Back to Dokainish Insights When Innovation Comes from Necessity: Building the Tools You Need Facebook Linkedin Arrow-down Envelope In a recent Wall Street Journal article, hedge fund giant Man Group revealed how they developed their own data analysis tool, ArcticDB, because nothing on the market could handle their massive data requirements. This story struck a [...]

The demand for skilled project managers in capital projects continues to grow as organizations invest billions in infrastructure, energy, and industrial development. But what does it really take to land a role managing these complex, high-stakes projects?

Imagine yourself as the project manager standing at the helm of a $200 million data center construction project. You’re juggling demands for faster delivery timelines with unprecedented technical complexity. Since AI infrastructure requirements change almost weekly, you’re building today, for future infrastructure demands that aren’t as easy to predict as other capital projects. This is the reality of data center construction.

Here’s a challenging paradox: delivering capital projects while operating under hiring freezes. Picture this: You're leading a mega project worth billions. The schedule is aggressive, stakeholder scrutiny is intense, and every day of delay costs millions.

A large part of economic growth and societal progress relies on commercial construction. As a driver of growth, it often faces criticism for its perceived slow pace of innovation. While there have been advancements in materials and techniques over time, some argue that the industry lags behind others in adopting cutting-edge technologies and processes.

Back to Dokainish Insights The Critical Role of Resistance Management in Organizational Change Facebook Linkedin Arrow-down Envelope Are you losing millions through failed system and process implementations? Many organizations see a troubling pattern in transformations: change initiatives fail spectacularly, wasting millions in investment. We know because we've helped these projects get back on track. In [...]

Back to Dokainish Insights Implementing Data-Driven Decision Making: Change Management Approach Facebook Linkedin Arrow-down Envelope Is your organization truly leveraging the power of data? In the rapidly evolving sectors of energy, infrastructure, mining, construction, and more, data-driven decision making is essential as the cost of capital projects can exceed $100M. However, implementing this approach requires [...]

Back to Dokainish Insights From Chaos to Control Mapping Capital Project Delivery with ORGAtlas™ Facebook Linkedin Arrow-down Envelope The complexity of capital projects demands more than traditional project management tools and systems. Through our work with mega projects, ORGAtlas™ specifically designed for capital projects to create comprehensive visual frameworks that reveal hidden inefficiencies, interplays, and [...]

Back to Dokainish Insights The Predictable Points ofImplementation Failure  A Phase-by-Phase Analysis Facebook Linkedin Arrow-down Envelope Selection-Phase Failure Patterns The Superficial Analysis TrapOrganizations often fall victim to impressive demonstrations and feature lists. The system appears perfect during demos but masks critical limitations. Implementation veterans recognize this pattern when vendors focus on showing features rather than [...]

Back to Dokainish Insights Why Your System Implementation Will Fail: The Patterns Only Industry Veterans Can See An Analysis of Why Even the Best-Planned Implementations Unravel Facebook Linkedin Arrow-down Envelope The Expertise Paradox The most dangerous implementations are the ones that look healthy. In analyzing dozens of enterprise system implementations, one pattern stands disturbingly clear: [...]