Integrating Your Marketing Team into Your Technical Team All too often, marketing and business development efforts can seem siloed from technical efforts in the A/E/C industry. We’re driven by different deadlines, often focused on different projects, and generally able to…
Avoiding a “Controlling” Culture to Improve Staff Happiness and Morale Over the course of my nearly 40 years in the industry, I’ve always been struck by the way that happiness among employees and managers is diminished by the tendancy of…
Despite there being approximately eight permanent trash bins located along the 300 foot stretch of Colfax Avenue between Lincoln and Broadway in downtown Denver, almost 1,000 lbs of trash have been collected from the storm sewer inlets in less than…
With an influx of talented new employees and promotion of new internal leaders, Calibre’s culture is shifting – an inevitable result of dynamic change. This culture change prompts a great and unique opportunity for us as employees, as a company,…
Tips to manage stressful situations It might surprise you to learn that biological stress is a fairly recent discovery. It wasn’t until the late 1950s that endocrinologist Hans Selye first identified and documented stress. Symptoms of stress existed long before…
When we think of leaders and those who are in positions of authority, we often think of words like powerful, focused, innovative. But what does it take to be an effective manager, and more generally, a good leader? Forbes has…
Have you ever finished a work week and thought “that was a really great week, I feel so energized!” only to follow the next week with “well that week was a struggle…” Have you ever wondered what makes one week…
Thoughts on Essential Value in Green Stormwater Infrastructure For those of you who have heard me speak at conferences or lectures, you know how passionate I am about the idea that we, as designers, must continue to push the idea…
Ever heard of a water elevator? Maybe not, but I’d wager you’ve heard of the Panama Canal, which is one of many ‘water elevators’ around the world! A ‘water elevator’, also known as a canal lock, transports a watercraft from…
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