flooring Projects On Time and On Budget It's tempting to cut corners on flooring projects - rushing the installation or opting for a less-expensive product, for example. But those shortcuts may backfire in the long term, and even the not-so-long term. For example, moisture from an improperly prepared substrate...
In Commercial Interiors, One Size Does Not Fit All "Purposeful variety" and "user experience" are two phrases that keep tumbling around my head as I think about commercial interiors. "User experience" or "UX" came from Caroline Horton, with whom I spoke for my June Building Operating Management article on young facility managers. She was talking about how she anticipates the work facility managers do to become more and more about creating an environment that augments the ability of facility occupants to be happy, productive, and long-term employees. Maybe it's about creating huddle rooms with whiteboard walls. Maybe it's about free beer in the break room...
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