The Technology Tax Nobody Can Agree On
📰 I asked nine AEC tech companies if their software actually frees architects to design, or just moves the tax to a different line item. The answers surprised me.
Digital Transformation
238: Half Your Day Isn't Design
A conversation with industry leaders about how BIM 2.0 tools consume half of architects’ day, the hidden “technology tax,” and strategies to reclaim design time and control software costs.
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.
When Risk Becomes Strategy: Building Tech Leadership That Actually Delivers
📰 Two decades of AEC technology leadership distilled: how to align training, CFOs, and technology to turn risk into ROI. Learn why the best tech leaders build systems, not just deploy tools.
207: ‘The Tech Leader’s Compass: Risk, Value, and Timing’, with Craig Barbieri
A conversation with Craig Barbieri exploring strategies for effective digital transformation in architecture, addressing the importance of ongoing training, aligning specifications with tools, and leveraging AI to enhance productivity in design and operations.
Recurring revenue for architects? Yes.
📰 Designing to operate, embracing self-disruption, treating AI as an interdependent teammate, building psychologically safe cultures, and shifting to recurring, outcome-based services.