Nick Forbess

Founder l 6 21 Project Advisor l saving AEC companies 6-21% on their annual project costs

[greyfly.ai @Greyfly1]

🚨#AI is exposing the limits of project managers working without it.
Dr. Mona Zoughaib highlights the gap that teams using AI identified risks in seconds, while others took far longer. How can leaders stay strategic while stuck in manual processes? #ProjectManagement #PMO

[Nick Forbess @nforbess]

Congratulations!!

[Fluor Corporation @FluorCorp]

Fluor signs contract with X-energy for advanced nuclear project in Texas https://t.co/2m2nxwNtCm

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Congratulations!

[Bechtel Corporation @Bechtel]

🎉 Bechtel has been named to @FortuneMagazine's America's Most Innovative Companies 2026 list! 128 years of building the extraordinary — and we're just getting started. 🔗 https://t.co/UfVMelWPlM

[greyfly.ai @Greyfly1]

AI in PM isn’t failing because of tech. It’s failing because of readiness.
Most orgs rush AI without fixing #data and foundations first.

Our latest case study shows why that fails and what to do instead.

👉 Download it https://t.co/TQIV9DT8mU

#AI #PMO #DigitalTransformation

[Nick Forbess @nforbess]

Congratulations on the vision and hard work @HKSArchitects @NBBJDesign !!!

[Fast Company @FastCompany]

Why HKS, NBBJ, and Autodesk are among Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in architecture for 2026. https://t.co/RarTZWpVQs

[Nick Forbess @nforbess]

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Tennessee Aquarium taught me something I’ve seen repeatedly ever since:
Complexity doesn’t overwhelm projects.
Misalignment does.
When alignment holds, complexity becomes navigable.
When alignment fractures, even simple projects struggle.

[Nick Forbess @nforbess]

Aquaria — A Reflection on Vision, Scale, and Leadership

Part I — Tennessee: Where Complexity Became Orchestration

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7/
That realization stayed with me:
The greatest challenge in complex projects isn’t technical execution.
It’s synchronizing human systems around a shared vision.

[greyfly.ai @Greyfly1]

Lessons from #AI delivery in 2025:
Technology wasn’t the hard part.
Leadership, collaboration, and trust in data mattered more than algorithms. The best organisations embed AI into real workflows and decisions. AI predicts. People deliver outcomes. https://t.co/J5Nu7zLGsU

[Fast Company @FastCompany]

The visible seismic system at UC Berkeley's Grimes Engineering Center safeguards the building and turns it into a teaching tool for earthquake-safe design. https://t.co/b8qKm23kjP

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6/
What I learned:
• Persistence beats volatility
• Managing difficult clients is leadership
• Good endings redeem hard beginnings
Great firms trust their people—and great work follows.

[Nick Forbess @nforbess]

Cambridge Seven — The First Client and the Culture That Trained Me
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I can’t say “Cambridge Seven” without smiling. I arrived as the firm was rising again. Soon after, the partners hosted an anniversary party—on a yacht in Boston Harbor.

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5/
Our first client fired us every Friday and rehired us every Monday. We stayed the course. When the project ended, he sent us a blank check to an exclusive Boston restaurant.