Management
Collaboration and More
When we designed our place, I originally wanted to have desks in the open. When this did not fly, I suggested offices that had two walls and opened to a…
Management
Adjusting the Sails
We’re working on four decades of being in business. The company has had ups and downs through changing cycles. We’ve been through periods of great growth, low times, the financial…
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Resilient Companies
Just about anyone can be successful when the waters are calm and steady. It’s when the sea gets choppy and the waves come in that the true test begins. Everyone…
Construction Trends
Vapor Barrier and Wall Systems
Because of the construction industry’s independent nature, technology typically lags. This means that roll out of new products, even some that really work, can be slow. One of the new…
Leadership
The Pause
We’ve known for a long time that periods of stress in the American economy accelerate change in a way that’s sometimes generational. Think about the Great Depression and the resulting…
Customer Relationships
Communicator-in-Chief
Last weekend, I watched an interesting piece by Ted Koppel about how communication style and mastery of current mediums has affected the presidency. Franklin Roosevelt and his famous Fireside Chats made radio…
Construction Trends
New Canvas to Be Painted
When I was a child growing up in Atlanta, the Lenox Square Shopping Center opened. At the time, it was one of the most remarkable retail centers in the southeast….
Leadership
one + one = 3
Students in the design world learn about an interesting effect described as “1 + 1 = 3.” This means that when two objects are placed close together, the space in…
Leadership
If It Can’t Go on Forever…
Herbert Stein was an economist who served as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. He was also a senior fellow at the…
Leadership
Pulling Weeds and Planning for the Future
Winston Churchill was first credited with saying, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” It’s my hope that we’ll all find a silver lining in the extra time as…