by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning
Introduction to Business Planning The best lesson in planning I ever had was not in business school. It was attending a normal weekly contractor staff meeting and listening to an experienced and knowledgeable old-time contractor teach his management team how to manage...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning
Corporate Darwinism Charles Darwinâs revolutionary science of evolution never talked about âsurvival of the fittestâ. His insights into ânatural selectionâ were popularized by the phrase âsurvival of the fittestâ. Darwinâs work, however, presented a more nuanced view...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning
Planning for 2020 (Beliefs) Â Formal strategic planning is not popular with construction company CEOs. Ironically, engineers, designers, project managers, and supervisors are some of the most sophisticated and effective planners in all of American industry....
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning
Strategy Defined Whatâs all this about strategic planning? Many contractors still consider strategic thinking an academic exercise not worth taking into the real world of nuts and bolts construction. Ask a contractor if he considers himself a âdoerâ or a âthinkerâ,...
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 | Jan 14, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning
EMBRACE CHANGE Because the only thing permanent in life is change âTo improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.â Winston Churchill âIf you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.â Lao Tzu âWhen we are no longer able to change a...
