by Simplar | Aug 12, 2022 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Weekly Construction Message
Strategic Flexibility–Managing in Disorderly Markets Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. Last week in a Case Study of Disorderly Markets – we summarized the series of management decisions made by governments in response to post-pandemic economic developments. I...
by Simplar | Aug 4, 2022 | Built Environment, Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Financial Management and Risk, Weekly Construction Message
Disorderly Markets–A Case Study Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. Contractors are used to managing in volatile markets that go up and down in predictable cycles. This post pandemic market, however, is not simply cyclical or volatile. It is disorderly. It veers from...
by Simplar | Feb 24, 2022 | Labor & Labor Issues, Labor & Labor Issues, Labor & Labor Issues, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Weekly Construction Message
Strategy for Success in 2022 – An Unpresented Market For the entire year this blog will be trying to help construction professionals fashion a response to the four factors that are affecting the 2022 construction market: (1) Inflation (2) Shortage of skilled...
by Simplar | Nov 18, 2021 | Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Weekly Construction Message
Unstable Markets Skilled Labor Shortage News Flash – Consumer prices rocketed higher than expected last month, jumping 6.2% annually for their biggest increase in 31 years, the Labor Department reported. We have redefined unstable markets to mean not only...
by Simplar | Nov 11, 2021 | Contracting Methods, Contracting Methods, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
Unstable Market Factors #1 INFLATION Schleifer’s Laws of Market Dynamics Contractors Thrive During Stable Markets There is No Such Thing as a Stable Construction Market Only Profitable Growth is Good Inflation Murders Contractor Profitability Construction is the...
