Issue link: https://resources.esri.ca/i/1361311
5 Bringing people together Members of the next generation workforce prefer to use their own smart devices to connect and communicate with colleagues. Workplace apps encourage workers to meet face-to-face when they work on projects and plan strategies. Indoor cloud services provide facility information to employees. By subscribing to the indoor tracking service, they can see where team members are working and find nearby spaces to meet and exchange ideas. An indoor positioning system (IPS) runs throughout the entire facility. Its beacons track smartphone and smart ID badge locations. It transmits that real-time information to the tracking service, which makes it accessible to other subscribers. Complementary apps add value to the IPS. As easily as people use routing apps to get to their friends' homes, workers use a mobile wayfinding app to navigate to a conference room meeting. The app drops a pin at the destination, and a blue dot shows the employee his or her current location. If the employee is on the way to a meeting, the app estimates how soon he or she will arrive. An important goal for administrators is to ensure that buildings are healthy. Research published by the American Psychological Association finds that healthy buildings improve employee performance. Thermal conditions and lighting affect cognitive functions, while noise impedes concentration.