When Flo Health developed Anonymous Mode—allowing users to track health data without personal identifiers being connected to that information—the company made an unusual choice: they open-sourced the technology. The feature addresses a genuine concern. Women share intimate details through health apps: menstrual cycles, fertility information, pregnancy status, symptoms, and more. In a post-Roe landscape, protecting […]
Economics used to feel manageable. A handful of indicators could tell you whether times were good or bad, and most people had a rough sense of how money moved through the world. That simplicity has vanished. Today, the gap between how economies actually function and how most people understand them has stretched into something almost […]
Real estate remains one of the most powerful levers in shaping economic outcomes, influencing household wealth, job creation, municipal budgets, and broader financial stability. Understanding the channels through which property markets affect the economy helps homeowners, investors, policymakers, and businesses make smarter decisions. How real estate drives economic activity– Wealth and consumption: Home equity is […]
For Nick Millican, the cities we build say as much about our imagination as our economy. As the CEO of Greycoat Real Estate, he has spent more than a decade shaping the commercial landscape of central London—yet his focus has never been limited to square footage or yield. Millican’s philosophy is as much cultural as […]
Mixed-income housing has become one of the most debated approaches in urban planning. The idea is simple: create communities where people of different income levels live side by side, avoiding the economic segregation that can undermine cities. Yet the execution is anything but straightforward. For Nick Millican, chief executive of Greycoat Real Estate, the challenge […]
Nick Millican doesn’t use the word sustainability lightly. In an industry often saturated with green pledges and ESG frameworks, the CEO of Greycoat Real Estate prefers a more grounded metric: does the building hold up? Financially, structurally, ecologically—over time, across cycles, through change. For Millican, sustainability isn’t a policy layer added at the end of […]