3. Chief Innovation Officer at Avison Young, John Sikaitis, on How Avant Is Disrupting the Commercial Real Estate Industry

Connect with Giovanni on LinkedIn Find Jamie on the Everything Coworking Podcast   John Sikaitis is the Chief Innovation Officer at Avison Young. Before he took this role, he spent 14 years at JLL as Managing Director, Research & Business Development. He often works out of his favorite WeWork in the Washington, DC area. One of the big projects that he works on is Avant—the data-based analytics platform at Avison Young, AVANT makes cities (and thus real estate) more transparent, accessible and understandable, allowing clients to make informed, efficient and strategic decisions and realize the full potential of their real estate – be it from the investor, developer, occupier or public sector side.   In this episode, we talk about:   - What is your definition of flexible workspace? - What is your role as it relates understanding the flexible workspace for your perspective real estate service providers? - How is your data or platform used to service the enterprise users? - What is the data telling you? Are the clients using the science or are they sticking to the art?  - What are your predictions for the growth of flexible workspace as more and more enterprises discuss having it be a part of their portfolio? Resources Mentioned in this Podcast: John Sikaitis on LinkedIn Avison Young JLL