by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Financial Management and Risk
Russian Roulette Remember Russian roulette, the lethal game of chance found in the story, “The Fatalist”, by Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov? You take a revolver which has six empty chambers, insert a single cartridge, and then give the cylinder a good spin. When the...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Weekly Construction Message
10th Weekly Crisis-era Message to Contractors from: Dr Tom Schleifer The Construction Market: Recovery, Timing, Profit If you did the exercise recommended last week in the ninth Crisis-era Message and determined to your own satisfaction that the US economy and the...
by Simplar | Apr 24, 2024 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Growth, Growth, Weekly Construction Message
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by Simplar | Feb 15, 2024 | Built Environment, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
Construction top executives come up through the ranks of the construction trades or through formal education which is usually in construction management or engineering degree. This genesis bends the construction professional’s profile toward the hands-on builder who,...
by Simplar | Nov 15, 2023 | Business of Construction, Growth, Weekly Construction Message
I started my career in construction as a carpenter apprentice decades ago. My brother and I eventually formed our own general contracting business that operated continuously until last year when my brother retired. Years ago, while running our start-up contracting...
