As businesses begin to think about the future of their workplaces, everyone is becoming a CRE expert. Buzzwords that I had hoped and prayed were behind us are seeing renewed interest. Concepts that I had hoped were relegated to the trashbin of history are being brushed off and given new life. Somehow, the CRE of…
Good stories take time to develop, craft and articulate
Humans are storytellers. Conversations are stories between people. Relationships are shared stories. Decisions are someone picking up a story and figuring out how to tell the next chapter. In business, understanding how to tell effective and compelling stories is the difference between staying where you are and moving up to the next level. It’s an…
Never talk about “how Technology is going to” do something. Technology is a component of a solution, not the solution.
It’s hard to be a player in “the Technology” space these days. Technology has slowly become a part of every facet of modern life. A decade ago: TVs weren’t smart Every smartphone release was a material step forward Blackberry was still trying to make a comeback Netflix still made money from DVDs Uber wasn’t a…
Forecasting CRE portfolio requirements starts with balancing art, science, and gut.
I love forecasting. Trying to predict the future is a great way to try and better understand the things that matter today. Corporate Real Estate is a particularly hard area to try and forecast because the degree of variables impacting future state is incredibly diverse. Today it is even more difficult as COVID-19 has thrown…
Let’s talk about polls and what they really mean. (Hint: If you are planning for the future of the office, don’t rely on today’s polls.)
The workplace is changing (or maybe not). People are going to work from home at higher rates than before (or maybe not). Companies are going to close their offices (or maybe open more). The nature of work is changing before our eyes (or maybe not). COVID-19 has brought a wealth of discussion about the nature…
Discovering motivation from within can be a struggle. It’s easier when others push us but more sustainable to push ourselves.
They say that success starts by just showing up. Some days that is easier than others. There are plenty of reasons we may not want to get up and after it any given day. Just showing up is success because it’s all about breaking through the first wall you encounter that day. But internal motivation…
The data is never completely in. Change is a function of everything.
At heart, I’m a data person that believes strongly in non-binary solutions to problems (there are always more than two options to any decision). I like to understand the information that both leads to a question being asked before then also looking at the information that would inform a decision. There are no beginnings or…
2020 will have a long-term impact on #CRE
There are going to be a lot of messages written to commemorate the end of 2020. It’s been a year that no one is soon to forget; a year that came out of nowhere to surprise us all. COVID-19 will have a wide-reaching impact on personal and professional lives across all countries. As I like…
A very big thank you to everyone reading this
2020 was a tough year across the board for people personally and professionally, emotionally and logically, friends and family. There are no good circumstances that we can draw from to help us collectively get through the on-going pandemic. However, I draw faith from the fact the people are resilient. We bounce back from things we…
6 questions that will impact the future of your real estate portfolio
All we hear these days is how real estate is going to be completely different post-COVID-19. Supposedly either every employee will never return to the office or they will all return immediately. It’s possible that workplaces should not have heads down desks because only collaboration will happen in the office. On the other hand, it’s…