by steve | May 10, 2020 | 13-Industry Information, Facts and Knowledge, Blog Posts, Challenges Confronting the Industry, Global Trends Shaping the Industries Future
At any given point in time there is a ratio of Knowledge, Resources, Skill-Sets and Customs (KRSC) that combine to provide a potential optimum for life. For example, go back 10,000 years. Despite lacking written...
by steve | May 10, 2020 | 13-Industry Information, Facts and Knowledge, Blog Posts, Challenges Confronting the Industry, Global Trends Shaping the Industries Future
CHANGE IS TECTONIC The current group of blog posts are being written in a very uncertain environment. Testing has just begun to accelerate and the COVID-19 numbers continue to grow around the country and the world. We all...
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,...
