What does management consulting have to do with Design, Construction and Development?
Biologist Ludwig von Bertalanffy believed there were a set of fundamental structures which operate in the same fashion across all disciplines. Once these fundamental principles were mastered, they could be applied to any discipline by simply learning the specifics of the new discipline within the context of the fundamental principles.
Thus:
The principles of good design are germane to buildings and business plans.
The principles of project management are germane to foundations and forecasts.
The principles of asset optimization are germane to real estate or business development.
Applying fundamental principles in a new sort of way breaks the habit of reductionist thinking because...
Habits are hard to break:
eating habits
thinking habits
managing-the-organization habits
The question is: "How do you implement beneficial habits?"