{"id":25915,"date":"2024-05-23T14:51:47","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T21:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/gray-work-when-technology-doesnt-work-for-you\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T14:51:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T21:51:49","slug":"gray-work-when-technology-doesnt-work-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/gray-work-when-technology-doesnt-work-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Gray Work &#8211; When Technology Doesn&#8217;t Work for You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><strong>Eric Olson<\/strong>, CMO at Quickbase, is Aarni Heiskanen\u2019s guest in <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"#podcast\">this episode <\/a>of the AEC Business podcast discussing \u201cGray Work.\u201d It is the work done in ad-hoc solutions to make do and get by when your technology doesn\u2019t work for you. It is in systems that aren\u2019t connected, built on the fly, and not conducive to strong collaboration. It impacts revenue, productivity, and employee frustration at scale. Quickbase, as a software company, aims to eliminate gray work in the construction industry.<\/p>\n<p>The topics of the podcast include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eric\u2019s background and current role at Quickbase<\/li>\n<li>Quickbase published the <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/aec-business.com\/the-productivity-paradox-insights-from-quickbases-2024-gray-work-index\" target=\"_blank\">Gray Work Index <\/a>\u2013 Our Productivity Gap in 2024 <\/em>report in April. Why is this research topical, and who participated?<\/li>\n<li>What is Gray Work?<\/li>\n<li>How does it impact construction businesses, their employees, and collaborators?<\/li>\n<li>What are the root causes of today\u2019s situation?<\/li>\n<li>What is Quickbase\u2019s strategy for solving the problem?<\/li>\n<li>Success stories to share.<\/li>\n<li>Eric\u2019s recommendations for businesses aiming to tackle the issue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can download the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickbase.com\/ebook-the-gray-work-index\" target=\"_blank\">Gray Work Index report<\/a>. Also, check out how <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quickbase.com\/?utm_source=aec-business\" target=\"_blank\">Quickbase<\/a> can help construction sector companies become more productive.<\/p>\n<p>Watch a video version of the podcast or <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"#podcast\">listen<\/a> to it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"podcast\">Listen to the podcast and subscribe on your favorite podcast platform.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/aecbusiness\/aec-business.s3.amazonaws.com\/Eric-Olson-interview.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw(&#039;https:\/\/aec-business.com\/?powerpress_pinw=4016045-podcast&#039;);\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/aecbusiness\/aec-business.s3.amazonaws.com\/Eric-Olson-interview.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" download=\"Eric-Olson-interview.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"et_social_bottom_trigger\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aec-business.com\/gray-work-when-technology-doesnt-work-for-you\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Olson, CMO at Quickbase, is Aarni Heiskanen\u2019s guest in this episode of the AEC Business podcast discussing \u201cGray Work.\u201d &#8230; <a title=\"Gray Work &#8211; When Technology Doesn&#8217;t Work for You\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/gray-work-when-technology-doesnt-work-for-you\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Gray Work &#8211; When Technology Doesn&#8217;t Work for You\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25916,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1062,1066],"tags":[1162],"class_list":["post-25915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aec-business","category-all-posts","tag-smart-construction","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}