CVG in ArchDaily: Learn To Adopt a Whole-Systems Approach to Business Planning

Love | Schack Architecture nearly quadrupled their profit in a four-year period through collaborative business planning with CVG. Pictured is The Cobblecrest project, collaboratively designed by Love | Schack Architecture with McDstudio in Bethesda, MD. Image © David Agnello Photography. Courtesy of Love | Schack Architects

Business planning is similar to creating design iterations and drafting drawings before starting construction, in the sense that it is the blueprint for a firm's future success. Having a strategic plan provides a basis to evaluate what is happening in real-time against what was expected, make adjustments as necessary, and have a guide to help make better business decisions. Without a plan, how can you coordinate all of the elements and timing required to achieve the desired result? How can you navigate an unpredictable business environment?

Let's review how the business plan with a whole-systems approach can guide us to successful results, as developed by CVG.

Having a vision and a holistic view of how all the parts fit together can help anticipate problems, avoid mistakes, and is more likely to produce an outcome that works, no matter what is being built. Viewing a business plan with a whole-systems approach helps architectural firm leaders understand how each component of their practice is interrelated, and therefore equally important…