Leaders that are confident in their abilities and passionate about the value their organizations deliver welcome new competition. They KNOW in their hearts they have what it takes to deliver value to their customers.  They have strong relationships with their key stakeholders and they course correct regularly to meet the ever-changing needs of the market. 

Do you feel like you have enough experience and insight to adequately guide your Association and MLS through the rapid pace of change our industry is facing? 

News reports yesterday disclosed that OJO Labs and WolfNet were becoming one company. The news traveled fast and furious, despite the fact that the "official" news release was issued this morning on the newswire. How cool is it that one of the hottest Artificial Intelligence startups just bought an established, 20+ year-old real estate data giant? Here are some classic quotes from yesterday news coverage of this historic event: RISMEDIA "The largest aggregator of MLS data has been acquired by one of the industry’s hottest artificial intelligence companies."  “This is probably the most impressive fundamental move toward assisting the industry [...]

As an executive, we all get caught up in the day to day hum of problems, challenges, opportunities and tasks.  We feel good when we get a project completed or have a productive conversation with a staff person or customer.  It’s great when we get to check something off our list!

It’s been a remarkable past few weeks. In September I started my 5th year heading up WAV Group Communications. I can't remember a time in my PR career over the last three decades when I worked so hard but had so much fun. I've enjoyed an exhilarating streak of success for my clients that have made the long hours well-worth those moments of drudge.