Some signs that you may need to be asking others for help: If you think everything is going fine but everyone else is freaking out….you may need to ask for help. If people keep telling you to check your numbers….you may need to ask for help. If you haven’t gotten to that urgent task in…
My #CRE blogging mission: change the dialogue.
Too much of what’s written in the CRE space, whether it be by some of our leading bloggers or news sites that specifically cover the industry, focus on 1) the value added by brokers to transactions, 2) how to win more transactions, 3) market and economic conditions or 4) the importance of workplace. If a post is…
Corporate Campuses are great recruiting tools.
Business Pundit has posted a list of the 10 Coolest Corporate Campuses around the world. I highly recommend you check it out because there are some very cool locations. But to me the bigger picture here is the role that corporate real estate plays in recruitment and retention of employees. If you have a large…
Think Bitcoin isn’t going to become a trend? As universities adopt it, a whole generation will be raised on it.
Days like this make me proud of my graduation from the North Avenue Trade School. Georgia Tech will begin accepting Bitcoin at shops and the football stadium. The best way for new technology to become adopted? Get teens and college students to use it as if there was nothing unusual about it in the first place….
Does 25 years of experience trump 8 years + talent?
For any Boomers that populate this blog, I’ll apologize in advance. This is not directed at all of you, just the ones that like to think that they’ve earned the right to be above everyone else. I have had the pleasure of working with some amazing people that cover every generation currently in the workplace….
Time Tracking – what do you actually work on?
One of the most useful tools I’ve found over my career is simple time tracking. At first I was skeptical about it. Tracking everything I do? Seems a lot like busy work. But now that I’ve done it for several years it has yielded quite interesting information on both way I work on currently but…
Disillusionment is simply the first step on the path of taking charge and fixing the problem.
Disenchantment with the way things are going is common. It’s also a feeling that can make you feel powerless or not in control of your own fate. Disillusionment can take you out of your comfort zone and turn you from an A player to someone standing on the sidelines very quick. The feeling could come…
Does anyone else get a kick when people use Anonymous images for regular stories?
Every few days I see a new article in my news feed that shows a picture of people wearing the Guy Fawkes masks used by Anonymous. Usually these images are used completely incorrectly. Anonymous is a group of activists/”hacktivisits” that go after bad behavior on the internet. This group can (essentially) be joined by anyone and generally…
Most current Internet of Things discussions are misguided.
If you haven’t heard of the Internet of Things (IoT) yet, count yourself lucky. I can still clearly remember the first time that I heard someone bring it up in as a question at a conference – 5 years ago now. It was a growing concept that now often takes on fever pitch when people…
Sometimes the best way to make friends is to not be friendly.
I’ve had my mentoring hat on quite a bit over the last month passing along some of the lessons I have learned in my career. One of the hardest lessons I have had beaten into me is that you can’t be friends with everyone. When things aren’t going well, being friendly doesn’t get work done….