#Occupancy Analytics

It’s viral, it’s the latest work trend, and it’s called Quiet Quitting. It is the idea of refusing to work overtime and not taking calls after work. Quiet Quitting has many workers rethinking the value of their jobs and the time and attention they assign to them. This trending topic is generating...

Before COVID-19, facilities managers were already working in two worlds, combining a nuts-and-bolts understanding of building operations with business acumen and strategic vision. Today Facilities Managers, and those with more senior titles like the Director of Facilities and Operations, are...

Workplace distancing. Crowd density. Occupancy, vacancy, capacity.  Welcome to the new language of reopening campuses and venues around the globe. Whether it’s pro sports venues, college stadiums, campus libraries or office buildings, dedicated reopen task forces are hard at work understanding...

_JLL Technologies Executive Director and Chief Digital Information Officer_ _Edward Wagoner_ _has a unique view of  COVID-19 reopen strategies through his work at  JLL, the global real estate company with 4.6 billion square feet managed in property and facilities._ _A veteran real estate CIO and...

_Michael Gabriel_ _is a former EVP & CIO at HBO—you can thank him for creating and executing HBO GO—and  a partner at_ _Fortium Partners LP_ _, a provider of technology leadership services._ _Gabriel is also on the Society for Information Management (SIM) National management team and is a Board...

When I talk to partners and clients around the globe, I hear two common threads, whether it’s a premier sporting event venue or a small college campus. One is focused on actionable response,  and the other on improving long-term space management. The security and facilities teams I talk to want...

Flexible architecture design allows buildings and spaces to evolve over time. As technology and the way we work shifts changes, the spaces we use need to keep up with changes or risk becoming obsolete. Facilities management, design, and architecture teams traditionally bucket flexible...

With higher education back on campus and employees returning (slowly) to offices and corporate campuses, we can look forward to a lot more human interaction. How much exactly remains to be seen though. How long will ‘hybrid” operations continue? Is contactless everything necessary? How cautious...

As the effects of the COVID19 pandemic continue to be felt deep into 2021, companies are still wrestling with the problems of reopening. Thousands of companies abandoned their physical offices in the first couple of months of the pandemic, despite many thinking about their office reopening in a...

CIOs and other organizational decision-makers are looking past the so-called digital sprints of 2020 and planning on transformation technology efforts, according to industry analysts. But when it comes to transformational efforts, does it make sense to go it alone–that is, do it yourself? Often,...

_Data indicates that organizations plan to continue a hybrid work model for the near term. A_ _Mercer survey_ _last May found 70% of companies said a blend of in-person and remote working will be the new normal._ _But this hybrid model will also place greater onus on employers and facility...

Corporations are facing the twofold challenge of having to reshape both physical offices and employee attitudes as they work to design return-to-office plans and satisfy a reluctant workforce. The challenge for the CRE industry is real – how to design for flexibility without adding more premium...