There is much discourse about what makes a leader. You can spend 30 seconds on LinkedIn and discover 1,000 memes wittily calling ou the difference between leaders and managers. You can spend 5 minutes on Facebook and find 1,000 rants about managers that aren’t leading. You can head over to HBR and read all about…
Managers often don’t realize the working habits of their team. #WorkplaceWednesday
I’ve been involved in a few workplace transformation projects in my career and all of them (without exception) begin with managers saying that it will never work for their team. “Sure, in principle, it could work for everyone else, but my team is different. We are all in the office every day, we’re already collaborative…
Resistance versus Inquiry
Speaking yesterday about noise being a healthy part of culture, made me think about the difference between resistance and inquiry. Some types of noise imply dissatisfaction or resentment (resistance) while other types are genuinely trying to be constructive or innovative (inquiry). But sometimes it can be very difficult to tell the difference. For example: “I…
Noise is a sign of a healthy culture
Noise is something that people complain about regularly. In the office, noise is thought of as distracting. In gossip, noise is thought of as inappropriate. In management, noise is considered a nuisance. However, noise is a key sign that people care. They are actively trying to collaborate, share and find out more information. Noise is…
I’m actually a fan of CRE Technology regardless of what it sounds like.
I’ve written a number of posts over the years discussing the state of CRE technology and, in hindsight, they may seem largely negative. I’ve talked about CRE Tech being stuck in the early 2000’s. About how there is no such thing as CRE Big Data. How it may not be possible to do CRE Technology…
Here’s wishing everyone a happy Pi Day!
Pi Day is my favorite random holiday throughout the year. It always brings me joy that more than just math/science people end up celebrating it. There’s something special about the random, unexpected people I see in life celebrating this greatest of days. If something as simple as the format of a date can get people…
Everyone together now: CRE Big Data is a Myth! BONUS: 5 rules to know when Big Data actually gets here.
Every six month this buzzword infested idea pops back up in the industry talking about how “Big Data” is going to TRANSFORM commercial real estate. I suppose it’s probably tied to some conference where the same speaker stands up and just starts launching buzzwords at the crowd making it easy to write attention grabbing headlines….
Celebrating the influence of Women on my career.
Today is International Women’s Day and I thought it would be worthwhile saying a thank you to all of the professional women who have mentored, managed and guided me through my career so far. I’ve been blessed at working for some very talented women to start my career, throughout and in my current role. They’ve…
Every #workplace is only as good as you make it. #WorkplaceWednesday
Designing an office plan is one of the most difficult things to do in support of a business. Every group works differently, has different technology or privacy needs, wants different levels of collaboration space, cares about the creative nature of the space, or simply wants to sit next to the people they work with the…
It takes passion to carry an idea from initiation to completion
Passion is a topic that I’ve been dwelling on a lot recently. There are many levels to passion – short bursts of intensity to day long desires to get something off the plate to long-term smoldering fires of ambition. Each level of passion involves a burning desire to do something. My best work comes during…