It was just a few months ago that I wrote that one day tomorrow would be better than today and on and on. When I put that post out into the world, I hoped that by now the worst would be behind us, yet we still seem to be in the same slog as then….
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Corporate Real Estate (CRE) is at a crossroads and Commercial Real Estate (the other CRE) is struggling to figure out what comes next
It’s a bit cliched to say “there is no better time than now” to do a thing. But right now, in July of 2020, this statement for Corporate Real Estate teams has never been more true. Covid-19 has provided a global reset for every company around the world, in every industry, with every workplace model…
Uncertainty: the real new normal
Articles everywhere talk about new normal or next normal or future normal or pick a buzzword. They try to stake out a position for what the near to mid-term future holds. The one thing they have in common is that they all paint a unique picture with no overlapping theories. There is no consistency between…
As a landslide pours down a mountain, it looks huge; never forget that it started with a single rock.
All morning I’ve had landslides on my mind. Big things are happening all around us that feel like they’ve spontaneously sprang up from nowhere. But everything starts somewhere. No movement ever sprang to life fully formed. It’s hard to find the right words for everything happening in America right now. There are big problems we…
What changes when “the workplace of the future” really means “the workplace of one year from now”?
The workplace of the future has always felt like a concept five years or more down the road. Corporate and Commercial real estate specialists would gather and look out at what trends were shaping productivity, usually with a heavy focus on technology. This has led us down the road of WeWork and flexible, agile working…
From experience, it takes 18 months to learn to work from home full-time.
There’s a lot of “stats” being thrown around about the newly work from home. As someone who has worked from home full-time for awhile, I can’t help but laugh as they reflect the typical change curve of someone beginning the work from home process. Yet the “stats” are presented as if they are an accurate…
4 Workplace myths that we believed to be true until Covid-19 proved them wrong
Workplaces are front and center during this Covid-19 situation. It’s a strange situation for those of us who live Corporate Real Estate. We’ve always known how much rides on what we do, but now, everyone else is seeing it as important as well. There are a lot of armchair experts rising up who are developing…
Never be afraid of throwing away work that no longer fits the situation
One of the weird things about this on-going Covid-19 pandemic is that the world seems to change every 2 to 3 days. Things you start working on Monday are no longer valid by Friday because the audience they are for has moved on to some other concern. Presentations from the week before no longer apply…
Now might be the worst time in the history of #CRE to be a futurist. 4 tipping points that will set the direction of real estate for the next 3 years.
I’ve always laughed at conferences about people who try to predict what the future will look like in 10 years within a given industry. They look to past trends and events as inspiration for what path the future may take. They use this extrapolation to come up with ideas that paint a grand vision of…
Covid-19 has set the change curve in motion globally as never before as individuals, teams, companies, and governments struggle to look forward
The Change Curve is a popular concept right now as everyone around the world finds both their work and personal lives changed and we collectively try to deal with the unknowns of Covid-19. For those that prefer a quick overview, the change curve (or five stages of grief) are: Denial Anger Depression Bargaining Acceptance In…