Welcome back to the 2nd episode of State of Facilities Management in South East Asia! Series being co-hosted by James Jessup and your's truly.

Having set the context for the entire series in the first episode (Episode 1.1 -  & Episode 1.2), understanding the current state of FM in SE Asia, taking a country specific view, in this episode JJ and myself discuss on the need for change, some of the aspects that FM leaders must think of or perhaps are thinking of when it comes to initiating change.

We also put forward the case for FM leaders to be proactive, look at taking calculated risks.

All this and more in this episode. Happy listening.

JJ and myself are keen to hear from you on your feedback, suggestions to help us improve the series and more importantly to strike a conversation that leads to a change :)

Welcome to the first episode of the State of Facilities Management in South East Asia. In this episode we set the context and background on how the FM markets in SE Asia are vs the global markets, in terms of growth rate, barriers and outlook.

We also dive deep into the fact that Singapore is the lighthouse in SE Asia when it comes to FM markets, Thailand and Malaysia sort of fall behind the curve.

All in all, exciting discussion and context setting for all the future episodes.

As mentioned please find the link of McKinsey blog on FM Sourcing mentioned in the episode- https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/operations/our-insights/six-emerging-trends-in-facilities-management-sourcing

Love to hear your thoughts on state of FM markets in SE Asia. Drop in your message here or connect with James or me on LinkedIn.

Welcome to the first episode of the State of Facilities Management in South East Asia. In this episode we set the context and background on how the FM markets in SE Asia are vs the global markets, in terms of growth rate, barriers and outlook.

We also dive deep into the fact that Singapore is the lighthouse in SE Asia when it comes to FM markets, Thailand and Malaysia sort of fall behind the curve.

All in all, exciting discussion and context setting for all the future episodes.

As mentioned please find the link of McKinsey blog on FM Sourcing mentioned in the episode- https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/operations/our-insights/six-emerging-trends-in-facilities-management-sourcing

Love to hear your thoughts on state of FM markets in SE Asia. Drop in your message here or connect with James or me on LinkedIn. 

James Jessup and Umesh Bhutoria have teamed up for a podcast series themed around State of Facilities Management in South East Asia. Over the last two years there has been so much of change across FM Industry, we thought it was relevant to put special focus on emerging market like SE Asia. 

In the introduction episode JJ and Umesh sit down, talk about the genesis of coming up with the podcast series and what our listeners can expect to get out of the entire series.

Co-Hosts would really love to have your thoughts, questions and suggestions, which would perhaps be the best way to keep it engaging.

All episodes would be released once a week on Monday.

Stay tuned!

Welcome back to yet another episode of the FM times podcast! 

Now in this podcast episode, we're going to be discussing about the facilities management technology service delivery stack, plus also look at what the contribution should be from the FM perspective. 

Let's really dive deep into the sort of arbitrage it provides towards the negotiation when it comes to re-bidding for a current account or probably, putting in a parallel bid along with a compliant bid when you are trying to bid for the new site.

Would love to know your thoughts. Best way to do that is a share your feedback via messages :)

Having found the "true" purpose of doing what i do, i find it often disturbing when i hear #FacilityManagement leaders or professionals get into this People Vs Process Dilemma. This is a False Dichotomy. 

People who follow the processes are usually not the ones who have designed it or had any kind of say in designing the same. As the industry starts to thrive on digital transformation this False Dichotomy is set to only get bigger and needs a change in status quo and a perspective shift.

How can we bring that change? I cover all this and more in the episode. 

If you like what you hear or have any suggestions, please do share your feedback message.

Resistance to change is the opposition to altered circumstances or modification of the status quo. FM leaders driving an inclusive transformation have to overcome a lot of forces which tend to create an inertia (if not oppose) along the entire Digital Transformation journey.

Once FM companies and teams can achieve critical momentum, have a significant part of the organisation aligned, they would be closed to achieving the escape velocity. Once they cross it there is no going back to the "Business as usual" scenario.

How many Facility Management companies globally have achieved the escape velocity?

Facility Management sector has seen a host of changes over the last 18-24 months, surprisingly enough leading Facility Management companies and leaders are still waiting for a Red Carpet Invitation to initiate transformation, from digital to one that spans across the entire business!

Why is that so?

In this episode i connect the dots, draw inspiration from numerous conversations i have with FM leaders and try to find the common reasons why leading FM companies and the leaders running those organisations fail to make faster decisions.

In the previous episode, i spoke about the ways in which emerging FM companies can outdo incumbent players. This episode is all about helping the incumbent companies and their leaders to do some soul searching!

Average life span of S&P 500 companies has gone down to almost 17 years and in the last 15 years, 52% of the S&P 500 companies have vanished!

We are going to the same in the Facility Management landscape, some of the Top companies will not retain their spots in next 3-5 years. How can emerging companies aim to take that spot? 

Ideally they should have started yesterday, but there is still some time to get things right. In this podcast i talk about 4 key action items that should be on the top of the mind for every FM #CXO.

Leave your comments or thoughts on this episode. Will help in delivering better and genuine content around topics that matter most for FM companies but gets seldom spoken about. 

P.S: You might want to explore another episode which talks about how FM companies can set up differentiated Value Proposition Canvas. Click here to head to the episode.

There is no denying that the movement on Net Zero Buildings and Net Zero Carbon as a whole is almost irreversible. In this episode we explore the connect between Net Zero Buildings and the O&M WorkForce connect, especially from the Facilities Management perspective.