by steve | Apr 12, 2020 | 6-Building Processes and Operations, 8-People, Organization and Culture, Blog Posts
VICIOUS VERSUS VIRTUOUS CYCLES I would argue that all of our activity, both in business and in everyday life, can be organized into one of two cycles: Vicious Cycle: A series of interactions where the...
by steve | Feb 16, 2020 | 6-Building Processes and Operations, Blog Posts
Back to the Future A brief look backward into Building’s history and an even briefer glimpse into Building’s future A successful building process requires expertise from diverse fields of knowledge: finance, architecture, engineering, product manufacturing and...
by steve | Dec 15, 2019 | Blog Posts, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment
Growing up I would often hear the phrase “they don’t build them like they used to.” The saying implies that older buildings are better than new buildings. Better design, better construction, better detailing, better workmanship—just better. I bought into this thinking...
by steve | Dec 15, 2019 | Blog Posts, Global Trends Shaping the Industries Future
One of the (few) benefits of Building’s late arrival to the innovation/disruption(I/D) party is the fact that we have the opportunity to watch countless other industries go through wholesale changes—and to learn from their experience. Industries such as Technology,...
by steve | Dec 8, 2019 | 4-Technology, Materials, Tools, Blog Posts
I made my first big tech purchase in the early 1980’s. At the time, it felt like a rite of passage, like getting your first driver’s license or buying your first home. In fact, it was almost as expensive as my first home. The IBM AT personal computer cost me $5000 (!)...
by steve | Sep 3, 2019 | 4-Technology, Materials, Tools, 6-Building Processes and Operations, Blog Posts
If you ever played on a seesaw in your younger years, you know that it helps to have a partner of approximately equal weight as yourself on the seat facing you. This way, the seesaw situation attains a kind of dynamic equilibrium, and both partners get to enjoy the...
