The Leader - January/February 2008 - (Page 68) GloB al i N Nova tor ’s aWards keY F iNdiNGs celebrating innovation 2007 h. Bruce russell Global innovator’s award Since its launch in 2000, the Global Innovator’s Award has reflected a rich array of new thinking and leadership in many management disciplines including but extending well beyond corporate real estate (CRE) and workplace. Its true impact is the business success for the corporate enterprises served by our award nominees, who stand at the intersection of innovation and application, ideas and solutions. Winners are multi-dimensional, as supporters of the award observe. “Innovation is the most important tool that companies have to gain a competitive edge,” comments award co-sponsor Joseph Brancato, Vice President and Managing Principal for Gensler. “Innovation is about creating value,” adds co-sponsor Greg Schementi, Senior Vice President for UGL Equis. “Creating partnerships is a key element of our innovation agenda,” concludes cosponsor Hans Gant, Senior Vice President of Economic Development for the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. coNGratUlatioNs, 2007 aWard WiNNers eva l Uat i NG t he No m i Ne e s CoreNet Global thanks the award competition’s nine judges who had the difficult task of reviewing, evaluating and choosing this year’s winners from the 32 nominations received: Panel Chair, Mark Gorman, MCR, Nortel Buzz Anderson, Cox Enterprises Jeff Elie, Kaplan, Inc. Michael Joroff, MIT Don Moulton, MCR, NCH Corp. Dr. Martha O’Mara, Harvard University Frank Robinson, MCR, McKesson Corp. Barry Varcoe, Royal Bank of Scotland Dr. Jacqueline Vischer, University of Montreal Category 1 WINNER: Innovations in Corporate Real Estate and Workplace Management Including Government Agencies Sprint – Mosaic The Mosaic Program is a methodology for developing optimal real estate solutions by simultaneously creating strategy at three different stages: 1) space; 2) portfolio; and 3) market. Mosaic leverages the real estate organization’s “balcony view” of the enterprise by optimizing and leveraging between all asset classes (retail, office, call center, etc.) and all business strategies. Made up of many separate pieces that create a unified whole, Mosaic extends the capabilities of traditional analytics by making spatial analytics the cornerstone of its technological capabilities. Category 2 WINNER: Innovations by Service Providers CB Richard Ellis - optimizing CRE through Work Force Longevity Analysis CBRE’s Labor Analytics Group developed a risk evolution tool, The Work Force Longevity Model can identify which of its client’s operations may be in markets that would maximize their success, and which may be at risk today, or in the near future. It analyzes several competitive, market, and client factors in order to determine the longevity of each labor market. It is Winners of the 2007 Global innovator’s award are sprint, cB richard ellis and the General services administration. special thanks to award cosponsors Gensler, metro atlanta chamber of commerce and UGl equis. pictured (from left) at the recent coreNet Global summit in atlanta are: coreNet Global ceo prentice knight, Joe Brancato (Gensler), hans Gant (metro atlanta chamber), Faye davis (sprint), coreNet Global chairman david harris (sun microsystems), kristin Beatty (cBre), Greg schementi (UGl equis), and charles matta (Gsa). 2 0 0 8 th e le ade r 68 J aN Ua rY / F e B rUa r Y
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