VE has a specific function. Used correctly, it's one of the most powerful tools in a construction project — a disciplined process for analysing what a project needs to deliver and finding smarter, leaner ways to deliver it without compromising the outcome.

After decades working with construction and infrastructure companies, I've come to understand that organisations fall into one of two categories. And the difference between them determines almost everything about how they perform, how they grow, and how they survive.

The invisible clause that killed Plantmade wasn’t a cash flow problem, though cash flow was the symptom. It wasn’t a marketing problem, or a scaling problem, or an operations problem.

Your business model is useless without a good strategy. So couple a failing business model with poor strategy and you will most certainly get a business on the fast track to administration. 

In 2021 we saw the quest for social currency heighten. It was sold to us in droves, by numerous people on various platforms. We were told how rich we could get if we had x number of followers. Everything was dumbed down, almost to the simplest nonsensical form.

We have a labour shortage (they claim) in the industry, yet we have thousands of capable people who if given the opportunity would take it and join the industry. Some will not have the specific certifications and degrees (in many of these ads), but they have transferable skills and expertise that will lend themselves to the work required.

Actions speak louder than words. It is a cliché, but very true. Your actions will determine the results you get in life. A tension arises when you have a desire, and your results are not matching this desire.

Living in the verb is a phrase I tend to throw around (I do not remember where I picked it up) to remind myself to stay in a state of being or doing. Instead of staying in a state of knowing or abstract as I like to call it.