In today’s Finance Pulse, gain insight into how:

• Retail real estate portfolios thrive long-term by prioritizing resilience and adaptability over perfection.

• Small businesses leverage agile decision-making and resilience to navigate market volatility successfully.

• Companies should proactively return to disciplined basics and in-person collaboration to weather inevitable economic turbulence.

Each of these articles is penned by members of Forbes Finance Council, key luminaries shaping the future of finance.

Why Real Estate Resilience Beats Perfection

In retail real estate, flexibility and adaptability—not perfect execution—drive long-term success and value. With experience managing $15 billion in international portfolios, this author argues that resilience is the cornerstone of thriving assets.

Key insights include:

🔄 Adaptability Over Stability: Forget rigid metrics like consistent occupancy—true value lies in assets' ability to adjust quickly to consumer shifts and digital disruption.

🏗️ Mixed-Use Transformation: Reimagining underperforming retail areas by incorporating residential, office, or hotel spaces revitalizes spaces, boosts returns, and creates vibrant communities.

🤝 Collaborative Tenant Relationships: The market demands strategic partnerships with retail tenants, not just transactional leasing. Understanding tenant vision and customer behavior is essential.

📐 Smaller Footprints, Bigger Impact: Curated, focused retail environments can generate higher rents, drive customer interest, and promote long-term stability through "retail tension."

Key Lessons from Managing $15 Billion:

• Agile capital expenditure: Precise, responsive investments beat larger, unfocused spending.

• Flexible design: Assets that evolve with users outperform static ones.

• Iterative leadership: Staying receptive to feedback and data is key to sustained success.

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How Small Businesses Thrive Amid Market Chaos

For many SMB owners, financial literacy isn't tracking macroeconomic indicators or following pundits' analyses; it's about quick, strategic decision-making and building real-time resilience.

Unlike large corporations bogged down by analysis and bureaucracy, small businesses can rapidly pivot in response to volatility, often turning harsh economic climates into growth opportunities.

Key takeaways for SMB resilience:

⚡ Immediate Action: Small businesses bypass enterprise-level bureaucratic hurdles to solve problems quickly, increasing agility and responsiveness.

🎯 Personal Ownership: Owners' direct stake in the outcomes fuels innovative thinking and resilient decision-making in the face of uncertainty.

📈 Building the Adversity Quotient: Resilience, defined as the ability to push through challenges, becomes embedded in an owner’s financial literacy due to constant direct exposure to real-world issues.

💡 Leveraging Flexibility: During economic stress, SMBs can swiftly introduce new products, adjust pricing, or alter business models to maintain profitability and even expand their client base.

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Brace For Impact: How Businesses Can Navigate Economic Turbulence

As economic headwinds intensify, it's time for businesses to leave behind the relaxed standards of the Covid-era. Drawing a parallel to piloting an aircraft, the author argues we're heading into a necessary economic reset—a "touch and go" landing—that can set the stage for fresh growth and prosperity.

Explore critical insights for overcoming turbulence:

✈️ Return to the Office, Reinstate Discipline: Remote and hybrid arrangements tolerated during Covid are no longer sufficient. Teams must reconnect, working closely in person to rebuild company culture and optimize performance.

🌟 End the Era of Mediocrity: The post-pandemic economy accommodated lower quality and reduced expectations. Businesses must raise standards and hold themselves accountable for excellence.

📈 Reset & Embrace the Recession: Instead of fearing downturns, firms must use recessions to reset business strategies, refocus employees, and recommit to disciplined execution and innovation.

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