Over the past few months, I’ve watched as the posts here have become more philosophical and less tactical. I spend little time talking about technology, UI, UX and day-to-day activities and more time talking about the role of management, decision making, and planning. My role is not anything like what I’ve done over the past year and it is leading me to think thoughts I haven’t focused on previously.
This shift in perspective is purely due to this change in role. It’s allowed me to discard some biases I previously held (or was forced to hold by the nature of my previous position) and adopt new ones. Biases are not, in themselves, good or bad things. They are simple truths we hold on faith with little question. For example, I used to believe that data and analytics could make any real estate organization stronger and better. I now understand that to not even regularly be the case.
If I was to go back to the role I had been in 9 months ago, I’d immediately adopt an entire solution modeled around supporting real estate organizations that have no data and limited formal processes. These are the real opportunities. They also happen to be really hard to work with.
It’s worth thinking about how your way of thinking changes based on your place in the world. Big events change you simply by those events occurring.