The Lean Enterprise Institute surveys show that 36% of companies attempting lean give up the efforts. Customer Relationship Magazine cites 60% of six…

I had the pleasure of meeting and having dinner with Charlie Scott the other night. Charlie owns a very successful national consulting firm called…

They say a writer never “makes it” until he gets hate mail. In at least four blog posts this year, I have expressed my frustrations with architects…

A key aspect of quality management is the importance we place on employees, valuing people. We spend a significant amount of time and money…

For the last couple of years I've been speaking to groups of remodelers about crafting a social media strategy for their firms and one of the things…

Home building is an extremely complicated business and as such requires very intelligent people and systems.  Think about it for a second.  To build…

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The 100 Best Kitchens & Dining Rooms This new book from Beta-Plus is a nice collection of design ideas, but definitely more of the coffee table…

Being creative and innovative is something that is widely touted, but how do we actually do it? This may be needed for a particular issue during land…

Excuse me if you've heard this before ... In what we can't exactly call a surprise, another government program aimed at helping underwater homeowners…