by Simplar | Mar 23, 2023 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Labor & Labor Issues, Labor & Labor Issues, Leadership, Organizational Change Management, Organizational Change Management, Weekly Construction Message
Make Friends with Trends Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. We have been discussing managing construction companies profitably under post-pandemic disruptive market conditions. Studying what we labeled “disruptions” (run-away cost inflation, impending recession, supply chain...
by Simplar | Mar 2, 2023 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Weekly Construction Message
Adapting To Trends Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. If you’ve been with us since the first of the year, we have been discussing managing risk under the disrupted market conditions of 2023. The risk factors of inflation, recession, labor scarcity, and supply chain snags have...
by Simplar | Feb 23, 2023 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Project Selection, Project Selection, Risk Management, Risk Management, Risk Management, Weekly Construction Message
Navigating Trends Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. I love this quote from a contractor who offered feedback on last week’s blog. “If we can’t do anything about trends, what are we supposed to do?” You have to love that. It reeks of the frustration that we contractors feel...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning
Strategic Planning #2 Trends The last three blogs of 2019 are concerned with planning for 2020 and beyond. Last week we discussed the unexamined beliefs held by most construction CEOs that prevent them from adopting vigorous formal strategic planning procedures....
by Simplar | Nov 13, 2025 | Business Failure, Business Failure, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Risk Management, Weekly Construction Message
Managing Capital Risk Recognizing the reality that there are multiple types and magnitudes of capital risk in construction is the first step in risk management. You may be familiar with the term risk prevention, but in fact, we can’t prevent risks from...
