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The Truth Is Out There, says network dynamics expert John Taylor

John Taylor is a third generation AEC professional who has worked at universities for 11 years. He ran the Civil Engineering Network Dynamics Lab at Virginia Tech to help improve systemic change in the AEC industry, and currently runs the Network...

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Your building is talking. Are you listening?

Your building is talking. Eric Hall asks, "Are you listening?" Eric is Founder and Chief Innovation Officer at Site 1001, a smart building performance and operations platform that...

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KP Reddy on The Culture of Innovation: For PMI Atlanta

KP Reddy on The Culture of Innovation For PMI Atlanta. ‍What does innovation mean to you? The best definition I've borrowed is that innovation is about creating abundance where there was once scarcity...

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The Locomotion Expert Who Dreams Of Flight

Barry Clark's career has been characterized by tackling projects that on the surface seem straightforward -- but in reality are deceptively challenging. As co-CTO of of SoftWear Automation, he's disrupting the $100B sewn products industry by...

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12/30/17
Why innovate the built environment? Why now? (Video)

K.P. explains BuiltTech and strategies to take advantage of the opportunity.

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12/18/17
Civil Engineers Rule The Future!

When you hear the term "civil engineering", your eyes and ears usually don't perk up in anticipation like they do when you hear "new iPhone" or "driverless cars" or "Artificial Intelligence." Instead, you think bridges, roads, dams, airports...

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Thornton Tomasetti President Asks, 'Innovation: Theatre or Action?'

This post is written by Ray Daddazio. The motivation of the lecture is focused on the fact that corporate entrepreneurship is a very hot topic these days. However despite all the talk, actual innovation performance comes...

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Hitting the Iceberg

I have been a passionate entrepreneur since launching my first business at the age of 19. With my first IPO reaching a market cap of some quarter-billion dollars in my 20's, I quickly learned how to take a good...

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11/24/17
Look to the Past for a Better Future

The AEC workflow looks nothing like it did thirty years ago. From paper and pencil to CAD and now BIM, Cliff Moser is a prime example of how to adapt and evolve in an industry that isn't always receptive to change.Based in Oakland, California...

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11/24/17
Stop, Collaborate, and Listen

For Brian Skripac, the key to implementing new technology is to try not to get bogged down in the technology. Counterintuitive, right? But for him, tech is less about the "what," and more about the, "how." He asks, "How do we plan our...

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11/23/17
A Brief History of Corporate Innovation

Ask anyone under the age of 25 today "who invented the mouse?" or "who invented the graphical user interface (GUI)?" and you may get a lot of blank stares and fun wild guesses. These two inventions were the sparks that launched the...

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Gender conversations over chai

I used to host this "salon" at my house called "Chai with KP" on Friday mornings. It was a time when people could get together and talk about different subjects, strengthen relationships and...

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