Cascading Goal Setting and Management (Objectives and Key Results - OKRs)
D. Brown Management
June 25, 2018
Successful outcomes begin with goals being integrated across all parts of a construction business, including multi-company project teams. Management is what ultimately ensures these goals are regularly reviewed and adjusted to stay on track.
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Elon Musk - Be Less Wrong
D. Brown Management
June 24, 2018
Leaders of construction companies will likely never be at the same level of cutting-edge development as Elon Musk is between Space-X and Tesla. Except; of course for the first contractor on Mars!
PICK SMART Improvements
D. Brown Management
June 23, 2018
Contractors will never have enough resources to solve all problems or take advantage of every opportunity they face. There are a couple tools that can be used to align the team around the best utilization of resources:
BIM Culture
D. Brown Management
June 22, 2018
Virtual Design & Construction (VDC) is changing every aspect of project delivery. There is a lot of technology involved and many technical challenges. But ultimately the biggest challenges are about talent:
Prioritize and Execute
D. Brown Management
June 21, 2018
You are simultaneously building a construction project, a construction company and a career in construction. There will always be more problems to solve and potential opportunities to explore than you have the resources for.
Construction Robots and Capital
D. Brown Management
June 20, 2018
Dominance and even survival in the construction industry over the next decade will require a more intense focus on technology, capital and the talent that knows how to leverage both.
Laws Control the Lesser Man
D. Brown Management
June 19, 2018
Growing construction businesses need processes and accountability systems the same way society needs laws, police, courts and jails. As a contractor starts growing leadership needs to put some processes in place to keep things running smooth.
Six Daily Questions to Drive Team Engagement
D. Brown Management
June 18, 2018
Construction leaders are facing a growing challenge working to keep project teams working effectively together across multiple companies. At the business level, the need to keep team members engaged to both attract and retain talent.
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Mental Models and Building Strong Businesses
D. Brown Management
June 17, 2018
The best builders develop a complex 5D mental model of the project, keeping it constantly updated. Through thousands of interactions with hundreds of people over years they “nudge” the project from concept through construction completion.
Correlation Between Culture, Safety, Profitability, and Growth
D. Brown Management
June 16, 2018
There is a high correlation between contractors that have consistently GREAT safety records and consistently GREAT profitability, growth, morale, and talent retention.
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