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Facilitate Magazine January 2020

January 2020
Issue date: January 2020

Progression,not repetition

I hope you had a wonderful time over Christmas and New Year and feel refreshed, ready to tackle the months ahead. That or perhaps you’re glad to return to work after a frantic few weeks.

As we return to reality, we face not only a new year but a new decade fraught with known and unknown challenges; likewise, however, they are replete with opportunities that our profession is best placed to advise and capitalise on.

These include but aren’t limited to building safety, sustainability, reducing the built environment’s carbon footprint, social value, workforce wellbeing, technological applications and advancements, and skills. Foremost in my mind right now, and most pertinent for this time of year when many are setting themselves targets for the year, is skills – particularly continual professional development or CPD.

When opportunities arise, you need to ensure you’re best placed to seize them by blending your valuable experience with the latest knowledge and skills.

Learning is critical to maintain our relevance in today’s world of work. Our brains give us a shot of natural opiates when we learn. This is the buzz of the ‘aha’ moment and can, quite literally, be addictive, as seen in inveterate learners.

The extra effort of learning may mean that we put off learning until we have time and energy for the task; however, beware of avoiding learning. It is better to be a ‘learning junkie’ and relevant than a ‘dodo’ and irrelevant and ultimately extinct.

Make 2020 your year and elevate both yourself and our profession.

Linda Hausmanis is CEO of the IWFM

Articles in this issue

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Wellness to be the top 2020s trend

28th January 2020
What will the FM trends of 2020 be? Herpreet Kaur Grewal finds out.
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Tech in times of trouble

3rd January 2020
Enabling emergency evacutations and preventing social engineering attacks were two applications to emerge from our webinar assessing occupancy management tools.
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personalised services gain traction at workplaces

3rd January 2020
Employees increasingly expect to have personal deliveries sent to the workplace. But they want other concierge-style services too. In a Facilitate and NeoPost/Quadient webinar, we highlighted the challenges and advantages of providing personalised services.
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2020 vision of security

3rd January 2020
Dave Cooke predicts security threats for 2020.
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The Digital Dimension

3rd January 2020
Advances in technology are leading to new ways of working within the manned guarding sector, reports Adam Leach.
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Everyone is a teacher

3rd January 2020
Learning is so important for professional survival, says Swati Deshpande.
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Customer focus is good for staff too

3rd January 2020
A dedicated customer experience (CX) team isn't only good for customers, it can serve as an effective internal training function too, says Iain Shorthose.
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Changing of the guard

3rd January 2020
The security marketplace is booming despite the low margins - but more needs to be done to improve licensing and regulatory requirements, writes Dean Gurden.
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High-level dangers

3rd January 2020
The culture of working at heights needs to change, says Ken Diable.
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Security with a smile

3rd January 2020
Nick Martindale looks at what the modern security officer needs to thrive
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The rise of workplace activism

3rd January 2020
This month we investigate how organisations should deal with workforce campaigns for change.
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Boiling point

3rd January 2020
Ambitious targets to reduce the UK's carbon emissions to zero by 2050 means heating boilers are at the top of the 'hit list' for change, says Nik Holland.
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