Prioritising technology and maximising its value within an organisation are challenging tasks. This is especially true when different teams have divergent priorities.

It requires ranking what is crucial now, looking at competing interests, a limited budget, and educating an organisation and its stakeholders about the longer-term benefits.

In this interview, Nikki Greenberg, Chief Innovation Officer at Real Estate of the Future, discusses how we can use technology to drive innovation and connection within organisations.

 

Key Takeaways:

  • Tie tech initiatives to your organisation’s goals: If something has to be justified, then it is counterproductive. Businesses should state the desired outcome and technology initiatives should determine the best way to get there.
  • Think differently: we cannot use playbooks or organisational cultures from 20 years ago. It is unrealistic to expect Gen Z to behave like millennials or the generations before them.
  • The conversation about tech needs to be rebalanced so it is seen as a resource instead of a cost. Tech initiatives benefit other teams, and this should be acknowledged beyond cost considerations.
Contributors
Shane Hill Principal Research Analyst at ADAPT
Shane manages ADAPT’s research agenda and is responsible for driving survey evolution.​ He has over 20 years of experience in technology delivery... More

Shane manages ADAPT’s research agenda and is responsible for driving survey evolution.​

He has over 20 years of experience in technology delivery and market intelligence roles. This includes over six years serving technology and services providers at Gartner.​

Shane has deep knowledge of the UK and Australian markets, across financial services, government, professional services and energy/utilities sectors.​

As an IT services expert, he is equipped to advise organisations as they commoditise technology foundations to then differentiate through world-class experiences.​

Shane builds on this expertise to advise on practical ESG, data & AI, and the application modernisation strategies required to realise those aims.​

Less
Nikki Greenberg Chief Innovation Officer at Real Estate of the Future
Nikki Greenberg is a world-leading innovation strategist, focussed on preparing organisations for a tech-enabled future. She helps leaders reimagine their businesses to... More

Nikki Greenberg is a world-leading innovation strategist, focussed on preparing organisations for a tech-enabled future. She helps leaders reimagine their businesses to bring them into alignment with the increasingly digitised way that people live, work and communicate today.

She has held leadership positions with Fortune 500’s, and most recently served as the Head of Technology Strategy at QIC, an Australian investment manager with a $70 Billion portfolio of assets under management.

She is the founder and global ambassador of Women in PropTech and former three-term co-chair of the Technology & Innovation Council for ULI in New York City.

Holding Masters degrees in both Architecture and Commerce, Nikki’s approach brings a balance between pushing possibilities, and practicality. Nikki is a highly regarded thought-leader, frequent speaker at leading global conferences, commentator in the press, and recipient of numerous international awards.

Less
Investments Budgets Culture