Built Revolution Podcast: Recent Episodes
Continuum Advisory Group
Every day of our lives is spent in the built environment - from the homes we live in to the roads we drive to the buildings in which we work. But while our world continues to shift and grow and change, the development and delivery of the built environment has fallen dramatically behind. To keep up, we know that the construction industry must transform. Through conversations with the leaders, visionaries and innovators behind the built revolution, this podcast explores our changing environment and what industry participants can do about it. Powered by Continuum Advisory Group and the Construction Industry Institute (CII).
Earlier this year, Nate Scott, Principal of Continuum Advisory Group, began compiling a monthly US Construction Spending Summary to share with our clients. In this episode, Kelcey Henderson reviews the latest data release with Nate and gets answers to a few questions from friends. Listen in as we discuss highlights of what's currently going on in construction.
Welcome to Episode 1 of Continuum Advisory Group's Strategy Miniseries. In this series, we discuss our work with clients on how they can win in their business environment with a focus on the psychology of leadership in our VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) environment.
In the first episode, we introduce the four strategic imperatives that will be the foundation for the future of the series:
1. Scan the business environment continually
2. Share (overshare) strategic information
3. Continually evaluate internal processes and operational effectiveness
4. Develop a collaborative and efficient decision-making process
There has been a huge push for ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) and Sustainability throughout the construction industry recently. In this episode, Kelcey Henderson talks to Brian Stamper from Advantic about the drive toward carbon neutral (or even negative) in the data center space.
On the heels of AGC/ConExpo and Advancing Prefab, Kelcey and Clark share a roundup of industry events for the remainder of 2023. These are listed below in chronological order with a link for each. Hopefully, we will see some of you at these!
CURT Lean/Offsite Summit (and member meetings)
- 5/9-10/23 in Clearwater Beach, FL
- https://www.curtevents.com/event-details/lean-project-delivery-off-site-construction-summit
ENR’s GWiC
- 5/11-12/23 in San Francisco, CA
- https://www.enr.com/groundbreaking-women-in-construction
Advancing Life Sciences
- 5/31-6/2/23 in Boston, MA
- https://advancing-life-science-construction.com/
ENR Future Tech
- 6/5-7/23 in San Francisco, CA
- https://www.enr.com/future-tech/agenda#closed
LCI Lean in Design Forum
- 6/20-21/23 in Chicago, IL
- https://leanconstruction.org/designforum23/
Built Worlds Construction Technology
- 7/19-20/23 in Chicago, IL
- https://builtworlds.com/event/2023-construction-tech-conference/
CII Annual Conference
- 7/31-8/3/23 in San Antonio, TX
- https://www.construction-institute.org/events/annual-conference/ac23
USGBC Greenbuild
- 9/26-29/23 in Washington, DC
- https://informaconnect.com/greenbuild/
LCI Congress
- 10/24-27/23 in Detroit, MI
- https://lcicongress.org/2023/
In the third episode of Continuum Advisory Group’s Lean and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Miniseries Clark Ellis and Kelcey Henderson discuss partner selection and how it is different – or should be different – for a Lean IPD project. Kelcey discusses best practices for owners and how to create a community of potential partners who want to work with you.
In episode 2 of Continuum Advisory Group’s Lean and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Miniseries, Clark Ellis and Kelcey Henderson discuss organizational adoption of a Lean Construction and/or Lean IPD approach. Kelcey shares keys to success, common pitfalls and watch-outs, as well as a roadmap for how to approach the transformation within your organization.
In Episode 3 of the Energy Evolution Miniseries, Clark Ellis discusses the hydrogen energy transition with Patrick Goodman, Fellow in Clean Hydrogen Technologies and Process Engineering Manager at Fluor. During the discussion, Patrick addresses the evolution of hydrogen energy sources, challenges and opportunities on the path to a clean, sustainable energy future, and how Fluor is working on decarbonizing construction and building pathways to a net-zero carbon future.
