Adapt

Disruption Is Coming to Commercial Real Estate Brokerage. Are You Ready?

By: Blaine Strickland

Narrated by: Blaine Strickland

Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's summary

Disruption is all around us. Things are changing rapidly. The pace of change is quickening. You can feel it every day - in your personal life and in your work in the commercial real estate arena.

Best-selling author Blaine Strickland examines nine forces that he believes are poised to disrupt your world. You are already aware of some of the changes underway, and you'll find valuable insight into those changes. Other forms of change are less apparent, and Strickland alerts you to their potential for disruption.

In this audiobook, Strickland organizes these forces into three groups:

• The transformation of our clients
• The activities of the biggest players in the arena
• The demographic evolution of our work force

As you walk through these ideas with the author, you will find yourself alarmed, amused, challenged, and encouraged. You can use this information to measure, prepare for, and integrate the creative destruction that accompanies disruption. Strickland gained these insights over a lifetime in the industry while playing many different roles, and then he sharpened them through research, reading, attending conferences, interviewing key players, and exposing his ideas to focus groups. This is a unique set of ideas and recommendations, bolstered by evidence, anecdotes, and real-life examples.

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Brilliantly Insightful!

This is the second terrific book from Blaine Strickland, following Thrive.
Adapt is a deep dive into Blaine Strickland's experience, research and vision.
And what a vision it is! By turns it's scary, inspiring and exciting and everyone in our industry needs to read this book and contemplate its implications. Blaine is our Sherpa along the challenging route to the future of our industry as its tectonic plates shift under our feet. Thank you, Blaine, for your excellence, guidance and deep thinking.

Great book Blaine!

I greatly enjoyed the book, it is very interesting, informative, and insightful. I highly recommend it to anyone in the commercial real estate business.

This book will scare you, but prepare you.

When I bought the book I intended to read this over the course of a couple weeks since it is difficult to fit reading in to an already busy schedule. Well, that idea went out the window. I read it in one sitting. I couldn't help it because Blaine introduced ideas and concerns I had never contemplated about the future of commercial real estate. I'll say this, at first it scared me because the disruptions that Blaine introduces were all too realistic, especially when he backs it up with other industry examples. As a CRE practitioner myself you can either be scared and do nothing and pretend you didn't just read this book......or you can be figuring out how to capitalize on the inevitable disruptions coming to the industry. I plan to do the latter. I've read Blaine's other book, Thrive, so I knew Blaine would be writing some truly fantastic thought provoking material in Adapt. Blaine is a 30,000 foot thinker, he always has been. Everything I read from him leaves you putting a book down and saying to yourself, "holy crap, why didn't I think of that", or "yes, of course, that makes total sense." If you're in CRE, I highly recommend readying both his books or you could be left behind in this extremely fast moving industry.

Great nuggets of wisdom!

Easy to listen to and chock full of actionable advice. Required reading for commercial brokers especially in these times of crisis and upheaval.

Change is good!!

This is a great book and very informative. Every Commercial Real Estate professional should read this book.

Outstanding book for real estate brokers!

Blaine wrote a thought-provoking and timely book about the commercial real estate brokerage industry. Gain valuable insight and prepare for the future (as disruption is inevitable and fast approaching) by reading Adapt!

Matt Martinez
Principal, Beacon Hill Property Group
Miami, FL

What an amazing book to prepare commercial real estate agents

We own a boutique commercial real estate firm in Orlando this book has help me realize what we need to do to disturb our industry and most important to quickly move to the changes

Thought provoking & insightful

I was able to relate to all of the book. I am a CCIM. I started my firm 18 years ago. I have a Electrical Engineering degree so technology is my side hobby. The author opened my eyes and allowed me to view the industry in a new light. Great read!

Very well done

This was well read and provided an ample amount of relevant information for anyone in, or entering, CRE as a profession. HBS's perspectives and guidance are thought-provoking and intelligent.

Insightful, actionable steps

Everyone connected to commercial real estate needs to read this book. Blaine's realistic industry predictions could impact every area of CRE. Get hardcover copy for everyone in the office.