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.
Leadership
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 Most Honest Conversation About AEC Leadership I’ve Ever Hosted
📰 Tech leaders are no longer just fixing workflows. They are shaping firm strategy. This edition digs into a recent panel discussion from AECtech 2025 and reveals why the next generation of AEC leadership is emerging from digital practice and what it means for the future of design.
213: ‘The Rise of Tech-Driven Leadership in AEC’, with Jonathan Nelson, Nirva Fereshetian, Heath May, and Shane Burger
A conversation with Jonathan Nelson, Heath May, Nirva Fereshetian, and Shane Burger about the evolving role of design technologists in leadership, the challenges of technology adoption, and creating pathways for the next generation of leaders in the AEC industry.
Is Your Tech Stack Amplifying Values or Just Adding Noise?
📰 Discover how AEC firms can align AI with core values to enhance knowledge management, create effective learning pathways, and improve project delivery. This newsletter offers insights on avoiding tool overload while measuring meaningful ROI for a better organizational culture.