by Simplar | Nov 30, 2023 | Business of Construction, Growth, Growth, Weekly Construction Message
What is clear after 50 years of research into the business of construction is that construction professionals make business decisions based on their beliefs. Beliefs are firmly held convictions that go largely unexamined but nonetheless strongly influence our...
by Simplar | Jan 29, 2026 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Organization Transformation, Partnering, Planning, PM, Project Delivery, Project Selection, Project Selection, Project Selection, Weekly Construction Message
Decision tree analysis is not a scientific way to make decisions but rather a visual representation of the decision-making process that goes on inside the head of decision makers. At first, a decision tree appears as a tree-like structure or graph with different nodes...
by Simplar | Jan 22, 2026 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Financial Management and Risk, Project Selection, Project Selection, Weekly Construction Message
The human mind is a problem-solving machine. It takes in data through the 5 senses then stores and classifies the data as either good or bad for survival of the entity. The brain then amplifies the “good” classification with neurotransmitters like...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Leadership
Beware the Pitfalls Of Your Beliefs Over these past six weeks, we have taken the opportunity during the COVID pandemic discussions to evaluate construction organization performance against the performance of “best in class” construction firms. The Construction...
by Simplar | Jul 30, 2026 | Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Project Selection, Project Selection, Risk Management, Risk Management, Weekly Construction Message
Vacation schedules have interrupted our strategic planning series, so we are repeating an important message on risk. If risk recognition and assessment is so fundamental to the construction transaction, why do so few contractors engage in formal risk management? As I...
