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Disrupting the Business of Design – Architecture

Disrupting the Business of Design – Architecture

It is obvious the AEC industry must disrupt- as mentioned in the a recent blog “Disrupting the AEC Industry” in this disruptive, digital global economy. The AEC industry will find its environment of operation will have to change quickly to survive. No one can predict the future of the industry but the industry can decide for itself to disrupt itself or be blindsighted by some other industry that will disrupt it. In order for the Business of Architecture to be in step with their clients they will have to transform the AEC Industry infrastructure & its ecosystem through a disruption of their practise

Disrupting the AEC Industry

Disrupting the AEC Industry

Very few business leaders nor education instructions and associations related to the AEC Industry have seen the writing on the wall but for the majority life goes on as they are caught up in the cycle of boom and bust, feast or famine not realizing this digital globalized economy will disrupt the all traditional industry. This is especially true for AEC industry that have not learned to adjust itself to the digital, globalised economy where society and technology are progressing at a faster rate than institutions and organisations. It is obvious the AEC industry must disrupt as in this disruptive, digital global economy, the AEC industry will find its environment of operation will have to change quickly to survive.

Leadership is that “little extra” in Project Management

Leadership is that “little extra” in Project Management

Leadership in projects management is having a mature understanding of the project intent and the business objective of the project and having a clear picture of the project and owing the customer/clients issue Key to project leadership is flexibility in project delivery reacting swiftly to a rapid changing landscape and providing the client an enhanced project management – customer experience.

The difference between ordinary & extraordinary is just that little “extra”- little extra is Leadership which turns project management service into providing customer-centric personalized project management experience.

Leadership is that “little extra” in Project Management. What is your opinion on this? I would like to hear from you.

Are we not humans, so be humane?

Are we not humans, so be humane?

To have an refining effect on team members is to recognize the difference in gender, race, generation, culture, education, values, and economic background and rising above it and recognizing that we are human and we have an obligation to be humane to one another.

 

Partnering vs Minding the Store

Partnering vs Minding the Store

The only true success in project delivery is in our clients’ success. We deliberately stubborn to be client / customer focused and adapt new methodology to create sustainable value by enhancing client experience & Innovating the Project Delivery. Partnering is key to business – service providers being relevant in the digital economy we work and play. Slower growth in the age of adaptation will require an new urgency wherein companies have to transform their project delivery through partnering and thus change their business to stay relevant in the digital economy.

Changed Thinking to achieve a Changed Outcome

Changed Thinking to achieve a Changed Outcome

In Project Management Scope; Time; Cost are the three main constraint of a project delivery, Wherein each constraint forms the vertices, with quality as the central theme. This implies projects must be delivered within cost;, on time and meet the agreed scope no more or less. Each of these constraint has a direct impact on the other.

Design to Evolve Built to last – Future of Buildings

Design to Evolve Built to last – Future of Buildings

The traditional stick and build method to implement design and engineering solution used in our cities and towns are inheritably inefficient and consistently producing varying quality of work. The future lies: in design; engineering of building designed to evolve & built to last.

The key here is to design Build like Lego- build blocks from kit of parts which can be used in any required combination and can be conveniently assembled providing flexibility in manufacture; assembly; disassembly; relocation and reissue or recycle in its entirety. 

Starting with the End in Mind

Starting with the End in Mind

We live in a world of digital Darwinism where through Disruptive Selection it is reported that, 70% of the companies on the Fortune 1000 list 10 years ago have vanished and in an environment where no business is too big to fail or too small to succeed, where technology and society are growing at a faster pace than organisation and corporation can catch. The AEC is an industry waiting to disrupt and requires re-tooling and needs long-term structural change through the participation of stakeholders across the industry.

What’s next for the facilities – workplaces?

What’s next for the facilities – workplaces?

The AEC industry needs to transform its traditional model of delivery to design, build and maintain facilities– workplaces – the crucible that assist our clients to complete the digital transformation in “flexible, fast and functional facilities that mutate and evolve to adapt the constantly changing business environment to bring to market new services or new products keep pace with a rapidly changing disruptive business environment.

It’s time to re-tool - innovate the construction delivery model – a shift in mindset is urgently required to fix an industry that is broken.

It’s time to re-tool - innovate the construction delivery model – a shift in mindset is urgently required to fix an industry that is broken.

Shifting mindset is required to innovate the construction delivery model in this digital globalized economy where we have to disrupt traditional process, and rebelliously discard old business clichés and remake the construction delivery model and greatly accelerate the way we operate to understanding customer needs and problems to keep pace with a rapidly changing disruptive business environment.

We owe it to the generation that is moving into the boardrooms of the digital globalized economy to fix a system that is broken. Do you agree, I would like to hear from you?

Why must the AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) industry disrupt?

Why must the AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) industry disrupt?

It is obvious the AEC industry must disrupt as in this disruptive, digital global economy, the AEC industry will find its environment of operation will have to change quickly to survive. It will have to change the game internally to accelerating speed-of-execution and become agile to seize new opportunities while disrupting to gain critical competitive advantage. In short it will have to Out-Execute and Out-Innovate

Is your industry ready to be disrupted, mine is?

Is your industry ready to be disrupted, mine is?

The AEC industry will be disrupted very shortly as the business environment which the industry is based is being disrupted. Our age old assumptions in business are no more relevant and the metrics of success are being redefined and where the clarity of words we use to discuss business, standbys like marketplace and competitive advantage, are redefined and rendered almost meaningless, makes it imperative that the industry will be disrupted. In the globalized knowledge economy where the goal is not efficiency but is adaptability or innovation or unleashing human potential where a whole new management system and tools is being reinvented, it is only a matter of time.

Are you disrupting traditional AEC industry processes to enhance client experience

Are you disrupting traditional AEC industry processes to enhance client experience

A shifting of our mindset to disrupt our traditional process, and rebelliously discard old business clichés and remake the market landscape for Design, Engineering & Construction by deliberately targeting situations where the competition is complacent and the customer has been consistently overlooked or under-served and greatly accelerate the way firms operate internally to keep pace with a rapidly changing world.

Meeting client’s expectation through an enhanced client experience is key to making AEC industry relevant in digital globalized economy.