I was recently asked, "why do you write your weekly email's?" My initial response was to justify the significant amount of time I spend each week researching and writing these email's by using well worn terms like, personal development, effective leadership, growth mindset and core values. All of these are valid justifications and great reasons for me and my team learning new things and pursuing self improvement. But really they are secondary reasons for me personally.
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In our previous blog, we touched upon the importance of a successful relationship between the client and the architect. Equally as important, is the relationship between the client and the builder.
This blog focuses on what makes a successful client and builder relationship, drawing from the insights of David McCallum, the founder of DDB Design.
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There are many benefits to owning a holiday home. In this blog, David McCallum writes about the three key benefits he discovered upon building the family beach house. Whilst some positives may be immediate, there are other gains and opportunities that identify themselves over time such as that of family, lifestyle and financial benefits.
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Last week was a significant week for the business when the Management Team created a "6-Month Plan for DDB".
This multi-stage plan sets out a whole new set of goals and objectives and a step by step strategy for surviving the COVID-19 health crisis and the economic downturn. A large part of this 6-month plan is an extensive list of tasks and commitments for each manager to carry out and almost all of these items on each "To Do List" are new. But this is only half of a successful formula for change, because to successfully execute this new plan we will all also need "A Stop Doing List."
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