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Filmed Oct 16, 2020, Tama Huang, CohnReznick CIO, details how the company is focused on leveraging #data​, #automation​ and augmented wellness strategies to keep people safe. Conveying the vision that safe buildings lead to healthy buildings, and ultimately trusted buildings, Huang explains how: • Behavioral changes impact #smartbuildings​: Shifts in human needs require business models to be flexible, process to be adaptable, people to be nimble and underlying technology architecture to be agile. • Trust will be the most important factor for building occupants moving forward. Smart buildings will be meaningless if occupants don’t trust that smart components are being used with their best interests in mind. • Rewriting strategies is required of any business dealing with buildings. Revisiting goals in the new world, clarifying purpose and acting on a corporate vision that optimizes social impact, reputation, #sustainability​ and profit. Emmanuel Daniel, Microsoft Director of Applied Innovation & Incubation, Smart Buildings & Campuses, talks smart building vision and Microsoft’s smart building strategy. Daniel overviews the Redmond campus modernization project from planning to physical design, core infrastructure, platform and types of experiences. He focuses on how: • Smart buildings impact #companyculture​ and daily work: reallocating space to breakdown silos and build collaboration. • Innovating the employee experience through four categories: movement, access, productivity and wellness. • #Futureproofing​ system infrastructures that enable upgrades and changes as the space evolves.