Welcome to episode 1 of Continuum Advisory Group’s Lean and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Miniseries. This series explores a variety of topics and even some tools and processes in Lean Construction and Integrated Project Delivery. In this introductory episode, Clark Ellis speaks with Kelcey Henderson on CAG’s background, approach, and perspectives regarding our work with Lean IPD teams and organizations.
Would you shop at a store where they wouldn't tell you how much the milk costs? Neither would we.
In this episode of the Built Revolution Podcast Clark Ellis sits down with Ken Pinto, Founder of Kenzai USA - an international Supply Chain solutions company, to explore Ken's practical roadmap for business leaders who are interested in solving Supply Chain issues in the Homebuilding industry.
Ken is also a consultant and expert in Supply Chain for both Commercial and Residential Construction with more than 40 years of expertise in the building industry. Adding Author to his impressive list of credits, Ken shares his insights on universal key concepts around Supply Chain dynamics in his book, "How Much Is The Milk?" that can be applied in any industry.
Part 2 of our discussion with Zig Rubel, Founder, President, and CEO of Forsight Digital, dives deeper into how prefabrication and offsite construction are evolving the way we design, build, improve, maintain and renovate in the built environment. Zig and Clark’s conversation in this episode offers a more in-depth look at how application-driven results are impacting the industry and what’s possible for the future as we traverse this transition for construction and other industries.
The Built Revolution Podcast explores the evolving role of design in prefabrication in a 2-part discussion. Listen in as host Clark Ellis catches up with Zig Rubel, Founder, President, and CEO of Foresight Digital. Zig operates at the leading edge of design technology for new buildings as an architect who has become a technologist for the built environment. Clark and Zig define the parameters of prefabrication and offsite construction, discuss how architects and designers are evolving, and set the stage for Part 2 of their conversation, which focuses on current and future application examples.
In episode 2 of our Energy Evolution Miniseries, Clark Ellis discusses McDermott’s vision for ESG and sustainability with Sabrina Rajan, Director of Sustainability for McDermott. During the discussion, Sabrina provides an overview of McDermott’s emission reduction targets for Scope 1, 2, and 3, as well as touches on how McDermott is working on decarbonizing construction and building pathways to a net-zero carbon future.
Energy is evolving daily. From commercial construction to infrastructure and industrial applications, every sector is putting in place Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria and working toward Net-Zero carbon emissions goals. In this first episode of the Energy Evolution Miniseries, Victaulic’s Elliott Smith sits down with Uday Turaga of ADI Analytics to discuss the energy evolution, emerging trends, and key projects driving the global energy transition.
In this episode, Clark Ellis sits down with longtime industry leader, real estate investor, and developer, Joshua Pollard, to discuss Real Estate development in urban markets and how Healthcare Services are interrelated. Joshua is the founder, CEO, and President of Omicelo, a remarkable company focused on developing sustainable communities using holistic Real Estate investment strategies. Join Clark and Josh as they discuss how Josh's unique experience and a single question from a colleague inspired and shaped his company where Home, Health, Wealth are the guiding principles.
Change can be hard, especially when there is resistance or misalignment on the approach. Change can also yield big rewards if we work for it. In this podcast, we explore the challenges and benefits of driving real change in a major General Contractor with Rebecca Snelling, National Lean Director for JE Dunn. Join us as we discuss the barriers to change in large organizations, Rebecca’s experience and her biggest lessons learned when implementing Lean, as well as what advice she gives others who are working to drive change within their organization.
As the construction industry explores more collaborative business models (Design-Build, Integrated Project Delivery, Operating System 2.0), while facing an ongoing workforce shortage, The Built Revolution Podcast asks the question: What does industry need from universities? And how can we better prepare the next generation of industry leaders? Barbara Jackson (University of Denver), David Stayshich (University of Houston), and Stephen Mulva (University of Texas at Austin) offer unique perspectives from both the world of academia and the world of industry in this panel discussion with Kelcey Henderson, President of Continuum Advisory Group.
