Went through a Lean refresher yesterday and was thinking about how it applies to real estate (how doesn’t it?), technology and data. Pretty fascinating to think about applying waste reduction principles to what in many cases is a cost center. Should be a no brainer right? Some key points to ponder: Are your processes standardized?…
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The story of our lives belongs to others.
Sometimes you read something that just stops you in your tracks. It’s been awhile since I came across one of those posts but yesterday. Wow. http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2012/08/a-figment.html Go read it. Seth Godin lays it out very short and simple. Just in case you didn’t go, here’s the key: No, the falling tree in the empty forest…
A few Thursday Platitudes because Thursdays are Platitudes days.
Do your job. Be accountable. Deliver. Don’t wait for others to catch up. Be selfish.
When bugs are a good thing.
Sometimes problems with the current version don’t indicate real problems. Obviously a bug is something “broken” but what’s broke to one person isn’t necessarily a problem to someone else. What it really indicates is where people are spending their time. Bugs that exist in areas of the application that no one uses are still bugs…
How quickly does your solution break down?
Over the weekend my Keurig coffeemaker died. It was quite the traumatic event because it’s my lifeblood for awake-keeping caffeine. It didn’t die violently, it just sort of stopped accepting electricity and turning on. Imagine my surprise when I find online that this isn’t uncommon. Neither is my reaction – time to go buy another…
LinkedIn and CRE.
Too many CRE professionals I know aren’t doing LinkedIn correctly. So I want to ask a question: What’s the purpose of LinkedIn? Is it: To stay in touch with past clients. To help future clients find you and determine if you are worth a call. To stay in touch with colleagues. To identify possible relationships…
Can we stop with the Millennials thing already?
“Get off my lawn.” That can sometimes be all people think about (on both sides) when they talk about Gen Y. Apparently before 10 years ago every 20 year old knew how to interview, there were no generational issues in the workforce, and (only recently) kids became selfish and self-centered. Under 30 somethings are “different”…
Do you really need that MBA?
An MBA is meant to demonstrate a mastery of certain business principles. Specifically that you are trained in the art of running some sort of operation – financials, HR, management, etc. When done right you graduate with your base degree, get a few years of work experience and then go back to get the MBA….
Thoughts on personal “flaws”
I get dinged by some colleagues for the fact that I don’t like definite statements that aren’t actually definite. For example: “There is no better computer than a Mac.” Sure, under a lot of circumstances that may be true but what if you are a heavy AutoCAD user? Maybe not then. What if you are…
300 posts meets 1 full year of blogging.
Today marks two milestones for me. This is my 300th post on BoxThoughts and it is also the 1 year anniversary of when I made the decision to write daily. Looking back I can’t believe that I’ve actually achieved that goal between work schedules, real life and a lack of noticeable readership growth or activity….