Experience matters – That poorly planned furniture move schedule WILL impact your facility go-live. Oh, you forgot to plan for that when picking when you have to move out of your existing building? Bigger sites with more people don’t always equal greater productivity. Bigger sites with more people in low cost areas don’t always equal…
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Effective CRE comes down to imagination – a reply to @dukelong
Duke Long, last week, wrote a post on Self Serve Commercial Real Estate. It had everything you would want from a great narrative. Compelling plot points, a climax, and who can forget the cliffhanger at the end. Then came the sequel. And like most sequels, it didn’t quite have the same impact but it did…
Trulia.com Local Commute and Other Maps
Not sure how I haven’t come across this before, but Trulia.com has a wonderful set of interactive maps (even if I couldn’t get it to zoom out much) for several major cities across the US. Understanding local factors is one of the most important parts of the decision making process in real estate. This is…
Balancing employee satisfaction with the needs of the business – or when not to balance.
One of the key areas of real estate is understanding the impact that decisions will have on the employee population. Employee satisfaction impacts ability to hire, turnover, productivity, innovation and many other areas. Unhappy employees (in bulk) are best avoided where possible. Or so the theory goes. But at times it becomes important to make…
And I don’t miss Dilbert at all (surprisingly).
Previously I mentioned the change in policy over at dilbert.com and that they no longer support RSS feeds. I read Dilbert, along with all of my other feeds, daily for many years now. It’s been a bit over a week and I can say that, while I miss it, I haven’t felt any need to…
How much passion do you let to the surface during sales meetings?
People buy your services for any number of reasons. But primarily it can be boiled down to: Recommendation by someone they trust. They’ve used you before. Price. They trust you more than the others. Very rarely do you have much control over the first three. It’s the last one that is tricky. Playing to the…
When your manager thinks he can do everything, mistakes happen.
Oh, Microsoft. Business Schools could create entire courses on the decisions you have made over the past decade. Sadly, most have been confusing and misguided. This week we get the latest with Steve Ballmer taking over the XBox division. Gamers are a particular breed. They care about the things they care about and Steve Ballmer…
The Zip Code Turns 50!
File this under facts that I didn’t know. Today, the Zip Code turns 50 years old! To anyone in real estate, the birth of this essential tool for a job is a reason to celebrate!
Data quality and the results you give.
Data quality. It’s a big issue with lots of ways things can go wrong and only a handful to get it all right. One of the worst things you can do for your clients is give them a recommendation that is based on bad data. Let’s define bad data. It’s not just wrong numbers. Bad…
Windows and Microsoft strike again
I find this humorous because I shouldn’t expect anything else from Windows. But I’ve been fixing a computer for one of my wife’s coworkers this week. This computer was fairly well done for. BSOD every startup. Windows install CD wouldn’t even start running. I was able to reinstall and began the process of putting all…