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2023 August

New Roles for Leaders

Disruption in construction is imminent. Most projects use traditional means and methods to erect buildings. But many are now turning to component pre-assembly, panelization and other off-site processes. Automation is coming into play in...

2023 July

AI: Your New Co-Pilot

The sound bites on artificial intelligence lately suggest we have much to fear. “Spooked by ChatGPT, US Lawmakers Want to Create an AI Regulator,” says one headline. “Runaway AI Is an Extinction Risk, Experts...

2023 June

Be Nature Positive

Every industry is having to come to terms with its impact on the planet. The latest corporate responsibility buzz term to surface is “being nature positive”—interacting with nature in a way that’s regenerative, and...

2023 May

Trust Leads to Transactions

Which company is the most trusted company in our industry?      I say it could be you. But I don’t think it will be you if you talk to customers only about yourself...

2023 April

What Is Your Goal?

Brilliant technological innovations arrive right on time. They converge to create something functionally different but practical to use. “Structure precedes function,” as inventors like to say.      Robert Moor explains this in his...

January 2023

Secrets of Sleep

Are you getting enough sleep? How about your crews? Sleep disturbances are a major health challenge, news reports say. Sleep debt makes it harder to maintain focus, attention and vigilance on the job, the...

2022 December

Do This in 2023

In October, Dodge Construction Network, in partnership with Procore Technologies, released a study on how economic, workforce and technology trends are transforming the specialty contractors’ marketplace. In extrapolating the results, I conclude that as...

2022 November

Success Defined

Successful business organizations today must be responsive. No ifs, ands or buts about it.      In the mid 1980s, when I first started studying management and the characteristics that make for a successful...

2022 October

Prepare for the Next Downturn

The U.S. economy “has been running hot—very hot,” the consulting firm McKinsey & Company says. Even though GDP contracted 1.6% in the first quarter of 2022 and 0.6% in the second quarter, corporate profits...