The three numbers every business owner should know off the top of their head I work with business owners across the architecture + design industry every day and a problem I see regularly is that most can’t tell me their numbers. If you don't...
How to hire your next employee for $20 a month The best hire you're going to make this year costs about $20 a month. It works seven days a week, doesn't take holidays, doesn't quit and do all your boring...
Three things you can do with AI this week to save $25,000 Last week I wrote about how AI is creating a divide in the design and construction industry between those who are exploring AI now and those who are ignoring it. You...
AI won't replace designers, but designers using AI will Sam Altman (the CEO of OpenAI which makes ChatGPT) published a report this week called “Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age”. It’s a blueprint laying out how governments should be preparing...
These consult questions make you sound like an amateur Every designer has a list of questions they need to ask in an initial consult e.g. about budget, aesthetics, timeline, functionality (the obvious stuff), but the way most designers ask...
How to spot a problem client before it's too late I got a DM from a designer this week who is six months into a project and is completely over it. Her client keeps texting her out of hours in...
