Fast Future: Big Changes, Just Around the Corner
Over the last year I’ve been delivering around the country a new seminar entitled “Fast Future! Fifteen Uber-Trends […]
Your Competition – Is Who?
Can you (and others in your firm) accurately identify and describe your competition? In my experience (with hundreds […]
Thoughts on Organization Structure in the AEC Firm
This spring, a couple of my clients have been working to implement new strategic plans, both involving big […]
Push-Pull, and the Physics of Organization Alignment
In his 1989 work Mintzberg on Management, Henry Minztberg describes professional organizations as “seemingly upside-down organizations, where the […]
Task, Process, and the Quest for Business Improvement
A client recently sent over an essay from the January 30th issue of the New Yorker entitled “Groupthink […]
Lost Opportunities and Long Term Success
I recently lost an opportunity to another consultant. It’s always painful. Frankly it doesn’t happen all that often […]
New Year, Take Stock. First Step: The Business Management Audit
At this time each year, organizations launch many new initiatives, to improve their businesses in marketing, leadership, operations, […]
Performance, Alignment, and AEC Enterprise Success
Last summer, while working on a strategic planning engagement, one of the client’s key employees up and quit […]