Operate Intelligently Podcast

Friends of the podcast Bob and Tony are back with Brian to talk about the best ways to get organized for hurricane and general disaster preparedness, including creating a plan, documentation and more. 

In Episode 80, you’ll also learn about: 

• Where to start with disaster preparedness 
• Have a plan, know who needs to be involved, have a communications plan  
• Understanding your role in different situations (knowing who is in charge) 
• Various phases of disaster prep and response  
• How your insurance carrier can help you with disaster prep 
• Testing your plan with a dry run  
• Know what is needed for documentation and assign one person to this area 
• How often you should evaluate your plan 
• What equipment you can have ready for response 

SHOW NOTES: 

• [Blog] Emergency Preparedness: 10 Questions You Must Ask Yourself 
• [Blog] Disaster Preparedness: Are You Ready? 
• [Blog] Hurricane Preparedness: Plan for the Worst 
• [Podcast] Recovering Dollars After Disaster 
• [Podcast] Fight, Flight or Freeze 
• Follow The Dude on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter 

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Brian is joined by Forrest Cooper, Sales Manager of Technology Solutions at The Dude, to talk technology, specifically how to maximize engagement for your IT department. Listen in for tips to improving prioritization, collaboration and creating meaningful interactions around technology. 

SHOW NOTES: 

• IT blog series: Chapter One, Two & Three 
• Ep. 78 on EVP 
• Box Elder County Case Study  
• Knox County School District Case Study 

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This week, Brian sits down with our CEO, Ed Roshitsh, to discuss our recent Employer Value Proposition (or EVP) initiative and what it means for employees, clients and other companies. 

SHOW NOTES: 

• New Kind 
• “Fusion” book 
• Our Careers page 
• Follow The Dude on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter 

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Allen Rathey of the Healthy Facilities Institute joins Brian and DK (David Kornegay) in the studio to discuss how operations professionals can make a business case for healthier facilities and improve environments for all of us. 

SHOW NOTES: 

• Healthy Facilities Institute website 
• Healthy Facility Handbook 
• Green Cleaning Tactics blog post 
• Making a Business Case for Healthy Schools blog post 
• Ventilation study 

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Join this interesting conversation between Host Brian and Paul Lachance, our Senior Manufacturing Advisor, about the Internet of Things (or IoT) and how it's impacting facility management. 

SHOW NOTES: 

• IIoT video 
• Guide to IoT's Manufacturing Maintenance Transformation 

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Bobby Knell and TJ Bingham join Brian in the studio to talk about our corporate giving program: Good Dude. They talk through recent projects and even give tips for getting a corporate volunteer program started at your organization. 

SHOW NOTES: 

• More about the Good Dude 
• Good Dude pictures on Instagram 

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We're back with part 2 of the Education Operations Health Index review for Brian, Jed and Earl to discuss interesting insights on IoT, events and energy. If you haven't caught Part 1 yet, make sure you listen to that one first! 

In Episode 74, you'll learn more about: 

• IoT and smart devices within maintenance  
• How data is being leveraged in maintenance  
• How IoT is being adopted in education 
• Trends in predictive maintenance 
• What surprised us about the OHI survey results 
• How event management processes are changing with technology 
• Energy management and utility cost trends 
• How to use the OHI to get more resources 

SHOW NOTES: 

• Operations Health Index Report 
• OHI Infographics: Higher Education & K-12 
• OHI Webinar 

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Our new podcast host, Brian McDonald, is joined by Jed DeGroote and Earl Laing to discuss the highlights and interesting findings from our 2018 Education Operations Health Index. This week, they're focusing in on maintenance, including corrective, preventive and deferred.

In Episode 73, you'll also learn about: 

• What the OHI is 
• Why we survey operations professionals to create this index each year 
• Trends in corrective, preventive and deferred maintenance 
• How organizations can see ROI on PM 
• New strategies for implementing PM  
• Successful maintenance strategies for operations leaders 
• How deferred maintenance differs from K-12 to higher education 

SHOW NOTES: 

• Operations Health Index Report 
• OHI Infographics: Higher Education & K-12 
• OHI Webinar 

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