“Excuse me, you’re invading my personal space”: the importance of social ergonomics in the workplace
By Alice Finney It’s mid-July and it’s rush hour on a Monday morning. Your hair is frizzy (it’s 25 degrees), your eyelids are drooping and …
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Facilities Management 2017 announces Call for Papers
Facilities Management 2017, the annual exhibition taking place at the NEC from 21-23 March 2017, is inviting proposals for seminar sessions that will be hosted …
Look who’s talking…
(Written by Cathy Hayward) The chap the other side of the room shouting at his bank down the phone. The faulty fan. The two girls …
EMC real estate & facilities summit: a family affair
(Witten by Cathy Hayward) Partnership and collaboration are somewhat hackneyed phrases in the real estate and facilities management sector, deployed with fingers crossed behind backs …
Facilities Management 2016: my real FM experience
(Written by Thomas Parker) My favourite thing about this event was that the entire experience was an FM showcase. From being served by the catering …
How to spot a terrorist on your premises
(Written by Jackie Bennett Shaw) I went along to the first BIFM North key learning event of 2016 on counter terrorism in Manchester, along with …
Look beyond the tech skills of engineers in FM and reduce that over design!
(Written by Fiona Buckley) Two of Magenta’s clients took to the floor at a BIFM London region event last week at London’s Guildhall to discuss …
Workplace Futures – FM: Agent of Change?
(Written by Jo Sutherland) Marking a decade since the series began, 2016’s i-FM Workplace Futures conference focused on one specific question: – since FM is essentially …
Ditch the generational labels
Generational labels such as Millennials, Gen X, Gen Y and Baby Boomers need to be confined to history; the groups have a lot more in …