A good part of my career has been spent building, implementing, using, training others on and generally dealing with business intelligence and dashboards. I’m one of the biggest advocates you will find for having formal business intelligence practices in place for all areas of a corporation. The biggest reason for this is that dashboards and…
How to sound smart? Write a post going against conventional wisdom.
Sounding really smart online can be quite easy at times but the single easiest way is to post an opinion going against conventional wisdom on a topic. The Bull during a Bear market will always get attention. Saying that open plan office can hurt productivity will catch the right ear. Pointing out that email can…
Should you be using control or influence to drive action?
Different roles and positions require different approaches to getting things done. CEOs are ultimately in charge of everything that happens in a business but depending on the size of the business, the current business cycle and the degree of autonomy leaders under them have they may not choose to dictate how things are done. Many…
Celebrate the home workers on #WorkplaceWednesday
I’ve been a home worker for the past 4 years with some part-time work-from-home for a few years before that even. It took a lot of effort to develop habits that make myself be productive; I’d estimate about 12 months before I developed a consistent rhythm. At this point I feel more productive working predominately…
What will be the state of CRE Technology in five year?
I typically try to avoid doing these prognostication type posts because I believe that (generally speaking) tomorrow is going to be much like today. Sometimes an iPhone comes along and changes the world but even then the change was still relatively gradual for all intents. I had a demonstration from a technology company that made…
It’s #WorkplaceWednesday, stop and think about the intersection of where you work and how you work.
It seems like alliteration around weekday names is a thing and since I’m in the CRE world the big one is Workplace Wednesday. It’s the day we get to celebrate everyone’s favorite place to be: the cube farm! Wait, just kidding. It’s the day we get to celebrate that location where you work! The concept…
Where is the intersection of culture and efficiency?
There is a lot spoken these days about the value of culture. Separately there is a lot spoken about the value of efficiency and getting things done. Even further there is a lot spoken about the value of leadership in making sure that the things that need to happen happens. All three of these concepts…
There is a difference between the story that is told and the reality of the situation unfolding.
The best storytellers in the world take events that aren’t real and spin them out in stories that bring the picture in their head to life. Storytellers of the top caliber become marketers, politicians, consultants and maybe even novelists. However, the majority of storytellers don’t end up writing books. The best piece of sales advice…
iPhone log, Day 12. Things are bleak but looking up.
Recently I changed my mobile service provider from T-Mobile to Verizon. It was a choice made with the intent of getting better service in my house (where service in the downstairs is spotty to be generous). Having been an Android user since the HTC G1 and a Nexus user since the Nexus 5 (it’s not…
Information and Data is the basis of everything real estate related, be sure you invest resources in it.
It may seem unnecessary to point out, but we are living in the Information Revolution. It’s spurred on by the increase in digital communications but the simple fact is that our world is all about harnessing information for the maximum return. If Return on Information could be accurately calculated it would likely be the new…