by Peter W | Jun 7, 2026 | Bid Management, Business Coaching, Construction Industry, Industry Opinion, Project Management
From the perspective of the client at the top of the contracting chain, low price tendering makes sense. Who wouldn’t want to maximise the return made from a project? From the ground, the effect of low-price tendering feels like the contractor covering for a mistake...
by Peter W | Jul 28, 2025 | Business Coaching, Construction Industry, Industry Opinion, Innovation, Management Consulting, Project Management
It feels like there’s a lot of change happening currently. The concern, is that I hear of businesses abandoning strategy because of the pace of change. This would be a mistake and why? Engineering and construction is a great industry in my opinion. Because the...
by Peter W | Dec 9, 2024 | Business Coaching, Construction Industry, Industry Opinion, Management Consulting, Project Management
Have you noticed that we as human beings, when faced with a very large problem, tend to focus on the details? Have you for instance observed, when you are involved in a group problem solving activity, where the conversation normally goes? Down a rabbit hole – if the...
by Peter W | Oct 23, 2024 | Bid Management, Business Coaching, Construction Industry, Industry Opinion, Management Consulting, Project Management
The most difficult question I face in my work in Leadership in the engineering and construction industry shows up with integrity. By this I mean if I am in integrity (I do what I say I will do, on time and to the standard we have agreed) what do I do if the system I...
by Peter W | Sep 30, 2024 | Business Coaching, Industry Opinion, Innovation, Management Consulting
I was recently given a book by a colleague of mine with a very impressive gift for selecting books. It’s titled “Surrounded by Idiots” by a Swedish guy Thomas Erikson and is one in a series of four books he has written on organisational psychology. The title is an eye...
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