Posts Tagged ‘IFMA’

IFMA World Workplace and Intelligent Benchmarking.

I was pleasantly surprised at how many people attended my seminar on Benchmarking at IFMA’s World Workplace in Orlando earlier this month. As usual, I brought some take-home material for the audience, but I ran out. In fact, a number of people had to stand at the back of the room.

I think it’s because the topic wasn’t just about traditional benchmarking. I emphasized the ‘Beyond’ part of benchmarking where traditional benchmarking, compare published results with yours – is only the first step in a process.

Here is a quote that pretty well sums it up for traditional benchmarking:

“what gets copied is the symptom of success, not the cause” – Dr. Ed. Baker, Ford Motor Company

Posted by Michel Theriault Oct 25, 2009

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Michel Theriault Featured in National Post: Enviro Managers Facilities Experts

I was interviewed and featured in a National Post article (a national Canadian newspaper) on the 28th of August, the same day as World FM Day, sponsored by Global FM (an alliance of FM organizations) along with IFMA, BIFM, AFE, FMA, SAFMA, ABRAFAC, HFMS and FM Arena.

The focus of the article was on the role of Facility Managers in green management of facilities. I was interviewed to give my perspective on the overall role of FM.

Posted by Michel Theriault Sep 07, 2009

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Justify the Status Quo with Benchmarking!

Some people simply use benchmarking results to justify the status quo.

Since raw benchmarking results can be deceptive, this is easy to accomplish. Unfortunately, this is not what Benchmarking is meant to do.

Really, Benchmarking is the just the first step in an important process to improve what you do.

Posted by Michel Theriault Aug 11, 2008

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Leading Practices

Some recent discussions with senior facility managers at an IFMA networking event really hit home.

In my latest article, which appears in the September issue of Canadian Facility Management and Design, I talk about implementing leading practices used by the largest and most successful professional FM companies.

Posted by Michel Theriault Jul 02, 2008

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Top 10 Issues

These Top 10 issues come from an association that focuses on educational facilities, but as you can see, they can apply to anyone managing properties.They confirm that managing physical space is essentially the same regardless of whether you are managing corporate facilities or commercial properties.

The list was put forward by APPA, the North American association for educational facilities in their ’2007 Thought Leaders Series’ report: