Inspiring Innovation with Barry DiRaimondo, SteelWave, LLC
In this episode of the HRchat show, we discuss:
- How your work environment can impact engagement and performance levels
- Retaining your top talent
- Ways employees can keep up to speed with changes brought on by AI and machine learning
- How leaders can inspire innovation
The guest this time is Barry DiRaimondo, CEO & Chairman of SteelWave, LLC, a company that creates innovative work environments where people are inspired to go to work.
Questions for Barry include:
- SteelWave creates innovative work environments where people are inspired to go to work. Can you share a couple of use cases?
- Where should innovation in a company come from? The work environment, leadership, HR, employees, partners, all of the above?
- What is your philosophy regarding managing your talent, and how might it differ from other traditional offices?
- Should leaders hire based on fit over skills/qualifications?
- What does it mean to have a strong work ethic?
- What are some of the biggest mistakes you see CEOs make when working with HR departments?
- How has SteelWave retained talent at the top of their respective practices for, in some cases, decades while both CRE and the workforce, in general, are afflicted by a quiet quitting crisis and work-from-home scenarios? How do you keep your best people?
- Technology and AI are constantly changing the way we do business. What should companies do to keep their employees up to speed so they don't fall into the skills gaps?
More About Barry DiRaimondo
Barry is an outspoken thought leader in addressing challenges and intrepid opportunities for investment in the modern commercial real estate (CRE) marketplace and is frequently invited to speak at conferences and industry panels. He additionally serves as an expert commentator and has appeared in Bloomberg, Fortune, the San Francisco Standard, the Los Angeles Times, and the International Business Times (IBT).
He began his career as a General Contractor for Custom Designs Construction, having previously earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of California at Berkeley and an MBA from Cornell University.
With over four decades of experience in the industry, Barry oversees strategic investments and operations across all Steelwave LLC commercial real estate (CRE) and company-related matters, includi
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