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the Environment or the environment?
We focus a lot on the Environment; we have targets to meet, numbers to report on and fines to avoid, all in a good cause. Don’t get me wrong here, I’m not knocking it. Far from it because, whilst I am not a full-on Greenie, I have been doing green things from a time when to do so openly was almost career suicide. Read more…
“We have two or three strategies that we can use this afternoon.”
The quote is from someone connected with a sports team so perhaps I should have expected a linguistic howler or two, but aside from the amusement that the words afford there is a serious side for this individual was talking about just one element of his team’s approach to the event. Read more…
things come in threes
It’s an old expression and folks use it in terms of things both good and bad and sometimes, quite often even, it is true, but there is another rule of three that works every time if you use it.
As I have got older I have become aware of just how many things I have been taught that really didn’t register too well at the time, but later in life they have come back to me, usually after I have learned the lesson again, this time the hard way. That is very true of the rule of three that I’m talking about this week. Read more…
project lessons from the air
Something that they teach you when you are learning to fly are the three most useless things for a pilot; runway behind you, altitude above you and fuel left in the bowser. Read more…
what’s facilities management when it’s at home?
“What’s facilities maintenance when its’s at home?” The question jolted me out of my reverie as I heard it from the person sat in front of me on the ‘bus. Their companion had no answer and I was not inclined to answer, but it took me back a good few years. Read more…
the effect of climate change
Some of the grounds maintenance issues that we face have got me thinking about the climate change debate. There is no doubt that the plant life around the site is working to something other than its usual timetable and that, in turn, brings issues for the contractors and the contracted schedules. Read more…
making best use of theory and practice
People often seem to get hung up about the two, but whilst they are different there should be no separation; we make progress through the way that we integrate them. Read more…
is your scope creeping?
Scope creep has become an accepted term in project management and, sadly, it has become one you seem to hear more and more. It isn’t something that you can entirely eliminate, but that is no reason not to be trying. Scope creep will almost always cost more in terms of time and money so avoiding the worst Read more…
outsourcing: getting it right
At an industry forum last week we were posed the question; has outsourcing shown rel long term benefit? s the first panellist began to answer I was framing my own response as yes, I think that it has. Read more…
is it the place or the people?
At the coffee shop the other day two ladies were enthusing about where they worked. It was nice to hear especially as it is so often that people want moan about their employers. Read more…
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