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How to spot a time waster from a mile away
Time is one of your most valuable resources, especially when running a business. But how do you spot clients who are just wasting your time?
Dec 9, 20243 min read
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Action Focussed Meeting Minutes: A more effective approach for Small Businesses
Meeting minutes is a task that’s often overcomplicated. In a small business, traditional meeting minutes, packed with every detail from a...
Nov 6, 20242 min read
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Reflections on Construction Management: Empowerment and decentralisation vs. Detailed Planning and control
I wanted to share some reflections on a really interesting discussion I had with a colleague in the construction industry. We talked...
Oct 11, 20243 min read
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Learning from Southwest Airlines: Put the team first
First I want to tell you about Southwest Airlines and their approach to employees and teams. If you’ve ever read any book on business...
Aug 23, 20244 min read
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To Tender or not to Tender
Evaluating a Tender Opportunity: Key Questions to Ask Yourself So you’ve been asked to tender on a project. Now what? What are your...
May 24, 20246 min read
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What the construction industry can learn from Scrum and Agile Methodology
Jeff Sutherland's principles from "Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time," while rooted in software development, offer...
Apr 2, 20244 min read
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The deadly consequences of a zero tolerance workplace policies
This book is extraordinary and debunks a lot of what everyone thought was good safety management. It validates that exhaustive, highly...
Mar 7, 20242 min read
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Prioritising Safety over Compliance - A radical plan to improve site safety
The Buttress Safer Now Methodology and the radical plan to improve construction safety. Buttress and our Safer Now philosophy is...
Mar 7, 20244 min read
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7 Step plan to rapidly improve your construction business
There are infinite things to do but there is only one of you. There are hundreds of bits of advice from friend’s staff and everyone...
Mar 6, 20243 min read
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