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Nathan Miller

Nathan Miller is the Founder of Proving Ground (https://provingground.io/), an AEC consulting practice that creates data-driven building processes that increase productivity, provide certainty, and enhance the human experience. As strategic advisers, the firm works with business leaders to define strategic plans focused on innovation with data. As educators, they teach your staff new skills by facilitating classroom-style workshops in advanced technology. As project consultants, they work with teams to develop custom tools and implement streamlined workflows.

Computers Blog

Computers are hard

Computers are hard – I am quickly reminded of this whenever I have to help one of my parents troubleshoot a computer problem. “Gosh, mom, learn how to use a computer...
April 27, 2020
Generativedesign

Free Generative Design – A brief overview of tools created by the Grasshopper community

It is no secret that we’ve been critical of the recent framing of “generative design” as a technological trend largely driven by product marketing. We’ve instigated lively Twitter...
Nov. 26, 2019
Provingground

Are you creating a culture that is toxic to innovation?

Since removing impediments and barriers that contribute to unhealthy business practices is generally part of our pitch as consultants on innovation, I felt it best to address ...
Nov. 11, 2019
Whiteboard

4 tactics for our digital transformation

If there is one common theme to the topics on this blog, it is the digital transformation in the world of buildings. It is a topic that elicits feelings of optimism ...
May 14, 2018
Whiteboard

Interoperability for the building industry – More wicked problems

News recently broke about Flux’s pivot away from making tools focused on interoperability between building design tools. The AEC startup recently alerted their customers ...
March 7, 2018
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The success of your data strategy depends on healthy business practices

It is ten minutes before 9:00 AM and I am about to begin a day of strategic technology discussions with a new client. A whiteboard with markers sits at the ready as I anxiously...
Dec. 22, 2016
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The wicked problem of interoperability

Before I discuss interoperability in the building industry, I want you to think about a few scenarios from our not-too-distant past:What if web developers had accepted perpetual...
Aug. 22, 2016