Continuum Advisory Group has had two female presidents, which is pretty unique for any firm in the construction industry. The current and most recent presidents, Kelcey Henderson and Gretchen Gagel, sat down together virtually from across the globe to discuss the history of women in construction. We recently celebrated Women's History Month, and we enjoyed exploring the role of women in our industry and what's changing.
Speed to market is a common driver in manufacturing and life sciences projects, requiring some facilities to be completed before the product and manufacturing process have been well defined. Some facilities may need to be reconfigured for multiple uses during their operational lives. This podcast explores the research that provides guidance on which common core building components are dependent upon the manufacturing process, and which can easily be decoupled. It identifies innovative methods that contribute to the development of a flexible facility. Please enjoy our conversation with Keith Molenaar, K. Stanton Lewis Professor of Construction Engineering and Management, Interim Dean, College of Engineering & Applied Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, and Samar “Summer” Adranly, Senior Vice President, Eichleay. This was recorded at the CII Annual Conference in August of 2019.
Our conversation with Arlen Solochek, FAIA, Consulting Architect, helps owners consider how different project characteristics, market conditions, internal considerations, and participants' concerns create better (and worse) matches with different project delivery methods. Arlen’s extensive experience on the owner’s side and on the practitioner’s side of capital projects, and his most recent work as Associate Vice Chancellor, Capital Planning and Special Projects for the Maricopa County Community College District gives him a unique perspective on the benefits of selecting the appropriate delivery method for the project situation.
Can you imagine a major construction site that requires no cranes? Or one that requires no people? Or completely eliminates the permitting process? Check out our conversation with Fernanda Leite, Associate Professor at the Cockrell School of Engineering at UT Austin who is helping to lead the Construction Industry Institute’s (CII) Technology Path to the Future. Fernanda explains the process behind a unique collaborative methodology to solve this initiative exists to inspire organizations within the capital projects industry to successfully transform to new technology paradigms. The industry tends to focus most of its innovation attention and budgets on short term or incremental change. By focusing on what will be required to deliver capital projects three decades in the future, this report illustrates the need for radically different technologies.
Research Team UMM-01, Achieving Higher Levels of Standardized Facility Design in the Upstream, Midstream, and Mining Commodity Market
The design of most upstream and midstream projects is customized to the project’s specific requirements. The widespread use of standard designs, while perhaps providing a less “optimal” solution, could result in significant cost and schedule savings that ultimately result in a better business case for the owner. This research will describe the fundamental trade-offs between custom and standard designs, criteria to be considered when making this decision, and the changes in the way we do business required to facilitate the widespread use of standard designs.
- Jennifer Shane, Associate Professor, Iowa State University
- Oscar Monagas, Senior Engineering Management Specialist, ConocoPhilips
- Michael Kluck, Senior Project Manager, KBR
- Young Hoon Kwak, Faculty, George Washington University School of Business
Olfa Hamdi is a global expert in the strategic, construction-driven planning and execution of capital projects. She is an American-trained engineer, inventor, and Silicon Valley entrepreneur who founded the Advanced Work Packaging Institute before co-founding Concord Project Technologies (https://tconglobal.com/about/) in 2016.
Please enjoy our conversation from earlier this year, prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. We discuss Olfa's work leading clients to adopt Predictability Thinking™ to improve project predictability and results. She is a great example of bringing true thought leadership to the construction market to create real positive change.
Over the past month, capital projects teams across the country -- and truly, across the globe -- have been pulling out their emergency management plans as the impact of COVID-19 has pushed us all into unchartered territories. Even the giants in our industry are experiencing disruptions in construction, daily operations, and more commonly now over the last month: shutdowns.
The third installment of our COVID-19 mini-series provides an Owners perspective on the impact of COVID-19 on power projects. CII’s Stephen Mulva talks with Bill Boyd, a Director with Southern Company and former Chair of CII.
As you probably know, Southern Company is a leading energy provider, serving more than nine million people.
Over the past month, capital projects teams across the country -- and truly, across the globe -- have been pulling out their emergency management plans as the impact of COVID-19 has pushed us all into unchartered territories. Even the giants in our industry are experiencing disruptions in construction, daily operations, and more commonly now over the last month: shutdowns.
