The Embarrassment Bias
The slippery slope of getting what we pay for So, this blog may get me into a bit of hot water, but oh well. Here’s the deal: I wish I had the time to actually do more research, but I’ve been mulling over ideas around pricing and quality that I wanted to test with you […]
Leading Change in the Digital Age: Part 2
Leading Change in the Digital Age Part Two: Beware Complacency! Being an early adopter has its perils, but sitting on the sidelines thinking no major action is needed can be the kiss of death for any company navigating disruptive waters In my last blog, I reviewed the magnitude of change swamping commercial real estate and […]
Leading Change in the Digital Age: Part 1
Leading Change in the Digital Age Part One: People Get Ready! It’s no revelation that tech is moving at light speed, but all sectors including commercial real estate must track and manage the coming magnitude of change or find themselves paying the high price of ignorance People in and outside of the commercial real estate world […]
Effective partnerships drive innovation
What Makes a Great Partnership? The business world today is in a state of flux. New companies enter the ecosystem every day, bringing with them new technologies and business models, any one of which could transform an entire industry from the ground up. Most companies want to use this current of change to drive innovation. […]
Do IT Like Darwin
This blog first appeared on CIO.com. What’s Darwin going to teach us about business in 2017? It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. Charles Darwin (misattributed) So it turns out most people think that Darwin never really wrote this or said […]
Avoid the Value Destroying Arms Race
Arms races rarely serve the best interests of “citizens”, in the case of corporations, our clients and customers. Thus, we believe we must seek first to understand unmet client demand and then invest in technologies and solutions that address those needs. We will not make technology investments from a position of fear, ego, or irrational impulse.
Cushman & Wakefield CIO builds innovation through partnerships
Check out this piece about our partnership philosophy. https://www.cio.com/article/3191534/it-industry/cushman-and-wakefield-cio-builds-innovation-through-partnerships.amp.html