I wrote an article recently titled "No more boom and bust." In it I referenced the problems companies such as Balfour Beatty and Sir Robert McAlpine had had with difficult projects which subsequently have impacted upon business perception and performance.
I talked about how the culture of the industy was wrong and how we have been approaching things in the wrong way for too long.
The article has been published in a few places including my own blog and on linked in.
The response has been phenomenal. So many people took the time to support and add to the article. I even had responses from senior directors at Balfour Beatty supporting the sentiment of the article.
Also when I deliver talks or speak to people generally there is huge support for change.
What is puzzling me is that if there is so much support where is the support and drive coming from for how we do things now. Who is pushing for the adversarial approach? Who is promoting disjointed procurement.
It seems to me that actually no one really believes how we do things now is the right way. I suspect there are thousands of people in the construction industry who keep doing what they are doing and what they know day after day. The reality is they neither agree or disagree they just do their job.
I think it's fair to day they suffer from chronic apathy. This apathy was rife in the 90s and 2000s when it was easy to do things as we had always done them particularly when this made money.
What is different now there are people passsionate and supportive of change. There is little resistance as there aren't any supporters of our current culture
There is a new breed in the construction industry today who are passsionate about a better way and who will not tollerate current behaviours
We need to continue to disrupt the industry and grow adoption by example. Those who are apathetic will then change or die.
I wrote an article recently titled "No more boom and bust." In it I referenced the problems companies such as Balfour Beatty and Sir Robert McAlpine had had with difficult projects which subsequently have impacted upon business perception and performance.
I talked about how the culture of the industy was wrong and how we have been approaching things in the wrong way for too long.
The article has been published in a few places including my own blog and on linked in.
The response has been phenomenal. So many people took the time to support and add to the article. I even had responses from senior directors at Balfour Beatty supporting the sentiment of the article.
Also when I deliver talks or speak to people generally there is huge support for change.
What is puzzling me is that if there is so much support where is the support and drive coming from for how we do things now. Who is pushing for the adversarial approach? Who is promoting disjointed procurement.
It seems to me that actually no one really believes how we do things now is the right way. I suspect there are thousands of people in the construction industry who keep doing what they are doing and what they know day after day. The reality is they neither agree or disagree they just do their job.
I think it's fair to day they suffer from chronic apathy. This apathy was rife in the 90s and 2000s when it was easy to do things as we had always done them particularly when this made money.
What is different now there are people passsionate and supportive of change. There is little resistance as there aren't any supporters of our current culture
There is a new breed in the construction industry today who are passsionate about a better way and who will not tollerate current behaviours
We need to continue to disrupt the industry and grow adoption by example. Those who are apathetic will then change or die.
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