It's yesterday once more

摘要

Sir John Egan must have felt a bit like Detective Inspector Sam Tyler from Life on Mars when he first encountered the 1998-era construction industry, filled as it was with firms dressed in metaphorical kipper ties and brown leather jackets who weren't afraid to cut a few corners to get a result. His solution to all that nonsense was partnering: the revolutionary idea that members of the same team ought to work together … with the help of open-book accounting, profit sharing and a relationship that lasted beyond the project in hand. The notion caught on pretty quickly, helped greatly by a benign economic climate.