Finding something underground is one thing. Giving a project team information they can actually use is another.

A technician might pick up a signal with an electromagnetic locator. A ground-penetrating radar scan might show an anomaly running through a proposed work area. An old drawing might suggest that a utility crosses the site somewhere nearby.

All of those findings…

A new Financial Times analysis reports that U.S. technology companies have cut nearly 140,000 jobs in 2026 while pouring record sums into artificial intelligence infrastructure. The obvious story is that AI is replacing workers. The more important story is that executives are using AI to justify sweeping workforce decisions without proving that the technology caused the cuts or that the…

In today’s politically correct business world, too many leaders are more concerned about not offending their employees than they are about helping them grow.

One of the biggest issues keeping teams from achieving greater success is a leader’s fear of mandating the activities and behaviors necessary to win.

Somewhere along the way, mandate became a bad word.

Leaders…