One of the questions I’ve received a lot recently is “what does the Brexit mean to companies with real estate in the UK?” The question often comes from a sense of urgency to figure out if a change of direction is needed. Will the Brexit cause companies to change their plans for locating in the…
Is this really a must read? I try and hope to make it so. Thanks @DukeLong for another selection to the list!
Lots of new readers coming by today because the ever colorful Duke Long has put BoxThoughts into his Top 50 CRE Blogs You Must Read of 2016. It’s a great list of writers and hopefully you find something here that will keep you coming back. For those new here, I try to write daily but it…
Overcoming the hurdle of short-term stagnation when trying to solve long-term problems as a CRE service provider.
There is a classic situation in business where everyone realizes that there are significant (but often relatively minor impact to today) long-term problems that need to be fixed. Often time the new service provider is brought in with a goal of fixing those problems for the business – usually while also delivering services against the…
Not all bosses are created equal. Know the person you are dealing with.
Apparently Business Insider has been pushing a lot of content to LinkedIn lately. The latest I’ve come across is 33 Things You Should Never Say to Your Boss. What a load of crap. Let’s start with the first. Never say “You’re wrong.” I’ve had a few bosses in my time and can honestly say this…
Never underestimate the power of Influence. Especially regarding managers, respected doers, and overcoming ingrained desires.
Influence. It is one of the primary currencies in the world of business. It’s the reason that so many people fanatically network the way they do. It’s why people present themselves as more than what they are. The more you seem like a person of influence, the more influence you actually have. Similarly, the quiet,…
The Internet of Things is really misleadingly named.
Internet of Things, or IoT as the cool kids call it, is seemingly everywhere. Lightbulbs, thermostats, cameras, watches, glasses, t-shirts, and a growing army of “things.” Each of these are connected back to a smart hub (typically a smartphone app) that allows them to be interconnected and centrally controlled. The word Internet implies certain qualities…
How much is Gravity influencing your behavior?
I love taking scientific phenomena and using them to explain business behaviors. Entropy has been my favorite for a long time but gravity is making a hard run. Talking to a colleague yesterday they mentioned the years we had worked together and how life has its gravity. *BAM* Just like that it hit me how…
No matter anything else, you have to take life by the moment.
The great thing about the future is how unknown it is. Our entire lives could change tomorrow based on nothing that we did. Or two years from now we can find ourselves exactly where we planned to be but through a completely unexpected path. Moments are those seconds, minutes or hours where we find ourselves…
Ideas with the single goal of saving money are rarely going to work.
Cutting costs is important to most businesses. Reducing costs by $25 is often the same as increasing revenues by $100 when you take into account the cost of delivering revenues. Keeping an eye on costs is always a good business move. Issues arise when ways of reducing costs are only concerned with saving money and…
How do you create evangelists for the solutions you are trying to deliver?
Evangelism and business are a good mix. Excitement is the currency that so many of us work from. Once you find a solution that excites the market you push it for all it is worth and ride the wave up. Hopefully that excitement can last longer than just a few months because otherwise it can…