Miscellaneous ramblings
Every so often I have a number of disconnected thoughts for our readers, none of which merits all of my
What your employees really love
It’s hard to find outstanding people to work in your AEC firm. It’s also hard to keep them working for
Time for more travel tips!
Summertime is here. If you aren’t someone like me who travels all year round, odds are you’ll be going somewhere
Not enough doers
It dawned on me the other day when we had to order new business cards and were reviewing job titles
Common misconceptions
After 37 years of working in one industry, you eventually become aware of just about every bit of what passes
Dealing with eroding profitability
Eroding profitability. Never good. Never fun. The result is less and less money to go around. I’m not going to
When a senior person turns in their notice
We’ve all experienced it. It usually happens on a Monday but it could be Friday or any other day of
Why the conformity?
We are a bunch of conformists. It’s a big problem in the AEC business. Everyone is sitting around waiting to
The growing social media problem
I am becoming more and more aware – by the day – of what a problem social media addiction is
Select people who are compatible with you
We often talk about compatibility in the context of marriages. Oftentimes, when there’s incompatibility, one spouse tried to change the
