by Simplar | Dec 8, 2022 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Facility Management, Organization Transformation, Partnering, Planning, PM, Procurement
The Contracting Business Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. With only four weeks left in what everyone agrees has been a very eventful year, I’m inclined to engage in big picture thinking as I sum up the year in my mind. I realize that my readers are probably tired of hearing...
by Simplar | Dec 23, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Weekly Construction Message
What Do You Want? – Science of Construction Business Management Series By: Dr. Thomas C Schleifer A recent study by a large New York ad agency revealed that most people don’t know exactly what they want and change their mind almost daily as their...
by Simplar | Jan 4, 2024 | Business of Construction, Weekly Construction Message
Let me begin 2024 by saying thank you to everyone who participated in our construction business management dialogue in the last eight years. We began the Weekly Construction Message with a few construction industry professionals and academics debating business...
by Simplar | Dec 7, 2023 | Financial Management and Risk, Growth, Growth, Weekly Construction Message
Over my career as a contractor, educator, and consultant to the construction industry I have worked with hundreds of different contractors that were as dissimilar as chalk and cheese. They were short or tall, large or trim, but they were all self-confident. No one...
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...
