Types of Hackers and Implications for CRE Remember when businesses kept lots of physical files? There were multiple file cabinets, sometimes basements full of important files. This became unnecessary with the emergence of the personal computer. We no longer need [...]
BOMI-HP Value During this Time Starting a class in the middle of a pandemic was not any property professional’s plan. However, those that had begun or decided to begin the BOMI High Performance designation (BOMI-HP) are finding unexpected value from [...]
Industrial Proactive Maintenance Guide The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International is offering a resource for industrial real estate professionals to assist in evaluating and implementing proactive maintenance strategies for the properti [...]
Looking Out for Colleagues and Team Care Whether a team is continuing remotely or they have begun to re-utilize office space,there are several challenges involved with making sure a team is staying productive and positive during a time of change. Uncertainty is [...]
Request for Proposal (RFP) Best Practices Creating a solid RFP does not happen overnight. Quite a bit of work goes into the RFP creation process before pen ever meets paper. While it may appear obvious, the process of defining, fully understanding the problem or [...]
Building Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives are not to be viewed as boxes to check or numbers to achieve, but rather as strategies to ensure the competitiveness and longevity of an organization. With new vocabulary [...]
Increasing Cybersecurity and Reducing Threats Cybersecurity is, without a doubt, a major concern for building owners and operators today. The assets we manage leverage technology in ways vastly different from just a few years ago and the trend continues to grow. Cam [...]
Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It We all have a little voice in our heads that guides us through our day. Sometimes this voice is our greatest champion, but other times it can be our greatest critic. In his book, Ethan Kross talks about how to make that [...]
Four Steps toward an Empowering Leadership Style Empowering employees, team members and even tenants can make a whole system work better. When people feel empowered they are more likely to want to work and enjoy their work. However, creating this type of work environme [...]
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions Some questions are easily answered in an internet search. However, can computers decode human emotions? Hume decisions? Human impulses? In this interdisciplinary book, Brian Christian and cognitive scientist Tim Griffith [...]
Mindfulness and Self Care: Leadership Competencies Hard work and dedication. These are two words that may come to mind when envisioning the many attributes of a leader. For many years, they seemed to be two of the factors integral to climbing the ladder of success. Altho [...]
Cybersecurity in a Work-from-Home Environment In the rush to set up home computers and offices away from offices, the concept of cybersecurity may not have had space to come up. Now that organizations are considering different re-entry plans and some individuals are [...]
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action Based on the third most popular TED Talk of all time, Start with Why begins with the analysis of a simple question: Why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others [...]
Starting Property Management: Tips for Entering the Industry If you ask a property manager where they started in their career, it is typically far from where they ended up. Commercial real estate and property management attract a variety of different propel from different backgrou [...]
Everything Is Figureoutable A big project lands on your desk. The pipes burst. Your best employee quits. There are plenty of setbacks professionals face on a daily basis. In some situations, it may feel overwhelming or paralyzing. This book by Mari [...]