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Choosing a Contractor
In construction, there is an old adage that it’s possible to be good, fast, or cheap. Pick two. This makes it particularly important to choose the right contractor, or for…
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Eliminating Gray Areas
Over the years, we’ve done a lot to try to streamline our processes so we’re not wasting time on the information gathering trail. I’ve never put a name to the…
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We Are All In This Together
Mentorship doesn’t always have to come from the more experienced generation to younger team members. There is room for us all to learn from each other. I’ve been reading a…
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Looking Back…And Looking Forward
We have all gone through more in the last year than we would have ever imagined possible. If there is anything I have learned, it is to stay nimble and…
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Balancing Culture and Climate
My FMI buddies always say that culture eats strategy for breakfast. I recently attended a workshop where the topic of corporate culture was addressed and compared to corporate climate, a…
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Creating an Authentic Experience
Last week we were in Las Vegas to attend ICSC RECon, which I have always considered a family reunion of retail. It’s a chance to visit with longtime friends and make a few new ones…
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A Trip to the Dark Side and Back Again
A break in, or a ransom letter. An invitation to the dark web. It sounds like a movie plot, but it played out here last month. A computer hacker waited until about 7:20 pm,…
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Navigating at Altitude
This week I attended our annual ULI Chapter meeting here, where Anita Kramer of ULI’s Washington headquarters presented ULI’s “Emerging Trends in Real estate 2018,” a real estate lookahead produced jointly…
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Maybe I’m a Stoic
I am wondering: What if we approached our jobs and what we do every day a bit more like the Stoics? To summarize Wikipedia, these ancients thought that happiness comes from…
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Things Aren’t Always What They Seem
This last week, I made my annual pilgrimage to the ICSC Recon convention in Las Vegas in support of our retail group. At any convention, I have always found one…