by steve | Nov 22, 2020 | 05-DIGITIZATION, MODELING, DATA & ANALYTICS, 06-BUILDING PROCESSES & OPERATIONS, 07-STRATEGY & BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION, 08-PEOPLE ORGANIZATION & CULTURE, 4B-Standardization, modularization, prefabrication, Blog Posts, Replace Pictures for old content
Both industry professionals and members of the general public often have a hard time describing what constitutes a great building. Typically, people cite a cool exterior and/or interior aesthetic as the primary...
by steve | Jun 11, 2020 | 01_CHALLENGES CONFRONTING THE INDUSTRY, 08-PEOPLE ORGANIZATION & CULTURE, Blog Posts, Replace Pictures for old content
What does Building’s future decision-making look like? Star Trek offers us three models, each embodied in a specific character. Will it be based on intuitive insight drawn from rich and varied experience...
by steve | Apr 12, 2020 | 06-BUILDING PROCESSES & OPERATIONS, 08-PEOPLE ORGANIZATION & CULTURE, Blog Posts, Replace Pictures for old content
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 | Apr 22, 2019 | 02_INDUSTRY IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY, SOCIETY & THE ENVIRONMENT, 03_GLOBAL TRENDS SHAPING THE INDUSTRIES FUTURE, 08-PEOPLE ORGANIZATION & CULTURE, 09-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION, Blog Posts, Replace Pictures for old content
Team Building and Successful Decision Making Good vs. Bad Just Makes No Cents When I am sitting with friends, clients or coworkers, and we are discussing different ways in which a project team can solve problems that impact on the entire team. Frequently the...
by steve | Apr 22, 2019 | 08-PEOPLE ORGANIZATION & CULTURE, B_AREAS OF INNOVATION, Blog Posts, Replace Pictures for old content
Technology, Work and Self Worth Some of the best, smartest and most self-confident people I know are in Building. This is not to say I don’t know a lot of “A-holes” in our industry as well, we all know we definitely have more than our fair share. But I have always...
by steve | Mar 25, 2019 | 06-BUILDING PROCESSES & OPERATIONS, 07-STRATEGY & BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION, 08-PEOPLE ORGANIZATION & CULTURE, Blog Posts, Replace Pictures for old content
“It’s not brain surgery.” The saying implies that the activity in question is relatively simple in comparison with the difficulty of operating on the human brain. There may be some truth to this saying—but NOT if it is applied to the building process. Consider that a...
