Interpretive Flexibility and the Price of Documentation
Design and construction are rooted in layers of historical work practices that enable temporary teams of experts to quickly establish collaborative routines. However, work practices, drawing sets and written specifications that functioned well in the 2D environment may constrain teams working in 3D, and shape the ways they generate and discuss alternative solutions to problem. In […]
Award: Best Paper at EPOS 2014
My paper with colleague Dr. Carrie Dossick won the “Best Paper Award” at the 2014 conference of the Engineering Project Organization Society. The paper is published in the peer review conference proceedings and is available here.
Book Review: Venture Labor in Contemporary Sociology
Thank you Michael Indergaard for the scholarly review of Venture Labor in Contemporary Sociology. What advice do you give to young folks about jobs? I could tell them I made some investments in my employability, but it is equally true that I mostly muddled through the uncertain career paths of our times. In Frank Knight’s classic […]