Insights from D. Brown Management
The Knowledge Management Pyramid (DIKW)
D. Brown Management
February 1, 2019
Knowledge Management is a complex topic and the contractors who learn to manage it the best will have an edge in the market. There are several models that can help you visualize the differences between different types of “knowledge” in your organization.
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Levels of Improvement: Start with the Foundation
D. Brown Management
October 3, 2018
Every process in your business including field productivity will go through three levels of improvement: From predictable to productive to scalable. Trying to skip levels is the surest way to slow down improvements across the company.
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Impacted Productivity - Five Elements of Making a Good Case
D. Brown Management
August 25, 2018
Contractors are continually faced with costly impacts to their labor productivity and schedule with many beyond their direct control. The best Project Managers know how to identify, communicate, and mitigate these impacts.
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The Contractor Scoreboard - A Contractor Must Do 3 Things
D. Brown Management
August 11, 2018
This outcome-based scoreboard keeps everyone focused on what matters. Avoid metric overload and diffusion of resources. All other metrics throughout all levels of the organization fall into a hierarchy below these with priorities changing over time.
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5D Process for Alignment, Development, and Execution Speed
D. Brown Management
July 9, 2018
Effectively building a project and a construction business starts with getting the right people on the team and then getting them aligned. A great behavior to build into the team for alignment is a disciplined approach focusing on the 5Ds.
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Bureaucracy (Stifling or Enabling)
D. Brown Management
July 6, 2018
Talent density versus the complexity of the construction business or project is what determines the level of bureaucracy required for sustainable growth.
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Contractor Scoreboard: Key Results and Leading Activities (Disciplined Execution)
Joseph Irby
June 5, 2018
Defining what you want in quantifiable outcomes is extremely difficult. It's 10X harder to define those outcomes throughout the whole company from field to CEO. Defining the leading activities that create those outcomes is another 10X more difficult.
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Diffusion of Innovations Curve - Leading Change
D. Brown Management
June 4, 2018
The contractors that dominate tomorrow’s market will be those that have built strong capabilities for identifying opportunities or problems and then rapidly making lasting changes throughout the organization.
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The Stress-Performance Curve (Yerkes-Dodson Law)
D. Brown Management
May 31, 2018
Achieving maximum performance from yourself and your team requires understanding the stress-performance curve as it relates both to individuals and types of work.
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Technology Integration - Critical Inflection Points and Streamlining Workflows
D. Brown Management
May 19, 2018
Construction technology can no longer be treated like a “Project” with a beginning, middle, and end to the implementation. There are now hundreds of specialized technology tools that can be implemented by contractors and each add individual value.
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