The Importance of Applying a Business-Thinking Mindset in your Professional Services Firm
When you apply a business-thinking mindset to your firm, you will discover what people need and create value in your services.
Developing a practical approach to better prepare for the inevitable reality of scope change helps you ensure every project is a success.
Steven Burns, FAIA, is a renowned global thought leader, architect, and highly sought-after speaker on topics related to emerging technologies and effective firm management. As the founder of The Well-Designed Firm, a cutting-edge business consultancy, Steven is committed to helping A/E firms elevate their business practices to the same level of elegance as the architecture they create. With a Master of Architecture degree from the prestigious Harvard Graduate School of Design and over 7 years of experience at SOM, Steven is a true expert in his field. He also founded his own architecture firm, BBA Architects, which he successfully sold in 2007. Steven's contributions to the architecture industry go beyond his work as an architect and business consultant. He is also the mastermind behind ArchiOffice, a popular project and office management software that he developed and later sold to BQE Software in 2010.
When you apply a business-thinking mindset to your firm, you will discover what people need and create value in your services.
If you use spreadsheets for daily business, you can lose precious company time, cause errors in important data, and miss out on real-time crucial...
From budgeting to automation, Steven Burns, FAIA, breaks down the top financial tips for architects and engineers.
All projects have scope change, and if you’re not managing it properly, you can lose money, time, and leave your clients very unsatisfied.
Steven Burns, FAIA, details how time tracking software can help your firm improve profitability and get employees to fill out time on time every...
A Bombshell Dropped by the AIA Survey on Technology: I recently got my hands on an advance copy of a new survey coming from the American Institute of...
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This month marks our 23rd update in 3.5 years, and is truly one of the most remarkable to date.
Architectural firms may seem on the cutting edge of design and technology, but they are curiously backward when it comes to applying advanced...
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