Construction firms have been making high-stakes talent calls with thin data for years. Enterprise IT is finally catching up and there's a lot to learn.
Hiring on Instinct Is a Luxury Most Industries Can’t Afford For most of its history, construction hiring ran on relationships and gut feel. A superintendent’s reputation, a project manager’s track record, a handshake deal that held for years. It worked, until it didn’t. Today’s labor market is too tight, the stakes too high, and the […]
Everyone's focused on the superintendent shortage. But the quietest and most valuable hire on the jobsite might be the person running the technology.
The Talent Gap Nobody’s Talking About Ask anyone in construction about the talent shortage and you’ll hear the same answer: superintendents, project managers, skilled trades. The roles with boots on the ground. And that’s true. They’re scarce, they’re expensive, and they’re hard to replace. But there’s a quieter gap forming, one that doesn’t show up […]
As construction digitizes, the industry's most in-demand role may no longer be the one swinging the hammer; it's the one keeping the software running.
The Great Rebalancing of Construction Talent For decades, the hardest seat to fill on any construction project was the superintendent’s. The person who could read a set of plans, run a crew, keep a schedule honest, and absorb the daily chaos of a jobsite was worth their weight in gold and next to impossible to […]
Mistakes are the currency of growth, if you can embrace them
Eighteen months ago, I left a great job at a global financial institution to join a fintech startup just coming off its seed funding round. At the time, the company had just three employees who were designing our early products out of a small coworking space. Like many professionals taking a less-trodden path, I found […]
Get out the microscope, and engage the Board in what you find
The majority of mergers fail to meet their intended goals. For those that are successful, the top reasons, per the KPMG Board Leadership Center, are, in order of importance: Well executed integration plan A correct valuation Effective due diligence A well executed integration plan depends on effective due diligence. Frequently, not enough time is spent […]
