Colin Dyer Chief Executive Officer Jones Lang LaSalle From the plane home to Washington, here are three main conclusions, and challenges, that I took from the last four days in Davos. Understand that China and India are now world players China and India are incredibly confident. Their companies are going to play an ever more important [...]
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Final Thoughts on Davos 2011
Christian Ulbrich Chief Executive Officer, EMEA Jones Lang LaSalle This was certainly one of the fastest weeks in my life. The number and intensity of meetings, panels and other sessions contributed to a loss of any sense of time. Then suddenly it was Saturday, the last full day of WEF 2011. Political and economic trends [...]
Alumni, sustainability, capital flows, diversity and royalty
Christian Ulbrich Chief Executive Officer, EMEA Jones Lang LaSalle The strength of alumni Davos is not only about serious discussions. There are also receptions to attend. As the clock moved toward 11pm on Thursday, I found myself in the famous Hotel Belvedere, since it seemed an acceptable time to close the business part of the [...]
Friday’s agenda: Clients, a Prime Minister and a Treasury Secretary, Retrofit Financing and Dinner with the Bank
Colin Dyer Chief Executive Officer Jones Lang LaSalle Listening to Clients Friday was primarily a client day. I met with Hotels, LIM and Corporate and Investor clients from India, Canada, the U.S, the UK, France, Japan, the Philippines and the Middle East, and with a global consulting company. These senior contacts, which are all very [...]
Key success factors and how Davos enables business
Christian Ulbrich Chief Executive Officer, EMEA Jones Lang LaSalle Technology meets real estate After writing yesterday’s blog, I set out to participate in a Technology Industry dinner to learn more about where that industry is heading. Besides being a largely US-dominated group, there were only three participants from other industries, one from infrastructure, one [...]
Regulating banks and avoiding “unrecoverable errors”
Colin Dyer Chief Executive Officer Jones Lang LaSalle The theme of confidence continued to resonate among the dozens of people I’ve spoken with in the last 24 hours. That’s encouraging for business prospects in general, and for our business in particular, in terms of driving demand for real estate of all sorts over the next [...]
Creating “Shared Norms for the New Reality”
Colin Dyer Chief Executive Officer Jones Lang LaSalle The theme of this year’s Davos meeting is “Shared Norms for the New Reality.” It may be too early to draw any conclusions about shared norms, but there is definitely a new reality on display. As I said this morning in interviews with BBC World TV and [...]
Initial thoughts from Christian Ulbrich
Christian Ulbrich Chief Executive Officer, EMEA Jones Lang LaSalle Arriving at the World Economic Forum for the first time, I was immediately impressed by the Swiss-made perfect organisation as well as the high level of security. But before talking about Davos, some remarks on my Tuesday morning. I started my travel with a stop at [...]
Greetings – and first impressions – from Davos
Colin Dyer Chief Executive Officer Jones Lang LaSalle Hello from Davos, where, from now through Sunday, I’m once again attending the World Economic Forum. This is my fourth visit, but it’s new in the sense that Christian Ulbrich, our EMEA CEO, is joining me this year. Christian and I plan to divide our time over [...]
Coming soon from the World Economic Forum in Davos
Watch this space for the 2011 edition of Notes from Davos, an exclusive look at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Starting Tuesday, January 25, you’ll get an inside look at this invitation-only meeting from Jones Lang LaSalle CEO Colin Dyer and Jones Lang LaSalle EMEA CEO Christian Ulbrich. They’ll share their [...]