Quality or Quantity?
When cleaning, is it quality or quantity that counts? Dr. Bill Bellows, a member of our council, writing in the Lean Management Journal said: “The word ‘quality’ has Latin roots,…
Evidence-based Cleaning for Health
What is Evidence-based Cleaning for Health? It is research into and measurement of cleaning processes and results to enable higher-quality and healthier outcomes.
Expectations for Better, Measured Cleaning
Expectations can be self-fulfilling prophecies. “Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is.
Baby Steps Can Change Your Life: Kaizen
In his book, One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way, Robert Maurer Ph.D. defined “kaizen”as, “using very small steps to improve a habit, process, or product”, and lists three related myths: Change is Hard The Size of [...]
The Sweet Smell of Success—Or Not?
Fragrances are everywhere these days, and cleaning products are no exception. Are they healthy? Likely not. Should you implement a fragrance-free policy? Dr. Anne Steinemann said in the July 2019 issue of Building and Environment: "What is the need [...]
Integrated Cleaning and Measurement (ICM) for Upward Mobility
By Tony Almeida Should we rank janitors? Does this encourage upward mobility? Yes, but only if the way they are ranked comes from useful criteria. "Ranking is not a measurement system. Ranking is ordering, not measuring," states Ed Baker states [...]
Take Time to Build Your Earning Power
The saying, "Time is Money" applies when we spend time improving our earning power. According to Brian Tracy's book, Earn What You're Really Worth: "One of the most important assets you have is your earning ability, your ability to do [...]
Kaizen in Cleaning
“Kaizen” represents a universal standard of continuous improvement—“kai” meaning change and “zen” meaning good—that applies perfectly to health, since the question: “How healthy do you want to be?” has an answer with no upper limit for most of us (assuming [...]
The Goal—Respect
Gregg Ward, author of The Respectful Leader: Seven Ways to Influence Without Intimidation, describes two kinds of respect and disrespect: 1. Instant Respect 2. Developed Respect Instant Respect “Instant Respect (or Instant Disrespect) is an unconscious, instinctual reaction that usually [...]
EPA Registers Air Sanitizer That Kills Viruses
On September 30, 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registered the first ever product for use against bacteria and viruses in air in residential and commercial areas. It is a 14% dipropylene glycol aerosol product. Below is the approved master [...]