Laura Krokus

I would say platforms will continue to be the most important of the three for my career. Being in real estate and residential management we need to continue to utilize and take advantage of how social media leads the line with users and online traffic. It is a great way to get your name and brand out there with such a large audience without…[Read more]

As most have agreed, both the SCM and the CRM is very important to a business organization. I feel the CRM would be most important when needed to decided between one or the other. The CRM will manage and analyze customer interactions, manage sales, marketing, accounting, etc. This will continue to help businesses build and maintain customer…[Read more]

To me, the most interesting innovations have to be those of artificial intelligence. They are changing the way we live, work, and entertain ourselves. Some top examples are Siri, Alexa, and one of my favorites is the Nest. The nest is a learning thermostat that actual learns your living patterns in regards to your heating and cooling needs and…[Read more]

Data is a huge part of my current job being in the residential management field. In order to lease apartments we need to collect data on who needs apartments, where people are going to find apartments, how much people are willing to pay to rent apartments, etc. We then use this data to make sure we are putting our marketing dollars in the right…[Read more]

Decisions trees can be useful in any situation where you have several courses of action. This could be professional or even personal decisions. I know in my profession, a decision tree would very useful to show the application process for renting apartments. There are several different results the applicant could get (accept, accept with…[Read more]

In my current career, I work for a residential management company. I believe the swim lane diagram would be very useful for different tasks that need to be completed that go through various departments. A great example is how to process a security deposit refund. This is a frequent task that starts with the resident and goes through the property…[Read more]

There were a few points that I found very interesting in this video. The thought that we are currently preparing students for jobs that do not yet exist yet blew my mind. It just goes to show how fast changing technology truly is. Another point, like Michael already stated, is how for the first time in history we have 4 generations working side by…[Read more]