In the second episode of our COVID-19 mini-series, CII’s Dr. Stephen Mulva speaks with Doug Omichinski, Bechtel Corporate Manager of Construction and Principle Vice President.
Doug is currently responsible for all Global Construction activities at Bechtel and he currently serves as CII’s Vice Chair.
Over the past month, capital projects teams across the country — and truly, across the globe — have been pulling out their emergency management plans as the impact of COVID-19 has pushed us all into unchartered territories. Even the giants in our industry are experiencing disruptions in construction, daily operations, and more commonly now over the last month: shutdowns.
Join us for a COVID-19 mini-series, where we will hear from companies across various industry sectors. We kick off with a conversation between Continuum’s Clark Ellis and Mr. Charlie Dunn, Project Storyteller at DPR Construction. They discuss how one of the most innovative construction organizations in the US is approaching the COVID-19 crisis. From their mindset of leading with empathy for clients, partners, craft workers, and associates, to analyzing how their job sites and business model are being tested, to the opportunities for meaningful change, Charlie and Clark discuss insights from the frontlines of construction’s encounter with COVID-19.
Enjoy our conversation with Art Markman, Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, and Executive Director of the IC2 Institute, a "think and do" tank that focuses on innovation and entrepreneurship. We discuss motivational theory, why people do what they do, and how this is relevant in the context of leadership and organizational development. While this was recorded just prior to the COVID-19 outbreak hitting the US and we don't address it specifically, the content is highly relevant for leaders as they help their organizations navigate the uncertainty and disruption the virus has caused.
What matters the most to owners, and why?
Kelcey Henderson, President of Continuum Advisory Group, and Jose Garcia-Aranda, President of Alberici Global Automotive Constructors, Automotive, moderate a panel discussion aimed at answering that question.
Panelists Include:
- Mike McClellan, Senior Engineering Manager, Toyota Motor North America at Bodine Aluminum
- Ryan Bader, Executive Director Facilities Planning, Design and Construction, Mercy Hospital System
- Don Wojtkowski, Executive Director Plant & Properties, SSM Health
- JD Long, Associate Vice Chancellor, Facilities, Washington University in St. Louis
Owners discuss common pitfalls, as well as opportunities, faced by construction suppliers. The panel was the first in a series for Lean Construction Institute (LCI) St. Louis Community of Interest and in this podcast, we share the discussion in full. Hear directly from them as they let us in on what matters to them the most, and why.
Infrastructure projects and operating assets are frequently impacted by regulatory risks. On this episode of the Built Revolution podcast, we spoke to members of the Construction Industry Institute (CII) Power Utilities and Infrastructure Research Team PUI-01, Identifying and Evaluating the Impact of Regulations throughout the Project Life Cycle, on their work and the resources they developed to address this recurring problem. The resources they produced can help electric utilities and infrastructure owners proactively identify, anticipate, and mitigate the impacts of constantly changing regulatory requirements throughout the capital asset lifecycle.
For more information, visit: https://www.construction-institute.org/resources/knowledgebase/knowledge-areas/general-cii-information/topics/rt-pui-01
On this episode of the Built Revolution podcast, we spoke to the members of the Construction Industry Institute (CII) Virtual Reality in Construction Research Team. The team conducted Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) user tests on design review and planning tasks, observing both novice and expert participants. The researchers measured and analyzed several indicators of user performance of a control and test groups that included detecting design errors, judging the scope of work, assigning an installation sequence for each installation work package, and remembering the scope of work. The test results clearly demonstrated that IVR enhanced the users' ability to perform the review tasks. Participants in the IVR (treatment) group scored 21.86% to 142.92% higher than the desktop (control) group.
For more information, visit: https://www.construction-institute.org/resources/knowledgebase/knowledge-areas/construction-technology/topics/rt-tc-02#presentation386
On this episode of the Built Revolution podcast we discuss how member organizations of the Construction Industry Institute (CII) leverage best practice research and benefit from participation on CII committees. Walt Ennaco, who serves as the Director for the Smithsonian Office of Planning, Design & Construction and chair of the CII Facilities and Healthcare Committee tells us about the impacts of CII on his teams and programs.
