Life is all about cycles and trends. What goes up must come down before someone figures out how to send it up again. When something breaks, it gets fixed. Things we used to like go out of style and then a decade later they come right back in. Everything that you do today will eventually…
Social Media and its role in larger organizations
Social Media. (Maybe I should just stop now while I’m still ahead because this can be a loaded subject.) Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Pintrest, and many others. All designed to allow individuals to interact with other individuals or groups. The ability to communicate through a variety of means has never been easier. You can quickly…
Better late than never #CRE
Often I deal with clients that believe their CRE deal is time sensitive. Yes- if you have current employees being impacted by a lease expiration it may be. But in reality, the only time a lease becomes time sensitive is when things have gone sideways (aka, I forgot that I had to deal with this…
Another argument for open source strategy.
As you may know from my other writing – I’m a big fan of not locking up ideas. The only way for new ideas to grow, expand and make an impact are to let them be tested in the marketplace. Letting the competition have access to them will help you evolve them to a market…
It all comes down to #RiskManagement
Everything that you do for your clients. Every strategy, budget, recommendation, alternative, design, etc. Everything. Impacts client business risk. As soon as you realize that and take it into account you will be that much more aligned with how your clients think as well as with what they need.
The Maker meets the Manager – balancing a hybrid role
One of the hardest things to do in life is to move from Doing Work to Managing Work. We are taught throughout our education how to do work. Getting things done is the primary purpose of education. Rarely are students assigned to manage other students as they do homework. It would be weird, that’s the…
Is your #experience making you blind to reality?
There are times when experience and gray hairs are extremely valuable. Then there are times when your experience suddenly becomes woefully out of date and a hindrance. How often are you checking the expiration date on your expertise?
Being #selfish isn’t always wrong or bad.
As kids we are taught to share and that selfishness is bad. As we grow and mature that’s one of those things that stays with you. One of the most hurtful things you can tell many people is that they are behaving selfishly. But then comes the day when you are asked to do something…
In the mysterious case of #CRE confusion.
Do your leases confuse you? Do you find the rules, procedures and strategy to be convoluted? Maybe you struggle to understand the value of what you are doing for the business? Here’s the thing – you aren’t alone and many that are CRE professionals are just as confused if not more so.
The insanity that is real life….my last 40 days.
Some of my 3 readers may have noticed a bit of a difference in the last 40 days….irregular posts, etc. Well, I’m now in a position to explain! Not that most will care, but since the blog is largely for myself first I feel it important. It also does emphasize the fact that work/life balance…