Dispatch from the road: I keep seeing the same growth ceiling appear at 150 people. It isn’t a strategy problem.

In working with founders and leaders of employee-owned #AEC firms, I often observe a critical distinction between ownership transitions and leadership transitions.

We’re a sector that values numeracy. We like the clarity that comes from measuring inputs, outputs, and everything in between. And more often than not, companies in the industry are linking their KPIs to reward and recognition systems.

As I hit my own exercise program harder these days, I’m reminded of David Maister’s brilliant book Strategy and the Fat Smoker.