Riding a wave of change
Perhaps more so than most of these industries, the commercial real estate industry has been slow to both recognize and embrace change.
Innovations that are Changing our Industry
My interview on Technological Innovations and CRE Realcomm/IBcon 2015 Conference in San Antonio, TX In the interview, I discuss the rapid pace of technological changes in commercial real estate; the use of virtual reality for viewing property; DTZ’s use of analytics to help clients make smarter decisions; as well as the future potential for drones […]
Gartner Quadrants revisited
New Gartner Magic Quadrant for BI and Analytics Platforms is more evidence of my point about these quadrants from my blog post “Mind Your Quadrants”.
My #SoapBox: Put down your smartphones
Could it be that your Mr or Mrs Right is standing in front of you at Starbucks or Protein Bar? Put down your smartphones people. Let me repeat. Put down your smartphone. Well, after you read this blog of course. Every morning, I stand in line at Starbucks waiting for my daily grande black eye […]
Disruption: Thinking like our ancestors
At the end of the day, perhaps disruption is a lot more simple than we make it seem at these mega conferences like OpenWorld. Perhaps disruption is simply a relentless focus on consumers: your clients, employees and investors.
#TechNotes: Mind your quadrants please
We need to discuss and determine which tool can best help us answer specific questions at the optimal cost to value ratio for our current and immediate future needs. Not just follow a quadrant.
#TechNotes: Facebook, Snapchat, and the new new thing
For now, I have sold my Facebook holding and bought a small Twitter holding so I can enjoy a brief ride on the wave of the current big thing. And I patiently await the next next big big thing. Oh wait! There it is….