Building a national FM program

Back in the early 2000's Skip Smith was an employee of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI). From his role in facilities management leadership, he built one of the nation's most accomplished and enduring Facilities Management / Support Services departments. At the time, CHI had roughly 80 member hospitals.

Skip, now a Senior Consultant at MSL Healthcare joins the Healthcare Facilities Network to discuss the department's formation. He is joined by three men he hired, three men who now lead departments of their own at CommonSpirit Health; the roots of CommonSpirit are found in CHI and Dignity Health.

Join Tim Livesay, Brian Symmonds, and Andy Woommavovah as they join Skip to talk about their experiences forming the department.

00:00 Introduction
04:07 Why this episode? 
17:44 Taking a risk on EVS
22:27 A seat at the meeting table for the "Non-believers" 
24:00 Proceed until apprehended 
45:46 Sustaining culture