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Facilitating Virtual Collaboration: Tips and Tricks for Being Creative Virtually
While our new virtual world has changed the way we do business, it hasn’t stopped the creative wheel. Many of us are still tasked with solving creative challenges for ourselves, our clients, and customers. From creating a new business model, to naming a new product,...
The Hot Iron Effect: How to Learn From Vegative Experience
Melted synthetics cling to the bottom of some hotel irons. When the iron gets hot, the residue stains your clothes. I learned this the hard way.My experience with irons also taught me to hold my hand close to see if the iron is hot. Don’t touch it! Limitations of...
Too Much Cross Talk. Too Little Creativity. How to Fix the Worst Parts of a Virtual Meeting
A few years ago, we kicked off a management course on using creativity as a business tool in an unusual way: instead of hearing a standard lecture, students were led through a workshop on improvisation by a pair of actors. The goal was not just to have fun. Rather, it...
Preventing Telework-related Cyberattacks
The global scale of the coronavirus outbreak is a unique opportunity for cyberattackers because anyone can be a target and everyone is vulnerable. "That's not something that happens very often … everything from hacktivism all the way through criminal espionage are all...
How Construction Can Emerge Stronger After Coronavirus
Engineering, construction, and building materials have a vital role to play in a post-pandemic recovery of our communities and economies. Seven actions can help companies prepare for the next normal. This article was written collaboratively by the global leaders of...
PODCAST: Safe and Sound
Welcome to “Safe and Sound: Elevating the conversation around construction safety,” a podcast series focused on looking globally to help contractors create better safety standards locally. In this four-part series, Construction Dive’s Brand Studio will explore how the...
How to Navigate the Scheduling Impacts of COVID-19
Varying degrees of stay-at-home directives in response to the spread of COVID-19 have been issued across the country, with each state taking a different approach to its enforcement of projects that it deems essential to the community and continued operation of local...
PODCAST: The Road Forward – Infrastructure and Recovery
In this episode, host Nathan Hunt interviews Beth Ann Bovino, S&P Global Ratings' Chief U.S. Economist, the current state of the U.S. economy during the coronavirus pandemic and the role that infrastructure spending may play in an eventual recovery. The Essential...
Use This Reopening Checklist to Protect Construction People from Coronavirus
Before construction sites reopen, one of the top responsibilities of leaders is to ensure the safety of all the people coming and going from your job sites and offices.Unfortunately, leaders need to make safety and protection decisions based on ever-changing data...