Neil Murray on data analytics
From JLL Work Dynamics CEO on futureproofing offices and strategies for attracting and retaining talent · · New York Stock Exchange
“We can take all of this data and really understand the interplays between portfolio occupancy, energy management, operations, capital budgeting, and generate insights through natural language questions and get real time answers.”
On , Neil Murray, Chief Executive Officer of Real Estate Management Services & Member of Global Executive Board at JONES LANG LASALLE INC, spoke about data analytics during JLL Work Dynamics CEO on futureproofing offices and strategies for attracting and retaining talent on New York Stock Exchange.
About Neil Murray
In a December 2024 interview, Neil Murray, CEO of JLL Work Dynamics, discussed strategies for futureproofing offices amid persistent hybrid work styles. He stated that the primary amenity attracting employees back to the office is "other people and specifically leadership." Murray described the current period as a "Golden Era of Technology Revolution," noting that real estate data can now be harnessed to understand interplays between occupancy, energy management, operations, and capital budgeting, generating insights through natural language questions. Murray observed that clients are wrestling with equity issues, as coming to work can cost more, leading them to consider compensation strategies. He noted that salary differences between locations like New York and San Francisco are becoming "muddied" with remote work. He also said the notion of purpose is increasingly important, and that leadership is shifting from top-down ownership of innovation to "democratizing innovation," with leaders "leading from behind" by providing guard rails and guidance rather than expecting change to be a top-down function.