Are you bringing design principles into your real estate solutions? I’m not talking about workplace design or colors or a slick marketing brochure. I’m talking about the structure of the deal. I’m talking about the approach you take to the problem. Design is more than just the visuals that end up in front of our eyes….
The problem with predictions based on data.
Prediction is the art of taking information about the past and applying it to future circumstances to understand what is likely to happen. It is premised on the fact that the future will follow the same or similar rules as the past. Behavior is expected to remain largely consistent over time. For many applications this…
Test your skills with fivethirtyeight.com’s The Riddler
Stumbled upon this weekly puzzle game called the Riddler last week and I think it will become a Friday tradition. I enjoy anything that gets me to think outside the box and forces me to change perspective. It’s one of my big topics around here – changing perspective. Games like this are one good way…
Hacking Thursday. #CRE and the #Hacker Mentality.
I’m going back to one of my personal favorite posts from last year. CRE Needs to Have a Hacker Mentality. I’m bringing back out the rules to remind myself and maybe others will find them helpful as well: Find the limitations in a system (not just computer systems) and exploit them to make them stronger….
Measuring for the #workplace of the future and the issue of “anonymous” data.
Workplace standards, design and tracking are hot topics. Everyone wants to make the most with the least amount of space possible. But the understanding of workplace is quickly beginning to overlap with employee concerns about their own privacy. This brings us to the Quartz article where London’s Daily Telegraph installed sensors on desk chairs to track…
Communication is always step #1 in any solution.
Some may argue and say that Communication is actually deeper and more fundamental. They are technically right but wrong about human nature. It’s been 10 years now since I graduated from college (or Got Out technically). One of my toughest lessons to learn is that not everyone approaches business situations with an eye on fixing…
Thinking about users (#UI and #UX) is for more than just technology.
UI and UX are typically concepts kept firmly within the technology and Industrial Design space these days. The word user directly implies someone who is actively using something. This is often software or a product that has an interface. But does the use of the word User within these concepts prevent others from adopting these…
I cannot believe it has been 10 years since I graduated from Georgia Tech.
Writing some last week caused me to realize that I’ve been out of school for a decade. I now have 10 years of post-graduation experience. This doesn’t seem right. Inside I still feel like its only been 5 years. This isn’t some magical milestone though. Experience starts before graduation and sometimes as far back as…
Who do I want to be?
I’m facing the ambiguously referred to confusing time at work and it marries up nicely to the confusion of CRE and the directions one can take. The paths are many but all connected. Yet none of them need precisely the same skills or lead to the same future outcomes. “Who do I want to be?”…
Welcome to the New Year!
I certainly didn’t end last year with a blogging bang. I pretty much needed to disappear for a couple of months to catch my breath and refocus. It’s only the Monday back from the holidays but I’m thinking it may have worked. That’s a good thing for me and the 2 readers around here. So…