Product Build

The PropTech Overview Proptech, or property technology, has improved the way residential and commercial real estate firms interact with their customers and brokers, as well as rent and sell properties while also providing ease in collecting valuable industry data and managing a robust portfolio of properties. An example of companies in the property technology industry […]

Technological innovation is shifting the way we interact and do business on a daily basis. For many, the pandemic exposed digital shortcomings for companies and fueled investment into custom software development to better serve their end-users. Commercial real estate has long been viewed as a “legacy industry”; one in which has adopted the same processes […]

The Codelitt team was pleased to participate in the Re:Connect webinar this past June with a panel describing some foundational concepts in digital transformation in Commercial Real Estate with our presentation entitled “Digital Diagnostics: from Symptom to Solution” The panel discussion showcases three members of Codelitt’s leadership team speaking about the role of User Experience […]

The Codelitt team was pleased to participate in the Re:Connect webinar this past June with a panel describing some foundational concepts in digital transformation in Commercial Real Estate with our presentation entitled “Digital Diagnostics: from Symptom to Solution” The panel discussion showcases three members of Codelitt’s leadership team speaking about the role of User Experience […]

The Codelitt team was pleased to participate in the Re:Connect webinar this past June with a panel describing some foundational concepts in digital transformation in Commercial Real Estate with our presentation entitled “Digital Diagnostics: from Symptom to Solution” The panel discussion showcases three members of Codelitt’s leadership team speaking about the role of User Experience […]

In a previous post, I wrote about the problems with corporate innovation: rules and processes designed to keep the status quo like decision-making by consensus, general risk aversion, etc. Since then we’ve continued helping our corporate clients overcome these hurdles in our corporate skunkworks, innovation, and R&D program, and I thought I’d write a follow-up […]

Discovering the Problem Startups are swallowing corporations’ markets. This is mainly because corporations struggle with innovation, regardless of how much they use that word in press releases and PPT presentations. About 7 years ago we started Codelitt, a corporate skunkworks and product incubator company. We build startups for corporations and invest 20% of our time […]

A changing industry These are interesting times for Real Estate. “Uncertainty” has become the mantra for industry analysts when asked what will happen in the coming months following the wake of a pandemic-fueled economic crisis. Nobody knows when or how the “new normal” is going to hit them. Yet, as tenants pause leasing decisions and […]

The term ‘Product Owner’ (PO) comes from the agile methodology of software development. It represents the person in charge of taking the vision of a product and translating that into scope, features and priorities. In essence, the PO drives the direction of the product while staying true to the original goals, maximizing value and delivering […]

I’m an avid reader. For a long time now, my primary source of information has come in the form of newsletters. The main advantage of the newsletter format for me is that I can surround myself with information sources I trust. This approach makes it easy to organize the content I’m interested in. Of course, […]

There is a commonly held misconception that fast decisions are not good decisions. A mentality that believes adding layers of management, oversight, meetings, reports, and committees, will ensure better decisions. In reality, it leads to throwing random thoughts at assumed problems and sending departments in opposite directions in search of ghosts. When we think of […]

Learn what user testing methods are right for you during your stage of product development User Testing is an integral part of the product development process and can save thousands of dollars when implemented correctly. Throughout the development lifecycle, product owners can often feel stuck when trying to imagine all the quirks a user needs […]

Introduction The process for building, selling and leasing properties has changed over the last few years. No matter what part of the real estate industry you’re in – land, residential, commercial or industrial – every sector has been doing some extreme heavy lifting to catch up with digitization. But 2020 has radically changed the perspectives […]

I don’t know anyone that truly enjoys going to the doctor. For most people scheduling an appointment means that something is not only wrong, but it’s gotten to the point where action must be taken. Similarly, companies like to manage their own organizational health themselves for the most part. Just as a patient might say, […]

What makes an idea or product innovative? It depends on who you ask, but most answers can be boiled down to the process of creating purpose-driven value. For an organization, this process could be focusing on creating a new product for its customers or streamlining internal workflows to enable greater productivity. They could be exciting, […]