A recent report from CoreNet Global states that the Corporate Real Estate (CRE) in India has a bumpy road ahead. CRE as a specialized function and profession in India arrived with multinational corporations (MNCs) and their outsourced service providers about a decade ago. In most Indian companies dedicated Corporate Real Estate departments delivering end-to-end services….Continue Reading
Learning from 170,000 Federal Teleworkers
August 9, 2012 by
Imagine coordinating information on 2.1 million employees, 87 different organizations, and 170,000 teleworkers. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is required to do just that. The 2010 Telework Enhancement Act mandated government agencies to implement telework policies and the OPM to track organizational and environmental impacts. Last month, OPM released their first report, 2012 Status….Continue Reading
So What Do YOU Tell People You Do? Effectively conveying your value proposition in Corporate Real Estate
July 30, 2012 by
How many times are you at an industry or networking event and you have the opportunity to answer this question “So, what do you?”. The first few times I said I worked in “corporate real estate”, the person’s eyes glazed over and followed up with questions about the generic real estate market. I’m sure….Continue Reading
Life-sustaining Organizations: work environments that nourish people, profits and planet
June 18, 2012 by
Is an organization more like a clock or a tree? Are the people of an organization replaceable cogs in a mechanism or unique contributors to the life of the whole organism? Do the boundaries of an organization stop at its periphery or extend organically into the environment beyond its structure? Unlike the prevailing view of….Continue Reading
Brand Transformation and Real Estate: Three global case studies
May 7, 2012 by
Does your workplace reflect your company’s brand? Here are some examples, showcased in REBRAND 100® Global Awards, of companies from different industries whose holistic brand transformation campaigns have included and extended to real estate. Each company solves a particular rebrand challenge be it repositioning, revitalizing, restructuring, or redesign of existing brand’s assets to address strategic goals.….Continue Reading
