by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning
Corporate Darwinism Charles Darwin’s revolutionary science of evolution never talked about “survival of the fittest”. His insights into “natural selection” were popularized by the phrase “survival of the fittest”. Darwin’s work, however, presented a more nuanced view...
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
How to Use Let’s Talk Business In a recent blog entitled, “What We Don’t Do…” I highlighted the construction industry’s propensity for secrecy; keeping hard-earned lessons “close to the vest” rather than sharing what we have learned with one another. With Let’s Talk...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning
Strategic Planning – By Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet Without ever using the word “strategy” or “strategic thinking” or, God forbid, “strategic planning”, Dr. Kenn Sullivan and I discuss managing risk through a process of strategic thinking in our book,...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning
If You Don’t Know Where You’re Going You’re Probably Not Going to Get There In an informal study of several thousand contractors of all sizes and types throughout the country, less than 40% claimed to do any type of formal corporate planning at all, and many did not...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning
Strategy Defined What’s 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 “doer” or a “thinker”,...
