As a landscape designer or design-build professional, you’ve poured your heart and soul into creating stunning outdoor spaces. But let’s be honest, the technical aspects of the job – CAD drafting, 3D modeling, and rendering – can be a real drag on your creativity and productivity. That’s where outsourcing your design graphics work to a […]
As a landscape designer or design-build pro, you didn’t get into this business to spend hours hunched over a computer, wrestling with CAD software and 3D modeling programs. You’re a creative at heart, and your true passion lies in transforming outdoor spaces into stunning, functional masterpieces. But let’s be real – all that technical drafting […]
A series of HOW TO articles on selling design work profitably.This is article #1. Why Offer Design Most landscape and hardscape design build companies make their money on construction. But find building other people’s designs less than satisfying from a creative and financial perspective. The way to beat the competition in any market is through […]
“Whatever work there is should have as much meaning as possible. Wherever possible, workmen should be artists; their work should be the application of knowledge or science and known and enjoyed by them as such.” –Michael E. Gerber (Author of “The EMyth Revisited”) In business coaching, the secret to helping people is in asking […]
This appeared in my Spam folder and the title got me to open it. The sentiments expressed are at the heart of why I do the work at Systems Organized by Design SOD. I feel fortunate that I took the time to read this. I hope you do too. A CFA’s perspective is a lot […]
Thanksgiving is the greatest American holiday if you ask me. It has family together and eating. And it says tons about what we believe is important. The holiday is all about being grateful for what we have and giving thanks to our families, our friends and our work. It’s also the beginning of the Holiday season, […]
Trust within a company is the grease that keeps the wheels turning. It is a company’s most valuable asset. Without it, you may get results, the company functions, but everything is laborious. Inspired work requires mutual trust. Onus is on management to initiate and sustain empathetic trusting relationships with employees, customers, sales prospects, suppliers and […]
It seems so easy, it reaps huge rewards and yet, almost all of us need to work on getting better at it. Tons of studies show that people accurately comprehend or internalize less than 30% of what they hear. That means it’ll take us a minimum of hearing something three times before we get it. […]