Federal Policies to Foster Innovation and Improvement in Constructed Facilities Summary of a Symposium (1996) / Chapter Skim
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Ronald Reagan inspired me in my last job when he said, "Freedom and incentives unleash the drive and entrepreneurial genius that are the core of human progresses The people doing the work need freedom, and leaders have to get the nobles and standard operating procedures out of their way. Tom Peters, when challenged with the need for consistency, says, H What we need is a relentless pursuit of inconsistency..
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Finally, just let me recommend that whatever mistakes you make or you allow, just see that it leaves the building standing. If it does, you can then follow the advice of Frank Lloyd Wright who said, "A doctor has to bury his mistakes, but an architect can always advise his client to plant vines." 8
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since its establishment in May 1986. The center acts as the national focal point for scientific research and as an agent for innovative change needed to advance technology developments that will dominate large structural systems in the construction industry in the twenty-first century.
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