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I built a tool for managing shift occupancy. One of the most challenging operational types I have dealt with in terms of occupancy is sites with multiple, overlapping shifts. There is a misconception that shift working often means less hybrid and remote working. I have found, in most instances, this assertion to be wrong. Shift workers often have an easier time working remotely, and their managers are more capable of tracking their performance because their tasks are more structured and consistent. I have worked with sites with shifts across the US, Latin America, South America, India, the Philippines, Asia, and…
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Trust is almost becoming a buzzword these days. Companies use this word when they deploy their hybrid mandates as if claiming to “trust their employees” while treating them as children will improve the situation. Most companies like to brag about how they seek to hire the best and brightest but then get surprised when those same people see through the corporate double-speak. It can be hard for large companies to blindly trust. Senior leaders may have teams of thousands reporting to them with a host of managers of varying styles and qualities. Blind trust is hard to come by. Culture…
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Workplace technology has been undergoing a renaissance over the past five years. A post-pandemic workplace has operational challenges that are difficult to meet through manual operational processes. With increasing rates of both Hybrid and Remote working, the days of the everyday office are quickly disappearing. Supporting your employees’ ability to work asynchronously is now mission-critical. The problem with the Workplace technology renaissance (some may call it a PropTech revolution but the term PropTech has never sat well with me) is that the customer base does not know what it needs. From 2020 to 2022, the focus was on attendance registration…
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Data-driven solutions. That is the goal of almost every real estate transformation plan these days. Of course, it has also been the plan for every business-oriented program for the past twenty years or more. It is the goal that gave rise to the roles of business analyst, data scientist, and operations researcher. If we are going to make data-driven decisions, we need both data and people to analyze it. Sometimes logic leads us to an answer we are not able to deliver. Real Estate data is some of the most difficult to analyze within a corporation and also the most…
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Real Estate Transformation is a hot topic. With the change in how offices are used due to the rise in Hybrid and Remote work styles, there are few companies left without some impact on their offices. When fewer employees are in the office on a busy day, there is less demand for space. Conversely, there is an increased demand for the space that is kept to be as collaborative and functional as possible. A Transformed real estate portfolio is, by necessity, both smaller and more advanced. Every real estate professional I have spoken to over the past three years knows…