Risk Averse: The Overlooked (and Inevitable) Gift of Failure
AJ Waters AJ Waters

Risk Averse: The Overlooked (and Inevitable) Gift of Failure

Failure is one of the greatest teachers we’ll ever have…yet construction tends to treat it like an embarrassment.

At the end of the day, every win is built on a graveyard of failures. Somewhere along the way, someone tried something, fell short, dissected what went wrong, adjusted the plan and tried again.  

So instead of running from it, how do we build learning from failure into our culture?

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Dear Interns: You’re Not Behind–You’re Just Getting Started
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Dear Interns: You’re Not Behind–You’re Just Getting Started

Sure, college is great for learning how to think critically, write 20-page papers at 2am and maybe survive on vending machine dinners and almost no sleep. But does it fully prepare you for onboarding into a real job?

Yeah, not really.

But here’s the good news: you’re not behind—you were actually built for this.

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A tall New York City skyscraper under construction with a red crane on top, partially covered with modern glass panels, next to an older building with traditional architecture.
AJ standing at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, home of the College World Series, during construction of the baseball stadium, with the field and city skyline in the background.
AJ interviewing industry leaders in construction innovation at the Enabling Innovation conference.