Podcast Episodes

The Most Powerful Force In The World | 5 Minute Friday

It’s not what you’d expect. Despite all of his work in physics, Einstein is said to have said that the most powerful force in the universe is compound interest.  This certainly makes sense in the wor…

Published on 3 years ago

Protect Your Noggin (feat. Rob McKinney)

Episode 144

When it comes to adopting new helmet solutions, it turns out that construction workers are surprisingly fashion-conscious. Today we talk to Rob McKinney about innovations in head protection. Rob is f…

Published on 3 years ago

The Pain of Discipline OR The Pain of Regret | 5 Minute Friday

Discipline or regret. It’s one or the other.    Tyler shares his morning routine and the challenges of consistency, and we discuss how much harder it is to start a new routine than to maintain an exi…

Published on 3 years ago

A Bim Guy Speaks (feat. Trevor Owen)

Episode 143

Before we go any further, here are three movie scenes that we refer to in today’s discussion. If you haven’t seen these in a while, you might want to refresh your memory: Billy Madison milk sceneCous…

Published on 3 years ago

Becoming More Resilient | 5 Minute Friday

Man, it’s been a long few years. Let’s allow ourselves to step out of the weeds for a minute.   Today, Heady Eddie shares the concept of benevolent detachment and a few other insights from the book R…

Published on 3 years ago

Preventing Suicide (feat. Kevin Sell)

Episode 142

5,229 construction workers died by suicide in 2016 (the last year for which CDC numbers are available).    The industry category of “construction and extraction” has a higher rate of suicide than any…

Published on 3 years ago

It Ain't Gonna Matter In Two Weeks | 5 Minute Friday

Frustration can eat you alive.  As Dad used to say, “Don’t let ‘em get your goat.”  Eddie shares that he has yet to be killed by any of the countless frustrations that have distracted him at various …

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

An Architect Speaks (feat. Steven Biersteker)

Season 2 Episode 141

It’s been a month since we’ve been here with a new episode. We’re excited to be back!   Joining us today is Steven Biersteker (pronounced beer-staker), a Canadian architect from Thinkspace.    As a c…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

The Golden Rule Do Unto Others | 5 Minute Friday

We've heard it a million times: Treat others as you would like to be treated. Today we discuss how to balance the classic moral principle of The Golden Rule with an age-old business maxim: The custom…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

The Difference Between BIM & VDC (feat. Allen Angle)

Season 2 Episode 107

(This episode is a rebroadcast of an interview we did in February of 2022.)   Allen Angle is the VDC-FM Integration Manager at JLL. Allen is full of insights when it comes to the role of technology i…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago