Recession – Yes or No?
by Simplar | Sep 30, 2022 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Partnering, Planning, PM, Procurement, Weekly Construction Message
Recession – Yes or No? Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. As the Fed uses interest rates to joust with inflation, everyone wants to know if we’re headed into a recession. The dreaded R word is on everybody’s mind. Do I think we’re in for an immediate recession? How severe will...Back To the Beginning
by Simplar | Sep 8, 2022 | Built Environment, Business of Construction, Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Facility Management, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Organization Transformation, Partnering, Planning, PM, Procurement, Project Delivery, Weekly Construction Message
Back To the Beginning Thomas C Schleifer, Ph.D. For 30 years I have been researching the causes of construction business failure. The study began years ago when I operated the largest national consultancy firm completing projects interrupted when bonded contractors...Disorderly Markets–A Case Study
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...The CFO Risk Manager
by Simplar | Jul 28, 2022 | Business of Construction, Financial Management and Risk, Organization Transformation, Weekly Construction Message
The CFO Risk Manager Dr Thomas C Schleifer Contractors are professional gamblers who place big bets that they can profit from complex transactions that often take years to complete. If they’re operating in familiar stable markets, they believe they can win the...Economic Schizophrenia
by Simplar | May 26, 2022 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Facility Management, Financial Management and Risk, Financial Management and Risk, Weekly Construction Message
Economic Schizophrenia Dr Thomas C Schleifer Surging inflation, global energy supply shortages, Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine, and Chinese pandemic-related disruptions to economic activity have brewed the perfect storm of economic instability. The...Search Past Blogs by Keywords