TBDskilled labor
Leadership
The Smart Bet: Why Builders Must Invest More In Women
Labor shortages are strangling home construction, but the industry keeps overlooking its most untapped talent pool—women. It’s time, finally, for homebuilders to commit more broadly to change the game.
Leadership
Breaking Homebuilding’s Labor Imbalance: A Blueprint for Action
We spoke with Branka Minic, CEO of Building Talent Foundation, about the new study and why solving homebuilding’s workforce imbalance requires more than just training—it requires hard economic data to connect the dots between skilled labor, efficiency, and affordability.
Leadership
New Building Talent Foundation Push: Upskill Current Frontline Workers
A new "Blueprint for Upskilling the Homebuilding Workforce" focuses not on recruiting new workers but on the untapped potential of those already on the job sites to impact and improve business and operational outcomes.
Leadership
A Downshift In Job Growth Is A Moment To Up The Ante On People
Investing in capability now – wisely, precisely, and aggressively – will ward off risk and ignite opportunity just as materially as today's land investments will drive new levels of scale and growth.
Technology
Tech Hack Matches Affordable Projects With Vetted, Diverse Trades
Tough Leaf makes it easier for developers and builders to meet diversity compliance requirements while mitigating performance risks by pre-vetting the firms in the database.





skilled labor
Leadership 03.07.25
The Smart Bet: Why Builders Must Invest More In Women
Labor shortages are strangling home construction, but the industry keeps overlooking its most untapped talent pool—women. It’s time, finally, for homebuilders to commit more broadly to change the game.
Leadership 02.27.25
Breaking Homebuilding’s Labor Imbalance: A Blueprint for Action
We spoke with Branka Minic, CEO of Building Talent Foundation, about the new study and why solving homebuilding’s workforce imbalance requires more than just training—it requires hard economic data to connect the dots between skilled labor, efficiency, and affordability.
Leadership 06.19.24
New Building Talent Foundation Push: Upskill Current Frontline Workers
A new "Blueprint for Upskilling the Homebuilding Workforce" focuses not on recruiting new workers but on the untapped potential of those already on the job sites to impact and improve business and operational outcomes.
Leadership 05.03.24
A Downshift In Job Growth Is A Moment To Up The Ante On People
Investing in capability now – wisely, precisely, and aggressively – will ward off risk and ignite opportunity just as materially as today's land investments will drive new levels of scale and growth.
Technology 02.16.24
Tech Hack Matches Affordable Projects With Vetted, Diverse Trades
Tough Leaf makes it easier for developers and builders to meet diversity compliance requirements while mitigating performance risks by pre-vetting the firms in the database.