Harvard Business Review
JUNE 16, 2015
Consider three critical mega-trends: resource constraints and rising commodity prices; climate change and extreme weather; and radical, technology-driven transparency. Resource constraints mean organizations have to use less stuff. Real estate or hospitality companies with major coastal assets may want a Sea Level Rise Officer.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 17, 2017
In fact, any data that exists on work in an office reveals that most employees aren’t engaged , waste a lot of time in the office not working , and that employee underperformance persists despite the omnipresence of management. Even worse, the direct costs of maintaining the traditional office-based workplace are high. Why is that?
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Harvard Business Review
JULY 14, 2017
If 19th-century urban planners had had access to big data, machine learning techniques, and modern management theory, these tools would not have helped them. Rising sea levels flood Manhattan in Kim Stanley Robinson’s New York 2140 , prompting hedge fund managers and real estate investors to create a new intertidal market index.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 12, 2018
Real estate developers are integrating automation systems, sensors, and mobility options into their properties. Other telecoms are offering solutions such as smart parking and waste management systems. The implications of smarter cities loom especially large for the real estate industry.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 15, 2018
This notion is reflected by statements such as “We have seen similar examples of driven, competent men who take risks and manage to make it thrive,” and “He has proven to sustain his persistence all the way.” Value of real estate: the scope of collateral for taking on larger loans. Risk-taking.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 20, 2014
This is quite a different scenario with greater constraints on the presenter and fewer tools to engage the audience. When communicating from a seated position, success depends on your relationship with the audience and how well you can engage them within certain constraints. Communication Managing yourself Presentations'
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 4, 2016
In other words, they sold their real estate assets to institutional investors and private wealth funds, and they began to operate as essentially management companies focused on defining a brand proposition, marketing and generating sales.
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