Kelcey Henderson speaks with Steve Dapper (P&G) in the second episode of a two-part miniseries on Lean Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) projects that won the Construction Users Roundtable (CURT) Project Excellence award in 2018. They discuss this unique project experience and their accomplishments on the Quicksilver Team in Albany, GA.
Stephen Mulva, speaks with Geoff Ryan of Insight-AWP. Geoff has served on the Construction Owners Association of Alberta Workface Planning committee and was one of the key contributors in the development of the industry model for Workface Planning. Listen to find out more on how to implement Advanced Work Packaging and what lies ahead for the construction industry.
We strive to find and highlight innovation across the building and construction industries. Sometimes we find it in places that we wouldn’t necessarily expect. Please enjoy our conversation with Zenon Radewych, Principal with WZMH Architects in Toronto, Canada. Learn how his company is innovating in ways that go beyond the typical design firm’s space. Their ideas, prototypes, and new products are reducing cost, raising productivity, increasing functionality, driving energy efficiency, and making it easier to link technology to the building. They are using collaboration to accelerate the innovation cycle so that they can bring value to their clients and industry.
Kelcey Henderson speaks with Scott Rice (P&G) and Kevin Anderson (Fluor) in the first episode of a two-part miniseries on Lean Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) projects that won the Construction Users Roundtable (CURT) Project Excellence award in 2018. They discuss P&G's journey into Lean IPD, their experience with this award winning project, and key lessons learned during their time building a new manufacturing facility in Box Elder, Utah.
The Built Revolution podcast, including co-sponsoring host Stephen Mulva of CII, was thrilled to welcome Ted Blackmon of Construct-X to the show to discuss technology in the capital program delivery space. Ted's background - he actually worked on the first Mars Rover with NASA - gives him a unique perspective on our industry and the wave of technology revolution that is poised to occur over the next decade.
The Internet of Things, where all of the physical devices that surround us are connected to the Internet and become super-powered by Big Data, is beginning to impact the built environment. The implications for facility owners, architects, designers, construction companies and those who work and live in these facilities will be massive over the next decade. Our buildings will let us know when they need maintenance and repairs, will automatically adjust to the people in them and will provide an incredible wealth of insight to all of these stakeholders to continue improving how we design, build and operate the built environment. Our guest on this podcast, Serene Almomen, CEO of Senseware, is someone who is on the leading edge of this trend. Her company produces sensors and software that can turn an existing facility or a new facility into a Big Data machine! Enjoy the conversation between Clark Ellis, Principal, Continuum Advisory Group, and Serene Almomen!
Dr. Pamela Meyer, author of The Agility Shift, joined the Build Revolution podcast to share her thoughts on agility and how to "make shift happen". Dr. Meyer quoted an MIT study that found that highly agile organizations grow revenue 37% faster and generate 30% higher profits, great reasons for leaders to consider how to build an agile culture. Her research focuses on building agility competence, capacity and confidence. Join us today to learn more.
Barry Schrock from Chemours and Connie McLaughlin from KBR talk about a recent project involving the implementation of iPad's in the field. Barry and Connie share insightful lessons learned on how to drive innovation from the top down and build broad field support for implementation.
Kristen Hansen, world renowned expert on neuroscience and leadership and author of Traction, sits down with Gretchen Gagel to discuss leadership, performance and more.
Storytelling is a hot topic in management today, and the Built Revolution was thrilled to welcome Gabrielle Dolan, author of "Stories for Work: The Essential Guide to Business Storytelling", to the show. Gabrielle shares tips for how storytelling helps build authentic leadership by giving us all a tool to share our human side at work, and how this important skill builds trust and employee commitment.
Ever had a great idea but nobody would listen? Advocating for ideas is an important skill in this era of change and the need for innovation in our industry. The Built Revolution welcomed University of Texas Professor John Daly, who together with CII Executive Stephen Mulva and Continuum Advisory Group Principal Gretchen Gagel, discussed the art of building support for your amazing ideas.
