36. What Can We Learn From Other Industries?

This post explore:s How the building industry, facing imminent disruption, can learn from transformative examples in technology, aviation, and manufacturing, as seen with Apple’s innovation-driven market creation, Boeing’s modular manufacturing and workflow processes,...

35. Does Technology Make Life Better?

This post explores: How technological innovation offers immense potential to improve lives and enhance collaboration, its success in the building industry depends on thoughtful, inclusive implementation that balances progress with the needs and capabilities of teams...

29. Value and the 100 year old Oak Tree

This post explores: How the building industry must balance the adoption of new technologies with preserving the unique qualities of collaboration, creativity, and tangible accomplishment that foster personal growth, community, and self-worth among its workforce,...

27. Building Ain’t Brain Surgery

This post explores: The building process, historically plagued by disorder and inefficiency, is now poised for transformative change driven by technological advancements like BIM, IoT, and integrated solutions, which enable greater coordination, efficiency, and...

26. The New Order

This post eplores: The inspiration drawn from the modular designs of classical Greek architecture, the future of building may rest on four evolving “New Orders”—Boutique, Iconic, Optimized, and Hybrid—which combine customization, innovation, and modular...

22. Technology: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

This post explores: The fact that the building industry, lags behind others in adopting digital innovation, and must embrace collaborative cloud-based platforms to simplify processes, enhance transparency, and improve efficiency, as these technologies promise to...