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In his 2017 book, Hit Refresh, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella writes that great leaders “recognize the true signal within a lot of noise” and act accordingly. Fast forward to 2023, and the torrent of trends, ideas, and information that leaders now face makes knowing what matters more difficult than ever. It’s against this backdrop that…

  NFPA 70E®, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace® Section 110.5(M)(1) requires auditing of your electrical safety program (ESP) to determine if the ESP continues to comply with current NFPA 70E requirements. Section 110.5(F) requires that the ESP identify the controls by which it is measured and monitored. Electrically safety in the workplace will…

  Winter is coming to an end at last, and warmer weather is right around the corner, so it’s time to take a look at your spring HVAC maintenance checklist. As the temperatures rise, the time will soon be here to shift from heating to cooling, but how do you ensure that your HVAC is…

  According to the most recent “Women in the Workplace” report from LeanIn.Org and McKinsey, the gap between men and women leaving their jobs is the largest it has been since the report was first published eight years ago.1 For every female director who is promoted, two women at the same level of seniority choose…

In recent years, technologically driven solutions have been introduced to meet changing access demands. Some of these were required by the pandemic; others are the result of increasingly stringent fire safety requirements driven by legislation in response to incidents such as the Grenfell tragedy. They all create additional considerations for facilities managers. Access control systems…

  Strategy is a term thrown around without much thought or rigor. And this sometimes seems doubly true in the world of corporate sustainability. As more companies embark on their sustainability journey, everybody seems to be talking about the importance of creating a sustainability and ESG strategy — yet what this means exactly remains nebulous….