How to Answer the Dreaded “Got a Minute?”
The fact is, unless you are a great rarity today, you not only don’t have a minute, you have a yawning deficit of minutes....
Best Practices: Lean Construction
Harnessing the power to drive productivity
By Dan Heinemeier
The stats are becoming as well-known as they are grim. Since the 1960s, we’ve seen a doubling...
A Template for Harnessing the Power of Innovation
The famed artist Pablo Picasso once said, “The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.” He certainly nailed that one. By its very nature,...
Cognitive Biases
By Susan Robertson
To survive the pandemic, companies were forced to adapt very quickly to radically new circumstances. Even large organizations—where it’s typically difficult to...
Get Fit with Accountability for a Successful Future
Building muscle in your business with an accountability culture
Over the past few years, you’ve gotten “lean and mean.” You’ve cut costs and struggled to...
Finish Projects Faster
Several years ago, we were the general contractor on a 70,000-square-foot concrete tilt-up office and manufacturing building for a major company. The project superintendent,...
Optimal Performance
By Yoram Solomon, Ph.D.
Building trust in your organization greatly benefits the employees, the culture, and the organization’s performance, which are all tightly related. Building...
Exceptional Leaders
Most leaders believe they make good decisions. They believe they already have clarity about their situation. Protecting the status quo is the norm. Then...
Aiming for Wellness
The construction industry has shown tremendous growth in the last decade as the economy continues to strengthen. Although strong labor markets have created confidence...
Fighting Discrimination
Renee Conner knows what it means to be a woman in construction. As a kid, she went out to sites with her father and,...









