Aspirational Values

Core values that reflect an organization’s desired future state and provide a motivating force for growth and improvement.

Asset Management

The process of tracking and maintaining an organization’s physical assets and infrastructure.

Assumptions

The unconscious, taken-for-granted beliefs and perceptions that shape how employees interpret and respond to events.

Authentic Values

Core values that genuinely reflect an organization’s identity, purpose, and aspirations, as opposed to generic or externally imposed values.

Authenticity

The quality of being genuine, truthful, and consistent in one’s actions and communications.

Balanced Scorecard

A strategic management system that translates an organization’s strategy into a set of performance measures across four perspectives financial, customer, internal process, and learning and growth.

BAS

Building Automation System

Benchmarking

The process of comparing an organization’s performance against best-in-class companies or industry standards, in order to identify areas for improvement.

BIM

Building Information Modeling

Biophilia

The innate human instinct to connect with nature and other living beings.

Biophilic Design

An approach to architecture that seeks to connect building occupants more closely to nature.

Blue Ocean Strategy

An approach to strategic planning that focuses on creating new market space and making the competition irrelevant, rather than competing in existing markets.