How you present your message matters. If you choose to put a table in your presentation that is in Calibri size 11 font copied straight out of Excel with no formatting I will lose respect for your ability to show information. Having a minimal level of design is of critical importance to your long term…
What do Public Parks have to do with the modern #office design?
I’ve noticed a trend with modern office concepts – they are quickly becoming more and more like public parks. As the analogy initially came to mind it just felt right. Especially when you look to where the future is going with options like co-working spaces and the coffee shop office. Think of the best traits…
5 Rules for Making #CRE Processes Work for You
I haven’t done a list in awhile so let’s try one today to summarize down some topics I’ve been writing about recently. If you want to make your CRE processes work better keep these things in mind: Figure out what you are trying to solve for. A process that simplifies Lease Administration abstractions is not…
LinkedIn to become part of the Microsoft team.
I used to be pretty heavily anti-Microsoft. Too many of the decisions they made over the past twenty years were simply to benefit their entrenched positions and enterprise (re: highly controlled environment) clients. But with the introduction of Satya Nadella as CEO replacing Steve Balmer a new Microsoft was immediately born. They became flexible, innovative,…
When you spend a week drinking from a fire hose, what do you do to make sure you use that info later?
A couple of weeks ago I began trying to incorporate task management into what my daily processes. I’ve been down this road before with any.do, asana, wunderlist and a couple of others. None ever caught on with me. This time I’m trying Google Keep to see if something more integrated with my existing tools helps….
Sometimes in life you are forced to build a car with only 3 wheels.
A few weeks back I was participating in a work team building activity. You probably know the type – 5 people who are mostly recently acquainted have to work together to solve some problem. In our case we had to build a car out of PVC pipes, 4 wheels, a handful of balloons and a…
#UX and #UI concepts are not just for software.
If you deal with customers then you are involved in a User Experience. If your customers do anything more than just call or email you directly then you are involved in User Interface. UX and UI concepts are often thought of as software activities but they apply to any situation that involves customers. I was…
Hope is not a management tool.
Hope is useful in a lot of situations. It gives us a chance to believe that things will turn out at the last minute. It allows us to believe that things are not as bad as they appear. Hope is a foundation for many to get through today and keep going for tomorrow. Hope is…
Champions are often code for trying to keep the status quo.
Champions are people who enhance the value and case of a group through an independent capacity. Some places they may be called Evangelists. They are the people that spread the good word that there is a team around to make life better. Independence is the key because an outside voice carries more weight than someone…
If you don’t know your personal 2 year plan take some time to think through it today.
I’ve been managing for a couple, three years now. It always surprises me to find myself in this position. But it is fascinating to watch myself in it. My biggest question in one-on-ones is always “where do you see yourself in 2 years.” I’m sure people get sick of hearing me ask it but I…