Michael Jordan's Weblog

This will be my wrapup comment on things I noticed during my attendance at the CORENET Global Conference in San Antonio, an industry trade show for corporate real estate (CRE) execs, suppliers, brokers, etc.

Now, I want to assure all you CRE conference attendees that what goes on in San Antonio stays in San Antonio. However, as impressed as I was with your knowledge of everything ever invented about real estate, economic development, lease administration, facilities management, and other topics, I gotta say that ya'all need to bone up on your pop culture knowledge.

Case in point: On Tuesday night, there was a certain amount of dancing going on at Polly Esther's in San Antonio. It was a veritable "who's who" in the CRE world! When the DJ spun the song "Yeah" by Usher I was appropriately moved to sing along. Much to my embarassment (for you), I seemed to be the only person in the whole place who knew the words. Now, the CRE folk need to get on board with me on this one. How can you be a player in any industry, even in the CRE industry, without knowing the basics. I mean, this song was on an album that came out in March!

I will send a free copy of Usher's album (Confessions) to the first CRE exec who reads this and contacts me! For now, study the lyrics, people!