F E AT U R E Best Practices 101: Ask the Right Questions by Duane Craig, Freelance writer Do you ever feel like you’re on a treadmill, running after every new thing that comes along in your search for business and project answers? To break free, you need a strategy based on asking the right questions. And, for construction businesses that require seeing your company for what it really is. As a general contractor, you create one-off projects with help from a group of partners. A set of
T H E
C O N T R A C T O R ’ S
project best practices might work on one project, but not necessarily on the next. If your business best practices aren’t tailored to your unique business, they aren’t likely to serve in the long run either. Instead of chasing and adopting generic best practices, consider what practices would work best for your business. A set of project best practices might work on one project, but not necessarily on the next.
C O M P A S S
From Questions to Innovation When seeking out the practices that align with your business, you tap into solutions that fit your business culture and project types. Answering the right questions also inspires innovation. Nowadays, innovation is a competitive necessity. For centuries, innovation was considered an affront to the status quo and heresy in religious circles.
A U G U S T
2 0 2 1
26
