# The Surprising Power of People in Facilities Management Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/connected-fm-5848186/the-surprising-power-of-people-in-facilities-management Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/connected-fm-5848186/the-surprising-power-of-people-in-facilities-management.md Podcast: [Connected FM](https://stenobird.com/podcast/connected-fm-5848186) Published: 2026-05-12T05:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://connected-fm.simplecast.com/episodes/the-surprising-power-of-people-in-facilities-management-6cGQp9D1 Audio file: https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/2f05cf1e-a032-4ff6-9442-b287d0d2a32d/7929bbe7-4ca1-4b47-b10e-7b7c899779b0/episodes/audio/group/84b8f84b-c991-4346-8f8b-55876bfb1ba9/group-item/3ac947a6-5930-43b4-9c3e-3ba46bea6390/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=Wz4bfxmX Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/connected-fm-5848186/episodes/the-surprising-power-of-people-in-facilities-management Duration seconds: 2718 ## Resource Host Edward Wagoner interviews IFMA Global Influencer Kati Barklund about shifting the facility management focus from physical assets to human potential. They explore how the "power of people" serves as a strategic tool for organizational success and why facility managers must learn to speak the language of the C-suite to demonstrate their true value. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/connected-fm-5848186/episodes/the-surprising-power-of-people-in-facilities-management/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/connected-fm-5848186/the-surprising-power-of-people-in-facilities-management.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.