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Over the past few weeks I have been sharing the importance of an EVP, Employee Value Proposition.   Now that you have an understanding of the EVP I want to talk about its role in your firm’s overall Employer Branding. First, what is an Employer Brand?  In simple terms, it [...]

This past Saturday ARCADE Magazine organized a tour of the old Weyerhaeuser Building. The building has caught my eye for years, each time I traveled south on I-5.  The building always looked so lush and “as one” with the landscape.  The image above shows why I would get that sense. [...]

Last week I posted the first in the series on Employer Branding, I shared 6 reasons why your architecture or design firm needs to have an Employee Value Proposition (EVP). Now that you understand the reasons why your firm needs to develop and implement an EVP, it is time to [...]

Well done DBI!  Way to end the week strong!  

  This past week I was meeting with a growing architecture firm here is Seattle.  We had a very robust conversation around their upcoming needs and how, as any firm or company grows, the strategies that got you here never get you there.  Meaning that as a firm grows the [...]

  DBI is supporting a fantastic Seattle firm as they grow into Senior Housing.  If you are looking for a new opportunity that allows for a great deal of operational and creative freedom, reach out.  You can apply here!

This is not the first blog ever written about preparing for (and nailing) a Skype interview, but as video interviews become more and more common, I thought it was important to share some advice for putting your best (virtual) foot forward. Here are 7 useful tips that I go over [...]

  I am not breaking any ground by posting on the job interview. In fact, I would guess that the amount of job interview blogs and articles on the interwebs rivals the number of cat videos. So why am I doing it? Because no one is bothering to tell you [...]

The new year has started and the holidays are long behind us.  The glow of time off is over and there is work to do and little time for anything else.  We are all busy and as the economy grows through 2017, we won’t be slowing down soon.  So, I [...]

As is my tradition, one of the first blogs of the year is my reblog posting referring to creating and maintaining your portfolio.  The first of the year is the ideal time to start working on your portfolio or to update your portfolio with work samples from the past year. [...]

One week down, 51 weeks to go.  2017 is getting off to a great start for DBI.  For the new year, DBI is starting a weekly review blog post.  We want to post a blog each Friday to share what we learned, what we read, what we are excited about, [...]

2017 is here and if you loved it or hated it, 2016 is gone!  As all of us here at DBI settle into the new year, we have some exciting goals ahead.  I am not a “resolutions” kind of guy.  I like to think of the year as a theme.  [...]

This marks the eighth holiday I have had since starting DBI.  This (somewhat self-serving) proclamation is because I can honestly say that for each day within each of those seven years I have learned something new. Not all lessons have been great ones.  There is truth to the adage that [...]

DBI is working with an influence and growing general contracting firm in Seattle, Washington, helping them to hire a strong Senior Construction Project Manager.   Our client firm works across General Contracting and Construction Management to Design-Build and Consulting. The Senior Construction Project Manager role will oversee the planning, organizing, managing, [...]

S & T Studio Lead in Washington D.C.   DBI has been hired as a strategic partner, supporting a global client to fill an opportunity in their Washington D.C. office.  Our new client is a design firm driven by idea that spaces should inspiring always, enrich in multiple ways, and [...]

  Design focused and collaboration define the approach to design problems for DBI’s new client.  This firm is constantly bending, stretching, sharing, and developing solutions for its clients.   All of this shows in the firm’s work.  They are a reflection of this age.  They are interaction, investigation, thought and design. [...]

If you have been reading my blog post, and I know many of you have (thanks Google Analytics) you know that as much as my journey has been around growing and expanding my firm, I am on another journey.  And if I am going to be honest, this other journey [...]

Last evening, the DBI team was able to experience something I feel is uniquely Seattle.  I have lived in Seattle since 1998, and what I mean when I say “uniquely Seattle” is that essence of the “hard work and passion can change the world” belief that drove families West, forged [...]