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Jeroen Martens
‘In case of emergency’: how smart are smart buildings?
Smart cities, smart mobility: everything seems to be smart nowadays. Our buildings too are stacked with sensors that continuously generate data. Smart building is the way to go, although no one knows exactly how smart smart buildings are. Michaël Peeters helps us to uncover the real value of smart buildings in his doctoral thesis. In order to do so, 75 students of AP University College Antwerp were dropped today in a vacant student dorm and had to find their way out of varying simulated fire situations. The million-dollar question: can smart buildings save lives?
Which factors can contribute to a higher level of engagement in my organization?
People are engaged if they feel connected to their organization and if they are motivated to contribute to its success. So, becoming engaged is about emotional bonding – buying in to an organization and developing the desire to help it achieve its objectives.
Just as with a couple or an engine clutch, engagement is the process of bringing two sides together in a fruitful way. Employees can seek to become more engaged, while at the same time managers can try to engage employees by winning hearts and minds in a variety of ways.