by steve | Dec 15, 2019 | 03_GLOBAL TRENDS SHAPING THE INDUSTRIES FUTURE, Blog Posts, Replace Pictures for old content
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 | 04-TECHNOLOGY, MATERIALS & TOOLS, Blog Posts, Replace Pictures for old content
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 | 04-TECHNOLOGY, MATERIALS & TOOLS, 06-BUILDING PROCESSES & OPERATIONS, Blog Posts, Replace Pictures for old content
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...
by steve | Sep 3, 2019 | 03_GLOBAL TRENDS SHAPING THE INDUSTRIES FUTURE, 06-BUILDING PROCESSES & OPERATIONS, Blog Posts, Replace Pictures for old content
One evening in 1983, I was drinking beers with a friend and discussing how I was going to turn my current carpentry work into a robust building and design business. As we were talking, I jotted down a few notes on a napkin to sketch out the principles of a successful...
by steve | Aug 1, 2019 | 07-STRATEGY & BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION, 09-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION, 11-BUILDING PERFORMANCE & QUALITY, Blog Posts, Replace Pictures for old content
Expressway Syndrome Do any of you remember living through the creation of a new expressway? In the Chicago area, there are numerous expressways: Lakeshore Drive...
by steve | Jul 21, 2019 | 03_GLOBAL TRENDS SHAPING THE INDUSTRIES FUTURE, 04-TECHNOLOGY, MATERIALS & TOOLS, 06-BUILDING PROCESSES & OPERATIONS, 07-STRATEGY & BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION, 09-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION, 13-INDUSTRY INFORMATION, FACTS & KNOWLEDGE, Blog Posts, Replace Pictures for old content
Eureka! Have you ever found yourself driving down the highway obsessing over a seemingly impossible problem Then, all of a sudden, you hear something on the radio, or see a billboard or a license plate, or an oddly dressed passenger in another car, and… Eureka!...
