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December 29, 2012 Take a step back and ask what’s more important: taking in what’s online or taking in what’s right in front of you? This article might be something to think about for 2013. (The article As Told by John McGreavy appeared in the December 12, 2012 Information Week The author is the real-life...
October 15, 2013 Blackstone Blog – Some interesting comments, we might all want to consider The Chairman and Founder of Blackstone’s Ventures Funds reflects upon lessons learned in the 1st 80 years of his life, Blackstone’s Byron Wien Discusses Lessons Learned in His First 80 Years (founder Blackstone Ventures) 02/12/2013 I was scheduled to speak about the...
I am indebted to an Associate and friend – Jim Sinopoli – CEO – Founder of Smart Buildings www.smart-buildings.com for his insight and thought about words and phrases, we should avoid when creating specifications and other related documents. We wanted to share them with you. 20 Most Ambiguous ‘Weasel’ Words and Phrases not to be...
The 13th Annual REALCOMM event was attended by some 400 delegates representing major Real Estate owners, property developers, major tenants and the Federal Government. The theme of this Conference was ‘BEYOND ROI’ – Driving Business Value with Technology. The focus was on how to get beyond the defensive posture of cost justification for every IT expenditure...
In all Marketing Activities there are three major objective standards towards which effort must be directed: Return on Investment Net Profit as a Percent of Sales Sales and Market Participation In order to establish goals and manage your resources towards their achievement, you must recognize and become involved with a wide range of key business...
The economic challenges of the past several years have driven home the significant need among corporate real estate managers, real estate developers, brokers and building managers to find ways to cut costs keep space filled and seek alternative way to reduce energy consumption. The rising price of electricity and other fuels along with the growing...
Innovation represents an act of spontaneity or being creative, yet most people recognize it to be a change in the thought process for doing something or “new stuff” that is made. It may refer to an incremental emergent or radical and revolutionary change in thinking, products processes or organizations. Scholarly literature on innovation typically distinguishes...
Unlike Corporate Boards, as found in Public or near Public Companies, advisory boards have no fiduciary responsibility. Times to meet and frequency are up to the needs and matters to be dealt with. What all boards share is this? a. They advise b. They evaluate c. They play devil’s advocate If you want to build...
Most of us probably think we know our customers pretty well. But do we? At a recent meeting that I attended, the President announced that their best client had taken their business to a competitor. The president explained that with our increased reliance on E-mails, faxes and computer to computer technology to do business, the...
The Intelligent Building is really all about the: 1. Ability to control functions such as heating, cooling, water ,sewage, life safety, communications, and other related activities from a central point 2. A means of getting real-time information about what is happening within the structure – especially as it applies to energy consumption and the overall health and location of the...
