by Simplar | Aug 26, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
The Las Vegas odds makers are not trying to pick winners. They are trying to predict outcomes. When they are confident, they know the most likely outcome of a sporting event, they set the line to give all bettors a 50/50 chance of winning. This is called balancing the...
by Simplar | Aug 19, 2021 | Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Business, Strategic and Project Planning, Leadership, Leadership, Leadership, Weekly Construction Message
Imagine setting your own line when you bet $100 that the Packers will beat the Saints on opening day. Imagine if you were in possession of a mathematical formula that handicaps risk more accurately than the Las Vegas odds makers. Imagine a formula that takes all the...
by Simplar | Jan 14, 2021 | Growth, Growth
Dangerous DNA Americans are competitive. We were raised in the world’s “land of opportunity” where doing better than our forebears was not only encouraged but expected. This ingrained expectation to “do better” drives the second and third generation of construction...
by Simplar | Feb 8, 2024 | Business Failure, Business, Strategic & Project Planning, Weekly Construction Message
This year we have been examining the reality that our beliefs impact our business decision making. From the very beginning as children, we lay down little truths in our brain stem that never again come up for examination. This is how the human brain helps the race...
by Simplar | Feb 1, 2024 | Built Environment, Labor & Labor Issues, Leadership, Project Selection, Weekly Construction Message
There is no time like the present. 2024 is our year to improve profit margins, increase cash flow, and stabilize our businesses. We will begin at the beginning when we prepare bids and sign contracts. This is the first tentative step we all take into the mine field of...
