This is a great representation of why I don’t badmouth competitors. They’re made up of people. Beautiful, messy, wonderful, purpose-driven people.
In this example: The JE Dunn Construction Superintendent on our Wichita Biomedical Campus joint venture project organized a prayer circle at the jobsite. We prayed for the project, the neighborhood, and the people who will teach and learn and work in the finished building.
While JE Dunn is a partner on this project, they’re a competitor on many others. One of many competitor architecture, construction, facility services, energy services and real estate development firms. In fact, the more ways we serve clients at Hutton, the more competitors we accumulate!
At the heart of those firms are people with pretty much all the same hopes and dreams: To provide for themselves and their families, to find purpose in their work, to connect with others. Each one has a story that very likely involves everything from joy and triumph to grief and tragedy. And sometimes we’re lucky enough to get to know each other on a deeper level and I’m *always* grateful when I do. Like Tim at JE Dunn and all the others from Dunn who were there with me and my Hutton colleagues and many of our families — to pray together.
(For a great read on the topic of competitors, follow Ben Hutton and scroll down a couple of months.)
West Coast Drywall Division Operations Manager
1moMoving forward! Who is the awarded drywall contractor?