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Baachu Talk FM Podcast
A Podcast For Facilities & Workplace Service Professionals
Episode 4: David Emmanuel
Baachu Talk FM is a new show produced by Baachu Rain and hosted by Baskar Sundaram where top FM leaders discuss their work journeys to success. My podcast brings fascinating conversations with some of the most experienced insightful facilities services people in the world straight to listeners all over the world!
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Today's Guest is David Emmanuel
David has been involved in Facilities Management since the mid 1990’s, working with a number of leading FM suppliers providing full marketing and communication support, with a specialism in new media. Responsible for the creation of numerous intranets and websites for both commercial organisations and for many of the FM associations including the BIFM, FMA and EuroFM in the early 2000’s – David went on to build the pioneering online news and information site for the FM sector: www.i-fm.net <http://www.i-fm.net/
He has been actively involved in the FM industry, and organises the FM industry conference: Workplace Futures, and also organises the Technology in FM awards. He has served two terms on the BIFM Members Council as the individuals members representative and was a board director of the FMA for a decade, until it merged into the Buildings Future Group in 2013.
He was also the Chair of the FM judges of the Women in the City awards, and was the Treasurer of the BIFM SIG Women in FM for four years before taking up the role as treasurer & board director of the IFMA UK Chapter.
David is an active and often outspoken protagonist for the FM sector, he believes passionately in the role the FM sector has to play for the economy, business and the community.
In this episode, we will discuss David’s
• Vibrant childhood in Northwest London and the amazing Boarding schools.
• College experience with Business Studies degree and how he left it to follow his passion for advertising.
• First experience with advertising with the Green Magazine
• Was the only person who sold double pay spread.
• Story on how he impressed the Managing Director and started working with him.
• Proper introduction with publishing. • Joining the IFM and making new changes.
• Experience with going from print media to digital media and entering the Do Or Die Mission.
• Growing understanding of the FM and its sustainability.
• Experience with the Workplace Futures over the years and how he joined hands to improve it.
• Memorable FM stories
• Roles with IFMA, Women in FM and countless other works.
• Encounter with Pattern Makers and his experience.
• Love for motorbikes, Formula One races and stories around skiing and other passions outside of work.
• Beginning with Technology in FM Awards
• Vibrant childhood in Northwest London and the amazing Boarding schools.
• College experience with Business Studies degree and how he left it to follow his passion for advertising.
• First experience with advertising with the Green Magazine
• Was the only person who sold double pay spread.
• Story on how he impressed the Managing Director and started working with him.
• Proper introduction with publishing. • Joining the IFM and making new changes.
• Experience with going from print media to digital media and entering the Do Or Die Mission.
• Growing understanding of the FM and its sustainability.
• Experience with the Workplace Futures over the years and how he joined hands to improve it.
• Memorable FM stories
• Roles with IFMA, Women in FM and countless other works.
• Encounter with Pattern Makers and his experience.
• Love for motorbikes, Formula One races and stories around skiing and other passions outside of work.
• Beginning with Technology in FM Awards
Few random questions
• If you could be invisible for twelve hours, what would you do?
• If you had the power to shrink anything and carry it with you what would you do with t and what will you pick?
• What’s the most courageous thing you have ever done?
• Who or what made you laugh or smile recently?
• What takes you out of your comfort zone?
• If you could have a complete knowledge of three things, what would you want to know?
• Have you ever sent a text message to a wrong person ?
• If you were captain of a pirate ship, what would your and your ship’s name be?
• If you could be a male/female sport person, who would you want to be?
• If you could make a special meal for a guest, what meal will you make and which special guest would you invite?
• What’s the one food you can never bring yourself to eat?
• What’s the nick name your friends gave you and what does it mean?
• What’s the farthest you have travelled to?
• What songs do you normally listen to?
Key Nuggets
- Get involved. Find somebody to mentor you, and when you are succeeding, then, find somebody to mentor yourself.
- The whole sector over the last 20 or more years has changed in the way that it has been delivering services.
- The message changed with time. At the beginning we were talking about saving people money, then we were looking at health and safety, compliance and at the bigger picture. With this, understanding grew to tell us that it’s the people we are looking after and not the building.
- You want the conference to provide a logical journey and pathway with understanding and take aways. One member of an organization attending should be able to cascade that information down to the team at their organization.
- Venues we had in the past were stuck down in the basement, with no windows or natural light.
- If you are going to outsource, on the hand you will be put as one team and you want everyone to work for a common objective.
- It’s really important to give back. Volunteering and charity were something that was instilled upon me from a very early age, from my family.
- When I first came to the industry, it was only 20% women. Therefore, I was thrilled to join Women In FM and to support them.
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