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Innovation at SOM
KA Connect 2012 is a knowledge and information management conference for the AEC industry. The focus this year was on three intersecting trends driving the future of practice – research, marketing, and technology. There are many interesting presentation recordings available at…
How Virtual Design and Construction Create Business Value
If you are interested to learn how Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) create business value I recommend the Innovation in the AEC Industry Webinar.
Interview with Paul Wilkinson
I had the pleasure of doing an interview with Paul Wilkinson, founder of pwcom.co.uk Ltd, a specialist PR, marketing and construction technology consultancy.
The Evolving Role of Innovation in Design
The spring 2012 seminar by the Finnish Association of Consulting Firms (SKOL) was entitled “Innovation and know-how as success factors of the future”. One of the five presenters was Marco Steinberg, Architect and Director of Strategic Design of the Finnish…
Tactics for Coping With a Recession
In the early 1990s, I was working at an architectural design company, one of the biggest in Finland. The recession that started in Finland in 1990 hit the construction industry hard. In 1994 the unemployment rate in the industry was…
Methods and Tools For Consultants
If your company does management consulting as a part of your offering, or if you are an internal consultant, check out my e-book The Management Consulting Blueprint.
More AEC Business Ideas, Please
Springwise (www.springwise.com), a London-based independent innovation firm, scans the globe for the most promising new business ideas with the help of over 15,000 global “Springspotters”. The ideas are compiled and assessed by an editorial team, and the best examples are…
Success by Design -Jenn Kennedy Interview
I had the pleasure of interviewing Jenn Kennedy, the author of Success by Design – Revealing Profiles of California Architects. : Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
Aging Population as a Business Opportunity
In the world, two billion people will be 60 years’ old, or older, by 2050, more than triple the number in 2000, according to the World Health Organization. This will be a huge challenge in Western countries, but also a…
Design Your Business Model
Are you planning a new venture or re-imagining your business? Business Model Canvas has become a popular tool for start-ups and established organizations. It allows you to describe, design, challenge, invent, and pivot your business model.
10 Opportunity Areas for AEC Business Innovation
Innovation in the architecture, engineering and construction industries is incremental and evolutionary. As in other mature industries, AEC innovation is driven more by external than internal forces.
Why and How to Productize AEC Services
Services are always unique, non-standard experiences, while products are manufactured and thus always the same. Services are flexible and adaptable, while products are rigid. Why should anybody try to ‘productize’ services? Experience has shown that it makes business sense to…