CoreNet Chicago

The Wilson brand has long served as the connector between an athlete and his or her true potential. Wilson’s new headquarters in downtown Chicago articulates, celebrates, and activates this legacy in the city’s dynamic urban fabric. Discover the driving forces that led to a major corporate downtown move and how curiosity, inspiration, and branded environments can connect the passion for sports to the needs of a robust business. Eric Gannon, Project Lead and Principal at Gensler and Wilson’s Molly Wallace, will be sharing the process that fortified the iconic brand’s return to downtown Chicago.

Speakers:

Molly Wallace – Director of Special Projects & Consumer Innovation, Wilson Sporting Goods

Eric Gannon – Studio Lead & Principal, Gensler

September 13th luncheon featuring the topic, “Hang on to Top Talent” – how an emphasis on continuous onboarding using technology and the workplace environment can guarantee employee engagement and retention.

Moderator

Christine Dansereau - Research Knowledge Manager, Perkins+Will

Speakers

John Golden - Entrepreneur and Founder/Principal, Table XI

Adam Stoltz - Managing Director – Workplace Experience & Strategy, Transwestern

DeJeana Chappell – Sr. Managing Director, Workplace Strategy, Savills Studley

Prompted by a recent CoreNet Global Leadership Summit in Atlanta, the program will provide updates on CoreNet Global and CoreNet Chicago with emphasis on the initiatives that are in process. For the members in attendance, ways in which to get involved will be discussed. For the guests in the room, the program will underscore the benefits of becoming a member.

Participants & Topics:

David Kamen, CoreNet Global Chairman: CoreNet Global update and initiatives

Committee Updates from Membership, CRC, University Outreach, Learning, Young Leaders and Sponsorship: How to get involved with CoreNet

Top Ten Networking Tips: How to Boost Your Network

Moderator:

Tony Smaniotto, Pepper Construction & Chairman, CoreNet Global Chicago Chapter

Studies show that only 28% of employees feel like their employer is fully utilizing their skills and only 13% of employees are 'highly engaged' while 26% are 'actively disengaged' while at work.

Please listen as our speakers will address the causes for this disconnect and provide techniques to improve engagement and the employee experience, resulting in improved business performance.

Speakers

Elizabeth Dukes, Co-Founder & CMO, iOffice

Vik Bangia, Founder and CEO, Verum Consulting, LLC

March’s CoreNet Luncheon hosted 10 thought-provoking, thought-leading speakers from commercial real estate and other related industries. Each speaker was allotted a 3-minute time frame to discuss any topic they wish; the audience, decided who the “winner” was at the end of the program.

What is Your Awareness IQ? - Steve Monaco - Monaco & Co

Cost Segregation & Tax Laws - Michele Pasquale - Meridian Financial

Danger of Remote Work - Drew DePriest - Comfy

Corporate Storytelling - Christian Wicks - C & W Services

Industry Diversity Challenges - Collete English Dixon - Roosevelt

Effective Communication, Leadership and/or Empowerment in the Workplace - Lillian Harris - Inspirational Speaker

Employee Experience & Brand Intersection - Julie Maggos, Director of Experiential Graphic design - IA

Bold Questions in CRE – Tim Swanson - Skender

The End of Mega; How Craft Product & Customization are Changing RE and the World - Christine Beaudoin - JLL

The upper Midwest states are increasingly winning business attraction on the local, national and global stage.

Join CNG Chicago Chapter and a distinguished panel of Economic Development ‘C’-Suite Executives who are making a major impact on our economy and our real estate.

Future proofing is a strategy companies are beginning to explore. Companies like Barry Wehmiller, Next Jump, Cummins Inc., GoDaddy and others are investing in resilient cultures as the hedge to an unpredictable future. Measuring employee experience is a new trend to understanding the health of organizations. Happiness has become a new metric for assessing employee experience.

Listen to a panel who has invested the last two years researching the future of resilient culture. Their research will be released in May in the book The Healthy Workplace Nudge. Come and learn personal strategies to build personal resilience.

Companies have relied on economic forecasting as a hedge to the future. The unpredictable nature of markets, social trends, political events and technology require a new strategy - resilience.

Data centers have become a prevalent part of today's society and a critical component to most company's business and real estate portfolios.

Please join us in this panel discussion to learn more about how data centers and the cloud are disrupting the corporate real estate portfolio and why they are the lynch pin to powering modern business.

Executives from TransUnion, Boston Consulting Group and Google will be joining us to discuss their experiences in planning and procuring data centers, recent trends in the industry, and what tips you need to know when your organization is developing a data center strategy

The current workplace is made up of many generations of professionals – from Baby Boomers, to Gen X, to Millennials; all of whom view their workplace differently. How has it evolved over their careers? What are the themes they are seeing today? What is important to each generation? It’s important to consider each generation when imagining the “ideal” workplace and we hope this session will give better perspective(s) into what that workplace looks like from all generational lenses.

Brand exists in the mind of the customer. We do our best to shape it over time. Part of the challenge is ensuring consistency through all experiences with your brand.

This panel of experts speaks on examples of using space to further the brand, what has worked, as well as what they have learned through bringing a brand to life through space.