The smallest things are often the most important #WorkplaceWednesday
If you want to be great at real estate, you need to understand the smallest aspects of real estate. What does this mean? To understand location, you need to understand the people. To understand...
View ArticleYou learn the most from the people least like yourself.
No one is ever wrong 100% of the time. No one is ever right 100% of the time. There is no one with the wisdom and knowledge of the whole world. It is our differences that make us better. You will never...
View ArticleFor long-term success, it’s better to have a great team than a few strong...
There’s a fine line required for team chemistry when balancing short-term and long-term success. Short-term success is driven by concrete and measurable actions. You can achieve short-term success...
View ArticleDo you factor culture into your culture?
One of the great things about diversity is that you get the benefits of different cultural viewpoints into your organization. People from different regions and countries approach problems differently....
View ArticleThere is no workplace design or philosophy that will work perfectly without...
Everyone has an opinion on the flexible workplace trend taking place these days. Go look and you’ll be inundated fairly quickly. Most of the articles are negative from people who are personally...
View ArticleDowntime should be a feature of the process, not a bug
Downtime is a word that many people associate with unproductivity. If you are not actively working on something for the company, you are stealing money from the company. This is the premise behind the...
View ArticleIf you think in silos, you will get half-assed solutions
Silos are what happens when people think about their piece of the world in isolation. When real estate groups build a workplace based on what will look good in an industry magazine, they are operating...
View ArticleHow can you establish a culture in the virtual workplace?
There is a huge issue that exists across CRE as the concept of the workplace shifts from being an office to being anywhere: What role does the workplace have in establishing a business culture and how...
View ArticleMerging generational expectations in a single workplace environment
Most current workplaces are made up of varying ratios of four generations: Boomers, Xers, Millenials, and the yet unnamed Gen Z. These groups bring different expectations of what they look for and...
View ArticleUnderstanding context requires both experience in the field and the...
2021 is the year that everyone in every organization became an expert in corporate real estate. I have heard the term “hot desk” used more in the last six months than I have in the last decade....
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