Change Management
231: 'Architects: Reclaim Control in CA', with Jack Sadler
A conversation with Jack Sadler about reclaiming control in construction administration, turning CA from a cost center into a profit center, and using AI to automate admin tasks while preserving architects' professional judgment.
Stop Before You Start
📰 Steve Burrows exposes how time‑based billing and noisy meetings cripple AEC firms, urging a simple “sheet of paper” daily log to cut waste, shift to value‑based pricing, and harness AI for repeatable work.
228: 'What Did You Actually Do Today', with Steve Burrows CBE
A conversation with Steve Burrows about why the construction industry rewards dysfunction, the pitfalls of time‑billing, the promise of value‑based billing, modular construction challenges, and how AI is reshaping engineering work.
The Three Things Firms Get Wrong About Transformation
📰 Organizational transformations often fail by chasing speed over capability. Instead, focus on cash, clarity, and capability, address cultural and knowledge‑transfer gaps, and treat AI as a design challenge, not just a productivity metric.
227: 'Are We Horses or Are We Coal', with Rachel Riopel
A conversation with Rachel Riopel about why digital transformation initiatives in AEC firms often fail, the importance of organizational clarity and capability, and how to bridge the gap between technology pilots and meaningful change across the entire organization.
The Asteroid Is Visible Now
📰 Martyn Day has covered AEC for 37 years. He says this moment is unlike anything he's seen — not one disruption, but a dozen arriving at once. Engineering automation. AI-written software. Open SDKs. Palantir. The full edition is for firm leaders.