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Sorry, Robots -- Humans Are Still The Future Of Homebuilding
Skillit CEO Fraser Patterson argues that the homebuilding industry’s biggest risk isn’t a lack of robots—it’s a shortage of accessible, skilled frontline workers. Richard Lawson has the full interview.
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New Building Talent Foundation Push: Upskill Current Frontline Workers
A new "Blueprint for Upskilling the Homebuilding Workforce" focuses not on recruiting new workers but on the untapped potential of those already on the job sites to impact and improve business and operational outcomes.
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Capability, Culture And The Rare Art Of Learning From Mistakes
If homebuilding resiliency and enduring success, "relies on accepting and preparing for cyclicality," it also relies on accepting that errors go with the turf, and preparing the team for how and when they happen vs. "assuming" they can be prevented.
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A Pivot To A 'Hearts And Minds' Mentality Can Alter Labor's Arc
People's "emotions and reasoning" would need to evolve before a solution to the No. 1 business risk for all organizations – tiny, small, medium, large, and giant -- doing business in the residential construction space can surface.
Leadership
Ways Out of Housing's 'Vicious Circle' Crisis: #2 Women On Job Sites
The opposite of nimbleness, agility, and resilience – the alternative to construction and real estate's capacity to adapt to a changing business, economic, environmental, and consumer demand climate – is fragility.
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Leadership 09.25.25
Sorry, Robots -- Humans Are Still The Future Of Homebuilding
Skillit CEO Fraser Patterson argues that the homebuilding industry’s biggest risk isn’t a lack of robots—it’s a shortage of accessible, skilled frontline workers. Richard Lawson has the full interview.
Leadership 06.19.24
New Building Talent Foundation Push: Upskill Current Frontline Workers
A new "Blueprint for Upskilling the Homebuilding Workforce" focuses not on recruiting new workers but on the untapped potential of those already on the job sites to impact and improve business and operational outcomes.
Leadership 08.04.23
Capability, Culture And The Rare Art Of Learning From Mistakes
If homebuilding resiliency and enduring success, "relies on accepting and preparing for cyclicality," it also relies on accepting that errors go with the turf, and preparing the team for how and when they happen vs. "assuming" they can be prevented.
Leadership 05.10.23
A Pivot To A 'Hearts And Minds' Mentality Can Alter Labor's Arc
People's "emotions and reasoning" would need to evolve before a solution to the No. 1 business risk for all organizations – tiny, small, medium, large, and giant -- doing business in the residential construction space can surface.
Leadership 03.06.23
Ways Out of Housing's 'Vicious Circle' Crisis: #2 Women On Job Sites
The opposite of nimbleness, agility, and resilience – the alternative to construction and real estate's capacity to adapt to a changing business, economic, environmental, and consumer demand climate – is fragility.