Category: Business Development
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How Construction Will be Disrupted – Interview with Stefan Engeseth
Stefan Engeseth is author, consultant, speaker, CEO and Guest Professor. His latest book is Sharkonomics. In this podcast episode, we’re going to talk about what nature has taught Stefan and how that could be applied to the construction industry. Sharks are not only nature’s most revered killing machines, they are highly strategic and efficient predators. Studying theirbehavior…
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Connecting Real Estate Developers with Consultants – Interview with Savannah de Savary of IndustryHub
I had the pleasure of interviewing Savannah de Savary, Founder and CEO of IndustryHub. The company’s discovery platform enables real estate developers to find top architects, interior designers, engineers and other consultants. What made you start up IndustryHub? I was working as a developer at a NYC based development firm and when it came to sourcing innovative…
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Circular Economy for AEC Firms – Interview with Pöyry
I had the pleasure to visit the headquarters of Pöyry and meet with Jaana Tyynismaa and Jouni Honkala. In this episode 48 of the AEC Business Podcast we talk about circular economy. Pöyry is an international consulting and engineering company that serves clients globally across the energy, industry and infrastructure sectors. Last year, the net…
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Ten Ways to Innovate AEC Services – Part 2
Every company, big or small, can innovate. Companies that don’t innovate end up competing with their peers on the lowest profit. Here are five more ways to start innovating your next service (check out the first five). 6. Radically shorten the lead time How can you make something that takes a week to complete happen in…
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Killer Innovations – Interview with Phil McKinney
Phil McKinney is an award winning innovator of technologies and products used by 100’s of millions of consumers and businesses worldwide. In this interview, Phil shares ideas on how to innovate in the construction industry. In this interview, we discuss What are killer innovations Where to innovate How to use questions as an innovation tool How to brainstorm…
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Ten Ways to Innovate AEC Services – Part 1
Every company, big or small, can innovate. Companies that don’t innovate end up competing with their peers for the lowest profit. Here are five of the ten ways to start innovating your next service. 1. Redefine your customer We tend to think that our customer is the organization that pays our bill. This thinking can…
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The Changing Business Environment of Design in the Construction Industry
The Finnish Association of Consulting Firms (SKOL) organized its annual Consultants’ Day in April. The first presenter was the chairman of SKOL’s board, Markku Moilanen, of the Ramboll Group. His presentation addressed the changing business environment of design. “Big changes are taking place in our business environment. Oftentimes, when we’re talking about our business environment…
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Productization in the Construction Industry: Interview with Granlund
Service productization can help construction companies do better business and have more satisfied clients. AEC Business had the opportunity to interview Mika Virkki, Senior Consultant and Energy Manager at Granlund, a Finnish Helsinki-based company specialized in design, consultancy and software services with expertise in energy efficiency. He told us about their new productized service –…
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AEC Hackathons – Interview with Teemu Lehtinen
In this podcast interview I talk with Teemu Lehtinen, Doctoral Candidate at Aalto University, about AEC Hackathons. The AEC Hackathon gives those designing, building, and maintaining our built environment the opportunity to collaborate with cutting edge technologies and its developers and designers. It’s a weekend of ‘geek-sourcing’ for improving the industries that affect all that…
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Productization in the Construction Industry: Interview with Rapal
Service productization can help construction companies do better business and have more satisfied clients. AEC Business had the opportunity to interview, Anna-Leena Raij, Director of Workplace Management Services at Rapal Oy, a software and services company for work environment developers and infrastructure managers based in Espoo, Finland, to learn how they productized their service and…