The construction industry is realizing that the "soft skills" are really the "hard skills" and are critical to our ability to collaborate on construction programs. Dr. Peter Senge, famed author of the The Fifth Discipline, joined the Built Revolution to discuss his work in organizational and team learning, systems thinking and collaborative leadership. Dr. Senge discusses the importance of trust and psychological safety in creating collaboration efforts, and the need to build mastery and competence in certain critical skills. His insights are of incredible importance to our industry as we determine how to disrupt and improve.
The Built Revolution was thrilled to welcome acclaimed author and Harvard Professor Emeritus Michael Beer to our podcast. Mike shares critical ideas about building a resilient, agile organization, both from his past books such as High Commitment, High Performance, and his upcoming book, Fit to Compete. Mike's thoughts on how to build a trusting, transparency culture that promotes the identification of effective strategies and tactics for improvement and growth are spot-on. Listeners are certain to take away many ideas for their own teams and companies.
Unfortunately, Howard Ashcraft can't make you a martini via the podcast, but he can answer a lot of your common questions about Integrated Project Delivery contracting and how to truly change the way you collaborate with your partners. In this episode of the Built Revolution, Kelcey sits down with Howard (Partner with Hanson Bridgett) to talk about transforming the construction industry through better contracting and true collaboration. A few resources to learn more:
- AIA CC Working Definition of IPD (free!)
- Integrated Project Delivery: An Action Guide for Leaders (free!)
- Integrating Project Delivery (Howard's book is available on Amazon - pricing varies by format)
Kelcey Henderson speaks with Ryan Maibach, President of Barton Malow, about innovation and driving efficiency through people and relationships. Ryan discusses Barton Malow's innovation framework, as well as re-imagining and re-imaging the construction industry. In the future, our industry will be able to offer both consistency of experience and certainty of outcome. To get there, will require calling into question the entire contract structure and all of the boxes and lines we've drawn in the past.
Kyle Majchrowski's LinkedIn profile says he has a passion for recognizing reality with others, and bringing folks together to collectively improve our reality. Eight years ago, he and a few colleagues created a forum to discuss common challenges in construction across various industries in a really innovative way. On this episode of the Built Revolution, Kyle (Senior Project Executive with Banner Health) shares his passion for people. We also talk about driving change in the industry and explore new metrics, such as the "average daily number of smiles." For more on the Improving Capital Projects Symposium, check out rippleintent.org
Tom Chermack, noted author, scholar and consultant, talks about scenario planning and its application to the construction industry. In today's world of velocity and disruption, scenario planning is a critical tool to help organizations "think the unthinkable" and prepare themselves to react to changes in the business environment faster than their competitors. Tom's insights on scenario planning, as a global thought leader on the topic, are spot on.
World renowned management guru Chris Worley is tough to catch - but The Built Revolution managed to connect with him at last months' Academy of Management conference in Chicago. Chris, co-author of The Agility Factor, is a leading scholar and consultant on the topic of how leaders create nimble organizations capable of reacting to market shifts faster than the competition. Given Chris’ busy schedule - teaching in France and consulting - we carved out as quiet a corner as possible given the 11,000 conference attendees. His insights are a must-listen for leaders in our industry.
The Built Revolution welcomed Lori Traweek, Chief Operating Officer of the American Gas Association, who shared thoughts on innovation in the gas utility industry, as well as insightful remarks on leadership and the energy industry in general.
On this episode of the Built Revolution podcast, Mona Haggag spoke with Charlie Atkinson and Brian Koches on Jacobs' role as the construction manager for the award-winning $350M design-build GSA LA Courthouse project. This successful execution of the design-build delivery model reduced the project schedule from 7 years to only 43 months, while staying on budget. The courthouse was a design-build collaboration between Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) and Clark Construction Group-California LP under GSA's Design Excellence Program.
