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
Innovation Conversation with MetaProp NYC
http://www.metaprop.org/blog/2017/4/13/adam-l-stanley-global-cio-cushman-wakefield
Virtual Reality: The New Reality for Real Estate | Cushman & Wakefield Blog
http://blog.cushwake.com/americas/virtual-reality-cre.html
#Technology: Virtual and Mixed Reality in Real Estate
This brief chat with BuiltWords was part of The Fourth Edition of the Cushman & Wakefield Occupier Edge magazine which highlights insights and trends identified and explained by global real estate experts.
Hiring in an era where everything is digital
Competence is becoming overrated as a hiring driving force. We live in a VUCA business environment — volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous — and technology has allowed executives to open up revenue streams they never thought possible. We don’t necessarily need the most competent financial guy in history; we need a financial guy who can switch between different approaches as it’s called for.
An Uber Experience
Many of us experience the sharing economy as users, not as providers. If we’re not exposed to both sides of it, it’s hard to really understand what’s going on and how it’s going to impact business and growth (and yes, politics and society too) in the next decade and beyond.