Dror Poleg

Dror Poleg is an author and speaker investigating the future of work, cities, and markets, and the Founder of the Old New Fellowship for Peace in the Middle East. His award-winning book, Rethinking Real Estate, anticipated the current reshuffle of offices, homes, and cities. Dror’s insights have been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and beyond.

He regularly delivers keynotes for leading companies, including UBS, Bank of America, HSBC, and Cushman & Wakefield. Educated at the London School of Economics and INSEAD, Dror masterfully interweaves finance, technology, and human behavior to discern emerging trends. His predictions and analysis are grounded in hands-on experience in private equity real estate, technology, politics, and the military.

Dror resides in New York with his wife and children, having spent significant time living in Beijing, London, Paris, Melbourne, and Tel Aviv. For more information, visit Dror's speaker profile.

Recent Press

• The New York Times: Colleges Snap Up Unused Office Space
• The Washington Post: To fill empty offices, downtowns get creative
• Vox: The future of cities, according to the experts
• Infinite Loops with Jim O'Shaughnessy: The Future of Work
• Forbes: As Companies Reduce Remote Work, Tension With Employees Persists
• The New York Times: The Winners of Remote Work
• National Public Radio: Hotdesking is Gaining Popularity
• The Compound: Nvidia Breaks Out
• Vox: The “return to the office” won’t save the office
• Prof G Podcast: The Future of Cities & Maximizing Human Capital
• Bloomberg: Crypto ‘Cleansing’ Reignites Debate Over What Bitcoin Is All About
• Wall Street Journal: Adam Neumann and the Future of Crypto
• Forbes: Converting Offices To Residences Can Help Fight Housing Shortage
• The Hustle: Developers See Dollar Signs in Abandoned Downtowns
• Times of India: How and Why We Built Our Cities So Wrong
• NPR: How remote work is reshaping commercial real estate
• Plain English with Derek Thompson: Avoiding the Urban Doom Loop
• Real Vision: Shifting Work Patterns
• The Bubble Trouble Podcast: Has Innovation Moved The House?
• The Times: Creature Comforts Grow in Return to Office
• City A.M.: The role of VC investors in FTX – too big to fake?
• Bloomberg: Crypto’s War Test Leaves Future of Money Debate Wide Open
• Yahoo Finance: Remote Work and Income Inequality
• Tablet: Ukraine Crowdfunds a War With Crypto
• Fortune: The death of offices and the rise of remote work could...
• Bloomberg: Washing Web3
• The Financial Times: Matt Damon’s crypto ad is more than just cringeworthy
• Sunday Times: WeWork’s ‘grownup in the room’ predicts office revolution
• Bloomberg: Money Stuff on Web3
• Bloomberg CityLab: The Death and Life of the Central Business District
• Prof G Podcast: Future of Cities, Work, and Office Space
• NPR Radio: The Future of Work Anywhere
• The New York Times: The Future of Work when Employees have a Choice
• Bloomberg: Germany’s Banks Start Ditching Offices as Remote Soars
• Bloomberg: On the Best London Office Thrive
• The Wall Street Journal: The Office of Tomorrow
• NBC NY: The Office of the Future?
• The New Yorker: Has the Pandemic Transformed the Office Forever?
• The Times: What does the working from home revolution mean for the office?
• The Information: Airbnb Used Facebook and Twitter to Weed Out Hate Groups
• Forbes (Spanish): The Workspitality Approach
• Nikkei (in Japanese): Key points of Softbank’s Investment in WeWork
• SiriusXM: Urban Technology in China and the U.S.