facilities

In November, I wrote about Place-as-a-Service (PaaS), based on the now common term SaaS (Software as a Service): …

Every human being is different – that fact needs no referencing. Yet, people work in groups, and multiple groups become organisations. The larger the organisation, the more generalization…

Cheesy title, but serious point.... Many occupier teams will have been working on their 2014 Plan. Your major projects next year, your key service improvements, partnerships - or for a very…

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is now well known, and ubiquitous. Why buy, and maintain, software tools when they can be 'hired' in minutes online? So, why do we 'buy' Places? Or lease,…

It is a day of mixed feelings and emotions. Pride in the child, becoming an adult, and starting to make his or her mark on the world. And some sadness that the child has outgrown the parent.…

One month ago I published this blog post: http://occupiersjournal.com/project-socs-service-operations-case-studies-collaborative-research/ I was super-enthusiastic! A good evening debate at…

Paul Carder writes: Sometimes I hear a conversation, or read a tweet, and have to 'fire some pixels' at my screen! Maybe someone will read them out there in cyberspace....in (cyber)space…

Former British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, is widely reported to have said "a week is a long time in politics". A minute must have seemed a long time for Sabine Lisicki yesterday…

Last week I had the pleasure of speaking to a large group of facilities professionals at the June luncheon meeting of the Houston Chapter of IFMA (International Facilities Management…

Be on the lookout for Sodexo's annual report on workplace trends; it's due out this Thursday, 24 January. An online summary of the report identifying its 12 key trends for 2013 is already…