The Built Revolution was thrilled to have Eric Lamb, Executive and Board Member of DPR Construction as a guest. Eric shared how the organization's work with Jim Collins during its founding in 1990 created the foundational values, such as "ever forward", that continue to guide employee efforts to drive innovation. Eric also discusses how a greater investment in R&D by our industry, especially owner organizations, would propel innovation and advances in productivity.
Ed Schein, recognized as one of the world's leading experts on culture and leadership, is professor emeritus of MIT and author of several known books. Ed and his son, Peter, joined The Built Revolution to share insights on how leadership shape culture and the importance of teams of people in accomplishing work. Their new book, Humble Leadership, is available for pre-order, and describes how leaders can develop the highly trusting, shared leadership cultures that are critical to survival in today's VUCA world of rapid change.
In 2015, General Motors made the decision to sole-source a $1B construction program with Barton Malow, effectively breaking the mold for how GM engages with their construction partners. A team of leaders from both organizations made the decision to strategically invest in the development of a high-performing integrated team across four geographically disparate project sites. During this podcast, Mike Mayra, Global Construction Group Manager for General Motors, and Bruce Rysztak, Vice President for Barton Malow, share some of the outstanding results achieved on the three-year program. We discuss what enabled that success as well as some of the lessons they learned along the way.
Brent Darnell has been working to help the building and construction industry understand how to leverage emotional intelligence to improve performance for 20 years. During this podcast, Brent shares his insights on how our industry can benefit from understanding emotional intelligence and implementing new skills that advance our capacity to solve problems, work collaboratively in teams and learn. Our industry's reticence to embrace change has hindered our ability to apply research-backed learnings that relate emotions to how we think. Brent also shares his thought-provoking ideas on diversity in our industry. Enjoy!
Gretchen Gagel sits down with the Executive Director of Bridges to Prosperity, Avery Bang. Avery talks about her recently released Ted Talk and what it was like to be on the "big stage" for Ted versus doing her earlier TedX. Other topics of discussion include Avery's year at Oxford studying for her masters, and how that is influencing her thinking these days, her experience of starring in the movie "Dream Big: Engineering Our World " and where we go for information - our top podcasts and books.
Gretchen Gagel of Continuum Advisory Group speaks with Rex Miller, Author of The Healthy Workplace Nudge and influential speaker and consultant in the Construction Industry. Rex talks about the ability to see forward, develop the insight to adapt and follow a proven approach for successful change, as well as the exploration of new ideas emerging to change the traditional approach to construction.
Continuum Advisory Group President, Gretchen Gagel, speaks with Linda Holbeche, author and Adjunct Professor at Imperial College London and a Visiting Professor at City University's Cass Business School, at the University of Derby, and at London Guildhall Faculty of Business and Law where she is Co-Director of the Centre for Progressive Leadership. The discussion covers agility and how to build an innovative, sustainable and resilient business.
Continuum Advisory Group President, Gretchen Gagel, speaks with Barb Jackson, Director - Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management, University of Denver. They discuss revolutionary thinking and innovation within the construction industry.
Continuum Advisory Group President, Gretchen Gagel, speaks with Jan Tuchman, Editor in Chief of ENR Magazine. They discuss the importance of technology and innovation within the industry, driving diversity, lean practices and more.
Episode 3 of the Built Revolution features Noé H. Sáenz, Burns & McDonnell’s business development leader of its petrochemicals sector and founder of the Capital Projects Professional Exchange (CPX), the first association for capital project professionals (individuals) across all disciplines.
Episode 2 of the Built Revolution continues our conversation with initial podcast guest Stephen Mulva, Director of the Construction Industry Institute. Please enjoy our conversation as Stephen shares some of his thoughts on how the Construction Industry can transform itself...or be transformed from the outside.
Continuum Advisory Group is proud to announce the first installment of "The Built Revolution Podcast". Our initial guest on the podcast is Stephen Mulva, Director of the Construction Industry Institute. Please enjoy our conversation as Stephen shares some of his thoughts on how the Construction Industry can transform itself...or be transformed from the outside.