Good Practice Guide: Business Resilience

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Architecture courses spend little time studying the skills required to run a business. The majority of RIBA Chartered Practices in the UK are classed as Small Medium-sized Enterpri ses (SME), and most of those are within the ‘small’ bracket. This means there a lot of architects running their own businesses. Architecture is high-risk/low income industry and to be resilient you need money. Architects need help to make money. There is a view that to be good at art subjects will leave you falling behind in science, or to excel in English exams means you are likely to struggle in maths. Architecture attracts individuals who love all subjects and are usually good at them too. You can use the skill sets you learn as an architect to create a resilient business. Running a business means you need to make decisions. Understanding the mechanics of how your business operates allows you to process risks and plan your way out of situations arising. By establishing your business vision and mission, relentlessly tracking time, focusing on sales, investing in staff and growing people’s skills, as well as understanding the flow of money in and out of the business, you will be better informed to make good decisions. This Cover-to-Cover session is based on the book ‘Business Resilience’ in the Good Practice Guide series. It discusses people, systems & structures, education and money. Afterwards you can expect to start telling people what you want to do, be brave and respond quickly and share your responsibilities. Having completed the webinar, participants will earn a discount code to purchase the book discussed at a special discount price from RIBA Books (the code is valid until 31 December 2023). Please note that this session was recorded from the live webinar on 26 May 2023.Mark KempMark has been the sole director of PLACE architects Ltd since 2009 and has been involved in construction for over 30 years. After working on site in London and attending night school in Hammersmith, he went on to study architecture at South Bank University and graduated in Plymouth. He was on the board of RIBA Enterprises for three years, overseeing the partial equity sale of that business, and held the offices of vice chair of the Board and chair of the RIBA’s Risk and Audit Committee. He was on the Finance and Operations Committee for the RIBA for five years to 2020 and now chairs the RIBAJ Editorial Advisory Panel. It is the engagement with so many people that has always been his passion – especially when there is a knotty problem to unravel. When he is not working, he can be found cooking for his family in Exeter, supporting Fulham FC at Craven Cottage or listening to football commentary on the radio.For more information on this course, or if there are no places available, please email us, or call +44 (0)20 7307 5355 to talk to a member of the team. Please view the Terms and Conditions for more information. Core CurriculumLegal, regulatory and statutory compliance Show more