The Process
Pen to Paper
We’ve all heard the quote: “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” This has been applied to financial planning and businesses down to the daily To Do List, so why not your home? I have a post-it note theory these days, to help ensure my success. I allow myself one post-it per day […]
Plays well with others.
Let’s let this be the measure of how we select our team. It is rather elementary, but quite relevant in today’s cut throat economy. “Do not covet your ideas,” says Paul Arden in It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want To Be. Play well and share. We must accept others ideas […]
Why Hire an Architect?
Thanks to AIA Wisconsin for a concise answer. http://www.aiaw.org/find/why.shtml
Do You Make Blueprints?
Asking an architect this is like asking a doctor if they make prescriptions. After being introduced as an architect, this was the first question recently posed to me, and I will admit I was more than a little shocked. “Do you make blueprints?” Without being completely rude, I was not sure how to respond, other […]
Re-purposing
Is new really better? Commercial marketers are in the business to ensure that we all think so. In these days of technology, certainly there is truth in newness is goodness. I am convinced that cell phones are set to expire two years from the date of contract initiation. However, there are still times when it is […]
Mediocrity
While on a trip to New Orleans for a project there, I found myself asking both myself and the owners a very basic question. Is it time to settle for mediocrity? Of course, this is not a question that one wants to pose to their clients. But, we found ourselves in the midst of a […]