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  As extreme weather increases, so also do power outages. Here’s what you need to know  to improve facility resilience. Even as utilities work ardently to improve grid reliability, the sad truth is that an increase in extreme weather has increased grid unreliability as well. A recent study by Climate Central showed that blackouts increased…

Business leaders around the world are currently addressing not only economic volatility, geopolitical instability, and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic but also a range of organizational shifts that have significant implications for structures, processes, and people. The shifts include complex questions about how to organize for speed to shore up resilience, find the…

New analysis has found that on average hybrid working employees deliver nearly two extra weeks of work a year for their employer as well as working harder and better in a hybrid environment.  The results of the analysis — which shows the benefits of hybrid working for organisations — are a combination of academic research…

In a constantly changing world, the security and safety challenges schools face—as well as the ways in which schools can address those challenges—are also ever-changing. The Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (PASS) has released the sixth edition of its Safety and Security Guidelines for K-12 Schools—a free resource that offers comprehensive information for school administrators,…

  Water is an integral part of daily operations as it is dispersed to different areas throughout a facility. A water outage can drastically disrupt workflow if it is unplanned. Albrecht explains that planned water outages occur when an interruption takes place under a planned schedule. These outages provide regular, prearranged maintenance to prevent the…

By the end of the 20th century, lean-management techniques had migrated from their birthplace in Japan to remake the operations of manufacturing and process industries across the world. In heavy industries, such as mining, pulp and paper, and oil and gas, today’s leaders can point to decades of operational improvement thanks to lean practices and principles….