THOUGHTS
Just Another Day in the Neighborhood: Remembering the Inauguration of 2009
My day started at 4:30 AM and a hike to get a ride. The roads were already bustling at 6 AM and masses of people were moving towards the Mall. The designated driver could not reach the hotel for the traffic and security perimeter, so I grabbed a cab. A small group of...
A Habit for Success: The 5 AM Club
The FIVE AM Club is a real thing. 15 years before Robin Sharma’s genius book The 5 AM Club, my dad taught me to implement a practice that would change my life and the course of my business. One day, he called to ask me to meet him for breakfast. I had been in the...
I’m Getting the Vaccine and I Hope You Will Too
One of my greatest honors is to serve as a trustee of the University of Chicago Medical Center. This has allowed me the opportunity to receive regular updates from some of the most respected medical and scientific professionals in the world. I wanted to take a moment...
“Creating a winning way is about developing a culture of
community service and impact through purposeful action.”
– BOB CLARK
THOUGHTS
Just Another Day in the Neighborhood: Remembering the Inauguration of 2009
My day started at 4:30 AM and a hike to get a ride. The roads were already bustling at 6 AM and...
A Habit for Success: The 5 AM Club
The FIVE AM Club is a real thing. 15 years before Robin Sharma’s genius book The 5 AM Club, my dad...
I’m Getting the Vaccine and I Hope You Will Too
One of my greatest honors is to serve as a trustee of the University of Chicago Medical Center....
THOUGHTS
Just Another Day in the Neighborhood: Remembering the Inauguration of 2009
My day started at 4:30 AM and a hike to get a ride. The roads were already bustling at 6 AM and...
A Habit for Success: The 5 AM Club
The FIVE AM Club is a real thing. 15 years before Robin Sharma’s genius book The 5 AM Club, my dad...
I’m Getting the Vaccine and I Hope You Will Too
One of my greatest honors is to serve as a trustee of the University of Chicago Medical Center....
Reading list
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
There has been a lot of press following the release of Barack Obama’s presidential memoirs. Many of the reviews point out how much our former President reveals his humanity in A Promised Land — the hefty volume that is only part one of two. The book is regarded as a...
Hit Refresh by Satya Nadella
I recently reacquainted myself with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s book Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft’s Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone. It is required reading for my senior team. Nadella sums up the book perfectly when he writes: “This...
Atomic Habits by James Clear
The writer, James Clear, and I both had traumatic and life-changing experiences in our formative years. And, for both of us, these experiences changed us into who we are today. Clear’s life-changing injury occurred when a baseball bat hit him in the face on the last...
IMPACT
Clayco Rising — A Hub for Diversity and Inclusion Impact
In building, everything starts from the ground up. 25 years ago, we started building diverse and...
Mentorship, Empowerment, and Leadership Development
Building the world that we want to live in is our responsibility, and this goes beyond just...
Diversity and Racial Equality
My real wake-up call to racial inequality and the lack of diversity in my industry occurred on the...
IMPACT
Clayco Rising — A Hub for Diversity and Inclusion Impact
In building, everything starts from the ground up. 25 years ago, we started building diverse and...
Mentorship, Empowerment, and Leadership Development
Building the world that we want to live in is our responsibility, and this goes beyond just...
Diversity and Racial Equality
My real wake-up call to racial inequality and the lack of diversity in my industry occurred on the...
Art collection
December’s Featured Artist: Amoako Boafo
Teju, 2019. Oil on Canvas. Gallerist: Mariane Ibrahim, Chicago.Ghanian artist Amoako Boafo resides between Vienna, Austria, where he has lived since 2014, and Accra, Ghana where he was born in 1984. He never imagined that his childhood love for painting would turn...
November’s Featured Artist: Zanele Muholi
“I’m reclaiming photography as a black female being. I’m calling myself a visual activist, whether I am included in a show or not, whether I am published or not. That’s my stance as a person, before anything else, before my sexuality and gender, because photography...
October’s Featured Artist: Sanford Biggers
This month’s featured artist, Sanford Biggers, is a New York City-based multidisciplinary artist who defies categorization. There is hardly a medium that Biggers has neglected to experiment with, boasting an oeuvre that includes sculpture, painting, mixed media,...
“Creating a winning way is about developing a culture of community service and impact through purposeful action.”
– BOB CLARK
IMPACT
Clayco Rising — A Hub for Diversity and Inclusion Impact
In building, everything starts from the ground up. 25 years ago, we started building diverse and inclusive practices into our company, while also shifting things in the industry. We were the first...
Mentorship, Empowerment, and Leadership Development
Building the world that we want to live in is our responsibility, and this goes beyond just constructing buildings. If we only focus on creating opportunities for ourselves alone, the industry and...
