by steve | Jun 19, 2018 | Blog Posts, Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), Buildings_Challenges, Impacts & Trends, BUSA_Data Structure, STWs, BCE & Database Integration: (DSTWDI), Challenges Confronting the Building Industry
This post explores how the building industry’s persistent mismanagement of information, through disorganized, siloed, and inconsistent data practices, undermines efficiency, transparency, and overall project success. Data Structure and the Phone Book I have...
by steve | May 15, 2018 | Blog Posts, Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), Building_Industry Collaboration, GEN_Business, Politics, Economy & Society (BBPES), Other Related Concepts & Strategies
This post explores: How the building industry can overcome fragmentation, conflicting interests, and knowledge hoarding by adopting advanced digital tools and a collaborative mindset, taking inspiration from termites’ extraordinary teamwork in constructing...
by steve | Apr 17, 2018 | Blog Posts, Building_People, Organization & Culture, Buildings_Challenges, Impacts & Trends, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, GEN_Business, Politics, Economy & Society (BBPES), Other Related Concepts & Strategies
This post explores: The building industry’s urgent need to attract and retain tech-savvy Millennials to address a growing labor shortage and foster innovation in an aging, change-resistant workforce. Millenial Cyborgs I am the father of two cyborgs. That is, I...
by steve | Mar 13, 2018 | Blog Posts, Building Industry Information, Facts & Knowledge, Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC)
This post explores the need and potential for change, and the forces that resist that change. Building on Mars I read the other day that building projects for life on Mars are already underway. Researchers at Northwestern University, using samples of simulated Martian...
by steve | Mar 12, 2018 | Blog Posts, Building Industry Information, Facts & Knowledge, Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), Buildings_Challenges, Impacts & Trends, Challenges Confronting the Building Industry, Change Coming to the Building Industry, Decision-making problem solving, GEN_Business, Politics, Economy & Society (BBPES), Other Related Concepts & Strategies
This post explores: The increasing prevalence of mergers in the healthcare industry, emphasizing the critical importance of comprehensive, up-to-date facility and operational data for strategic decision-making and successful integration during mergers and...
by steve | Feb 28, 2018 | Blog Posts, Building Industry Information, Facts & Knowledge, Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), Decision-making problem solving, GEN_Business, Politics, Economy & Society (BBPES), General Building Interest, Other Related Concepts & Strategies
This post explores: The complexity of decision-making in building and beyond, using the contrasting philosophies of technological innovation (Wizards) and behavioral change (Prophets) in addressing global challenges like population growth and sustainability,...
