Podcast Episodes

Coping with Burnout | 5 Minute Friday

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

The Planning Fallacy (ft. Micah Piippo)

Episode 175

Micah Piippo has worked at Google, at a shipyard, and at a plutonium-processing facility. Now he’s a schedule and integration manager with Intel. He helps deliver projects on time.

Micah describes th…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Burnout | 5 Minute Friday

It’s a problem–a very common one. When you’re trying to be consistent with just about anything, burnout on some level is likely to occur sooner or later.

It takes a toll.

Tyler acknowledges that he’s…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

5 Questions to Ask Before you Prefab (feat. Fouad Khalil)

Episode 174

Today we welcome Fouad Khalil to the show. Fouad calls himself a reformed architect. About three years ago he eased into offsite construction and founded Modly, a modular construction consultancy tha…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Indispensable | 5 Minute Friday

A question: Do you see yourself as the only competent one in your world? Are you able to hand things off to team members?

It can be a hard mindset to release because it can feel so risky.

Taking owners…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

A Safety Guy Speaks (feat. Terry Dussault)

Episode 173

Terry Dussault is President of Yellowknife Consulting Services in Huntington Beach, California. His focus is conducting incident investigations and promoting safety programs. Many of the projects tha…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

The Best Deadline Day | 5 Minute Friday

Well. It’s debatable.  What is the best day for project deadlines? Eddie thinks it’s Tuesday. For a long time, he thought it should be Friday, which makes sense in your head. Unfortunately, the world…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

The Arc of Innovation (feat. Tom Yeshurun)

Episode 172

Tom Yeshurun joins us today from San Francisco. Tom is Founder and CEO of Civ Robotics, a company that automates construction layout. Their robots drive themselves around a site and locate points by …

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Know Your Project's Cadence | 5 Minute Friday

Even if you’ve never been in the military or marched with a band, you’ve heard the pace-setting rhythm of a drum beat or the chanting troops.  Projects have a rhythm too. Each project has a unique fe…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

A Digital Owner's Rep Speaks (feat. Jacob D'Albora)

Episode 171

Elon and an increasingly-ripped Zuckerberg in a cage match. And Threads. That’s where we start today’s conversation. But then we move on.    Today we're talking to Jacob D'Albora. Jacob is Director o…

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago