How to Have a Healthier Mind
A report in the peer-reviewed journal, Ageing Research Reviews, revealed the key role of a purpose in life for cognitive health, and for mitigating dementia and depression (Bell et al. 2022). The authors suggest purpose and meaning may protect [...]
Have a Growth Mindset and Raise Your IQ
Do you and your company have a Fixed or Growth Mindset? Is your intelligence fixed or changeable? A Fixed Mindset believes that intelligence is fixed and defined by your genes. A Growth Mindset believes that your intelligence is unknown and [...]
Does ultraviolet (UV) radiation from UV lamps kill mold?
If properly designed, ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) cleaners that use ultraviolet radiation from UV lamps may destroy indoor biological pollutants such as viruses, bacteria, and some molds that are growing on the moist interiors of HVAC surfaces (e.g., cooling [...]
Raising IQ is In Your Hands
Quotations below are from the excellent book by Carol S. Dweck, Phd, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, and relate to our aim to increase the self-concept, potential and intelligence of workers through research-based efforts. "'A few modern philosophers assert [...]
Which is Better: Artificial (AI) or Human Intelligence (HI)?
The answer is, it depends. When IBM's Watson defeated Jeopardy Champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter in 2011, not surprisingly, AI proved better than humans at accessing massive amounts of information from which to draw answers (or "questions" to use [...]
Service Guarantees?
What sort of service guarantee should we give prospects to which we offer High-performance Green Cleaning or Evidence-based Cleaning for Health? How important are service guarantees or warrantees to drive sales? Service guarantees or warranties can be quite important [...]
Master the Art of Evidence-Based Cleaning with Indoor Health Council
In the age of information, it's not just about cleaning; it's about cleaning the right way. At Indoor Health Council, we're not just thinking about the present. We're focused on a BHAG – a Big Hairy Audacious Goal. Our [...]
Why Clean?
"Informing others about how something can be done does not ensure they will be persuaded to do it. In fact, we are convinced that one of the most common mistakes [instructors] make in the implementation of improvement initiatives is to [...]
Professional Learning Communities (PLCs), and What It Means
One of our goals at Indoor Health Council (IHC) is to create Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) in which we engage everyone as both learners and teachers, with a strong emphasis on learning by doing. While learning will be a [...]