Diversity and Racial Equality
My real wake-up call to racial inequality and the lack of diversity in my industry occurred on the very first day I opened the Clayco office in St. Louis. It was in a disadvantaged part of town and...
ART COLLECTION
December’s Featured Artist: Amoako Boafo
Teju, 2019. Oil on Canvas. Gallerist: Mariane Ibrahim, Chicago.Ghanian artist Amoako Boafo resides between Vienna, Austria, where he has lived since 2014, and Accra, Ghana where he was born in 1984. He never imagined that his childhood love for painting would turn...
November’s Featured Artist: Zanele Muholi
“I’m reclaiming photography as a black female being. I’m calling myself a visual activist, whether I am included in a show or not, whether I am published or not. That’s my stance as a person, before anything else, before my sexuality and gender, because photography...
October’s Featured Artist: Sanford Biggers
This month’s featured artist, Sanford Biggers, is a New York City-based multidisciplinary artist who defies categorization. There is hardly a medium that Biggers has neglected to experiment with, boasting an oeuvre that includes sculpture, painting, mixed media,...
ART COLLECTION
December’s Featured Artist: Amoako Boafo
Teju, 2019. Oil on Canvas. Gallerist: Mariane Ibrahim, Chicago.Ghanian artist Amoako Boafo resides between Vienna, Austria, where he has lived since 2014, and Accra, Ghana where he was born in 1984. He never imagined that his childhood love for painting would turn...
November’s Featured Artist: Zanele Muholi
“I’m reclaiming photography as a black female being. I’m calling myself a visual activist, whether I am included in a show or not, whether I am published or not. That’s my stance as a person, before anything else, before my sexuality and gender, because photography...
ARCHITECTURE
December’s Featured Architect: Jeanne Gang
Architect Jeanne Gang, who was named Time Magazine’s most influential architect in 2019, deserves recognition for both her incredible designs and her work in raising awareness about ecological...
The Bottom Line: Appreciation
When it comes to weathering challenging circumstances, the bottom line is appreciation. The most important thing a leader can do is demonstrate a genuine appreciation for the people that show up,...
November’s Featured Architect: Bjarke Ingels
November’s featured architect is my friend, the young and charismatic Bjarke Ingels, who is a Danish architect and the founder of Bjarke Ingels Group—better known as BIG. He was born in Copenhagen...
ARCHITECTURE
December’s Featured Architect: Jeanne Gang
Architect Jeanne Gang, who was named Time Magazine’s most influential architect in 2019, deserves recognition for both her incredible designs and her work in raising awareness about ecological...
The Bottom Line: Appreciation
When it comes to weathering challenging circumstances, the bottom line is appreciation. The most important thing a leader can do is demonstrate a genuine appreciation for the people that show up,...
READING LIST
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
There has been a lot of press following the release of Barack Obama’s presidential memoirs. Many of the reviews point out how much our former President reveals his humanity in A Promised Land — the hefty volume that is only part one of two. The book is regarded as a...
Hit Refresh by Satya Nadella
I recently reacquainted myself with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s book Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft’s Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone. It is required reading for my senior team. Nadella sums up the book perfectly when he writes: “This...
Atomic Habits by James Clear
The writer, James Clear, and I both had traumatic and life-changing experiences in our formative years. And, for both of us, these experiences changed us into who we are today. Clear’s life-changing injury occurred when a baseball bat hit him in the face on the last...
READING LIST
A Promised Land by Barack Obama
There has been a lot of press following the release of Barack Obama’s presidential memoirs. Many of the reviews point out how much our former President reveals his humanity in A Promised Land — the hefty volume that is only part one of two. The book is regarded as a...
Hit Refresh by Satya Nadella
I recently reacquainted myself with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s book Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft’s Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone. It is required reading for my senior team. Nadella sums up the book perfectly when he writes: “This...
Adventurer in Hope
We get to choose our priorities and how we spend our time. Over the course of my life, my priorities have shifted immensely, and I now spend a large amount of my time focusing on the work that our foundation is doing, as well as being engaged in impactful community efforts. I’ve created Bob Clark Beyond as a space where I share my thoughts, impressions, and the lessons I’ve learned; but also to share about the work we are doing and encourage others to “go beyond,” joining with me in creating impact beyond our own walls.
Adventurer in Hope
We get to choose our priorities and how we spend our time. Over the course of my life, my priorities have shifted immensely, and I now spend a large amount of my time focusing on the work that our foundation is doing, as well as being engaged in impactful community efforts. I’ve created Bob Clark Beyond as a space where I share my thoughts, impressions, and the lessons I’ve learned; but also to share about the work we are doing and encourage others to “go beyond,” joining with me in creating impact beyond our own walls.