Strategic Solutions for Intelligent Offices

Dusty Duistermars is Senior Managing Director, Connected Places Practice Group, Innovation & Solutions Team at Newmark Knight Frank. Mike Petrusky asks Dusty about key technology trends and available tools that are impacting our workplace experiences. The problems that Dusty’s group works to solve include everything from basic occupancy planning to conference room scheduling and leveraging … Continue reading "Strategic Solutions for Intelligent Offices"

Strategic Solutions for Intelligent Offices

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Dusty Duistermars is Senior Managing Director, Connected Places Practice Group, Innovation & Solutions Team at Newmark Knight Frank. Mike Petrusky asks Dusty about key technology trends and available tools that are impacting our workplace experiences.

The problems that Dusty’s group works to solve include everything from basic occupancy planning to conference room scheduling and leveraging data from integrated automation systems. Dusty says that the first step workplace leaders should take is to really understand how an organization works by gathering data about how space is utilized. He explains the three different levels of smart offices and the requirements needed to help companies connect their employees to the workplace using mobile platforms. Mike asks Dusty about bringing together decision-makers from various departments and how workplace professionals can be more strategic about improving productivity by connecting people to their space. Mike and Dusty share a favorite book author, inspirational quotes, and an appreciation for Zac Brown Band’s version of “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”!

Connect with Dusty on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustycre/

Read Dusty’s Blog Series on the Intelligent Office: http://www.ngkfgcs.com/Blog/April-2018/Understanding-the-Intelligent-Office-A-CRE-guide

Connect with Mike on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikepetrusky/

Share your thoughts with Mike via email: [email protected]

Catch up on past episodes of “The FM Innovator Podcast”: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/facility-management-innovator/id1154571864

Learn more about iOFFICE’s workplace experience solutions: https://www.iOFFICECORP.com


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As Director of Podcasts at Eptura, Mike Petrusky hosts both the Workplace Innovator Podcast and the Asset Champion Podcast, sharing thought leadership with CRE, FM, and IT leaders in the digital and hybrid workplace. Mike has produced more than 500 podcast episodes listened to in over 111 countries. As an in-demand public speaker, Mike engages audiences at numerous industry events each year, including International Facility Management Association and CoreNet conferences, focusing on the human element of workplace and facility management.

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