HBR. They can be hit or miss but somehow I find myself scratching my head over one of their latest posts about US innovation “malaise.” I look around and see all kinds of innovation – it’s just that very little of it is coming out of big corporations. There’s a new dichotomy in organizations. Big…
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Say it with authority – and then set expectations
There’s a big difference between the result you really want and the result you know you’re going to get. Shooting for a better outcome than you want to end up with is the best way to hedge against the delta. Once you throw out the high end result it’s then important to manage the process…
70% Complete vs. “Good Enough”
There is a lot out there about pushing product before it’s “complete.” Some businesses and teams are comfortable with delivering a product that is 70% complete and then iterating until it meets the market’s desires. Then there are the teams that release at 70% complete and believe they are done. There’s a subtle mindset involved…
Roles and the chameleon.
Adaptability. That’s the name of the game we play. Real estate markets are always changing. Our clients’ needs are always shifting as their business drifts in different directions. Sales pitches need to be adapted as the competition catches up to what we are doing. Adapt or die to paraphrase Darwin. When you are with groups…
Disclosure of interests
I find it interesting to learn the biases of those that I read. So I thought I’d share a few of mine in the interest of letting you know a few reasons you really shouldn’t be following me after all. 1. Ender’s Game is the greatest book ever written. The Godfather is a close second….
Ah Technology you fickle thing….
I’m having the best time with technology lately. My computer has randomly decided that I deserve to be locked out on a near daily basis (2 weeks with no accurate diagnosis). We’re rebuilding some of our applications at work. I’m slowly realizing that I can’t disconnect my cords. Ever wonder why Skynet wins in Terminator?…
Programming in the real estate space
In another edition of “How Real Estate is Different” we discover that the lingo and metrics of this space are not things that people outside the industry encounter often. somehow something simple like building a data collection front end becomes a messy endeavor. Have you ever tried to explain rentable square feet to a software…
My job is to profile
Statistics is built on the basis of believing there will always be outlying events that could occur but shouldn’t. Risk management is about understanding those events, mitigating against them, and making the best decision possible. What is mitigation if not profiling? When looking at a distribution center I first create inventory and storage profiles. What…
Yeah, I went there. So what?
A building sits upon the corner and silently watches over. An occasional glance from the crowd is all the time it gets. Our lonely box is thinking upon the nature of space; it occupies quite a bit but people keep walking through. And time it is more fickle since our building here just sits. Time…
There’s power in those day to day tasks
We’ve all become enamored in the last few years by “real estate strategy.” It seems so important that sometimes everything else gets lost. You know what is really important though? Getting through today. Ensuring that your business doesn’t fall apart while you worry about the bigger five year picture. Keeping seats occupied and managing those…