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Recent Episodes
Sept. 25, 2022
Welcome to Curious Teams
This is an introduction CuriousTeams. A project you may find interesting that I am working on with Barbara White Bryson. Curious Teams is Podcast for the design, construction and owner industries that focuses on how to build great teams.
You can find the podcast on all the podcast platforms and I…
April 9, 2022
Everett Andrews- Finding your process Part 2
Everett Andrews is a lifelong craftsman. In grade school, he helped his grandfather, an
architect and building inspector, build a working gristmill. High school days were
focused on learning the basics of cabinetmaking. A strong work ethic developed as
logging, landscaping, and timber-fra…
April 8, 2022
Everett Andrews- getting to know your millworker- Part 1
Everett Andrews is a lifelong craftsman. In grade school, he helped his grandfather, an
architect and building inspector, build a working gristmill. High school days were
focused on learning the basics of cabinetmaking. A strong work ethic developed as
logging, landscaping, and timber-framing j…
Feb. 14, 2022
Rebecca Snelling- Contract theory, collaboration/communication and sharing resources- Part 2
Part 2 of my conversation with Rebecca Snelling. In this short but rich conversation we talk about the theory of the Integrated project delivery system and contracts, sharing resources and communicating with your team. We reference some lean term so I have out a glossary of terms on the website fo…
Jan. 31, 2022
Rebecca Snelling- Let's talk about Lean Construction- Part 1
In this episode I talk with Rebecca Snelling. I wanted to avoid talking about Lean Construction, but our shared passion for the ideas, principals and concepts of Lean were too strong. This is Part 1 of a two part conversation. In the end we reference Lean Construction often, so I will add a third p…
Jan. 3, 2022
Lynn Taylor- Being yourself is generous.
Lynn Taylor is Taylor Made Plans in Nashville Tennessee. Lynn is a home designer. She has been serving her clients in the Nashville area by being generous and focusing on what she does best. Lynn speaks and publishes about the home design process which allows interested clients to see clear evidenc…
Recent Blog Posts
Feb. 22, 2022
Art of Gathering by Priya Parker
I hoping to one day to have Priya Parker on the podcast. If you are not familiar with her work, I highly recommend subscribing to her newsletter, reading her book Art of Gathering and listening to here podcast interview with Brene Brown …