What story? That’s the problem . . . commercial real estate development in the past several decades has lacked a story. A few have gotten it right, but many have not. Most of it is boring, boring, boring and it is all starting to look the same. When the commercial real estate market comes back,…read more
Monday, August 31st, 2009
I found a article from Time Magazine, dated July 25, 1969 titled, ESSAY: ON COURAGE IN THE LUNAR AGE. The opening paragraph says: “ “COURAGE leads starward; fear toward death”, wrote Seneca. Man needs courage simply to live in spite of knowing that he must die. He needs it to live richly – to take…read more
Monday, August 24th, 2009
I was the COO of an international corporate finance company when the mayhem in the financial world let loose in the fall of 2008. It didn’t matter how long you had done business with a counterparty, or how much money they had made from you in the past. This was war; relationships became meaningless, and…read more
Monday, August 17th, 2009
Business can learn a lot from the design world. First and foremost, if business leaders simply started their day like a designer and asked, “What do I want to create today”, we might be a little further down the path of adapting businesses to be more in line with society today as opposed to society…read more
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
There is a great article by S. Mitra Kalita in today’s WSJ titled Outsourcing is Out, which discusses new “ . . . borderless partnerships to facilitate innovation and efficiency”, as the next wave of evolution in global outsourcing. In other words, though stronger connectivity the business world will find a way to move forward…read more
Friday, July 10th, 2009
What Promotes Collaboration Inside Organizations? Without the proper culture and structure, collaboration and all of its benefits will elude even the most determined company. Stakeholders, organizational structure, leadership style, culture, and mission must all be properly aligned in order to create a model that promotes collaboration and success. Like creativity, collaboration cannot be forced; it…read more
Friday, July 10th, 2009
As I sit here in late July 2009 writing about Collaboration, two very distinct examples are dominating the media. One is an astounding feat of collaboration and courage that sucked an entire nation into its drive for success. The other, an embarrassment to that same nation 40 years later as a group of intelligent and…read more
