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.

Disrupters learn from the losers

Disrupted - photo collage created by Adam Stanley

We’re all candidates for disruption to some extent. That is going to require a new way for technology leaders, CIOs, CTOs, and others with decision-making oversight to approach their day-to-day jobs.

Applying the food pyramid to Technology

Too often, technology leaders replace legitimate conversations about technology — and how to think about and strategize around it — with a lot of buzzwords and process jargon that doesn’t really help leadership conceptualize the present state and the future state.

Remembering 9/11/01 – Fifteen Years Later

On this day and everyday, choose to remember the good. Adam Stanley

I will never forget the tragedy. But I will also never forget the way we rallied together. On this 15th anniversary, I choose to remember it all. The horror and the light that emerged from the darkness.

Expectations of Senior Leaders

expectations of leaders

The crux of the message is this: You are the leaders of this organization and hold the keys to success. When given a role as a leader, you must immediately transform yourself from an individual contributor that must manage up, to a leader that must manage up, down, and sideways. Here is what I expect of my senior leaders.

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.

You have the power to influence

There are people out there that are looking to YOU to make them feel purpose, to make them want to stick it out and fight as hard as necessary to get things done.