Episode 048: Architecture, Identity, & CultureHow are architects exploring identity and culture through practice?An architect at Vines Architecture, Vershaé has dedicated her career to the exploration of culture in the built environment. A rising design leader in the southeast, Vershaé has contributed to major cultural projects including the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Motown Museum Renovation and Addition in Detroit, the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Branch Public Library in Washington, DC, the Gregg Museum of Art and Design Expansion at North Carolina State University, and leads both the Emily Krzyzewski Center Expansion in Durham, NC and Henrietta Lacks Building in Baltimore, MD. Vershaé helps her clients navigate and design in response to cultural narrative. Through research, storytelling, service, and advocacy she is raising the visibility and representation of historically underrepresented voices. In addition to her project leadership, she contributes to advancing the profession through volunteer service with AIA and NOMA.Guest:Vershaé Hite, AIA, NOMA is a licensed architect and Associate at Vines Architecture. Since 2004, Vershaé’s academic and professional career have exposed her to a range of unique experiences throughout the United States, China, Israel and Palestine that have carefully constructed her crafted, compassionate perspectives on the relationship between design and the human condition. Her role as an architect and project leader is founded on her theoretical interests regarding the interconnectedness of culture, community, and art to architecture. For Vershaé, this emerges from a unique framework that she developed while obtaining her master's degree in London. The deeply rooted meanings in her work are extensions of well-crafted, honest stories - are a direct result of both her sensitivity to diverse social and cultural landscapes and an investigative process that looks to film, literature, and experimental art.As such, her professional portfolio is characterized by complex cultural projects, historic renovations, libraries and higher education projects. As an Architect with award-winning firms like The Freelon Group, Perkins+Will, Andre Johnson Architect, and Vines Architecture, she is well versed in working with complex cultural matters through architectural design and execution. Show Links:Vines ArchitectureNational Museum of African American History & CultureSAY IT LOUD - North CarolinaBeyond BlackEmily K CenterNCNOMA💻 Learn about our podcast partner Monograph:Monograph is the cloud-based practice operations solution built for architects by architects. It is easy to use, beautifully designed, and helped firms streamline operations by empowering them to see project and firm-wide financial health in a single tool.  Plan your projects with schedules, budgets, roles, and team members....

Episode 047: Talent Development in PracticeHow are architects successfully bringing talent development into practice?Guest:Amy Perenchio, AIA, NCARB is a Principal at ZGF Architects and licensed architect in Portland, Oregon.  Dedicated to the professional growth and development of the design staff at ZGF, Amy oversees the staffing and recruiting efforts for a group of 130+ designers and architects and works at the intersection of people and practice.  Amy previously held director positions on the National AIAS and NAAB boards, and various committees and task forces for NCARB.  She is passionate about teaching and growing the next generation of architects and has been a course instructor at University of Oregon since 2017 and adjunct professor for the Global Track program at the University of Hawaii and Tongji University.🔗Show Links:ZGFCareers at ZGFZGF Architects | LinkedInZGF Architects (@zgfarchitects)Amy (@maisondomino) 📚 Continue Learning:‘Architecture Needs More Emotionally Intelligent Leaders’ by Evelyn LeeGive and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success by Adam GrantBrené Brown: The Call to Courage on Netflix💻 Learn about our podcast partner Monograph:Monograph is the cloud-based practice operations solution built for architects by architects. It is easy to use, beautifully designed, and helped firms streamline operations by empowering them to see project and firm-wide financial health in a single tool.  Plan your projects with schedules, budgets, roles, and team members. Track a project’s financial health with their unique MoneyGantt which takes timesheet data and makes it simple to see whether you are on track or not.  Use firm-wide revenue forecasts to make strategic decisions. With Monograph, you never have to make a decision in the dark again. 👉 Visit Monograph now. 💻 Learn about our podcast partner Twinmotion:Twinmotion is a real-time rendering solution used by architecture, engineering, and construction professionals to create high-quality imagery, client presentations, and interactive experiences that help communicate your BIM data and design ideas, fast. 👉 Visit twinmotion.link/disrupted and try Twinmotion for...

Episode 046: Building a Social AudienceHow do you create a community using social media?This week content creator Sana Tabassum joins us to discuss her growing social community for architecture students and emerging professionals :scale (to-scale). Behind :scale is a growing group of creators that are all about sharing resources, ideas and techniques with the archi-community. The group has produced a range of digital resources across social media platforms aimed at sharing and growing together.Guest:Sana Tabassum is a content creator and Part 1 Architectural Assistant based in London. Since graduating from the University of Greenwich, she founded :scale (to-scale), an architecture blog and platform for students and young designers.&nbsp;Since beginning her content-creating journey, Sana has led a team to self-publish an architecture magazine, curated a virtual architecture convention for students and most recently taught a cohort-based course to help architecture students build skills during the summer.Show Links:📍 Follow :scale on social:Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | DiscordSana on LinkedIn:scale blog:scale magazine💻 Learn about our podcast partner Monograph:Monograph is the cloud-based practice operations solution built for architects by architects. It is easy to use, beautifully designed, and helped firms streamline operations by empowering them to see project and firm-wide financial health in a single tool.&nbsp; Plan your projects with schedules, budgets, roles, and team members. Track a project’s financial health with their unique MoneyGantt which takes timesheet data and makes it simple to see whether you are on track or not.&nbsp; Use firm-wide revenue forecasts to make strategic decisions. With Monograph, you never have to make a decision in the dark again. 👉 Visit Monograph now.Section Cut by MonographOn August 12, Monograph is hosting Section Cut, a virtual conference dedicated to firm owners and operation leaders. Hear from leaders at Lake|Flato, SOM, Workshop/APD, Colloqate, and more! Reserve a seat today by visiting sectioncut.com.💻 Learn about our podcast partner <a href="http://twinmotion.link/disrupted" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

Episode 045: Architecture, And: PublishingHow are individuals using their training in architecture to explore diverse career paths?This week we speak with Architect Lora Teagarden, the author of #AREsketches and The Little Architect’s Alphabet. Lora shares her story on what inspired her to create these educational books, as well as tips she’s learned from self publishing. Learn more about her process, including tips and tricks she recommends for new authors. We’ll also learn what publication she’s working on next.Lora’s career is centered on architecture and her pursuit of lifelong learning. Through writing and sketching, Lora has been able to expand her knowledge of the practice of architecture. Her publications are a way for her to share her passion for architecture and inspire the next generation of architects.Guest:Lora Teagarden is an Architect at RATIO, headquartered in Indianapolis, and the founder of L² Design, LLC. A published author and creator of #AREsketches and The Little Architect’s Alphabet, her passion for the profession drives her to mentor young professionals and volunteer in her community. She is a 2017 Young Architect Award winner, a past Chair of the Young Architects Forum, Past President of AIA Indianapolis, and was recently elected as an At-Large Representative on the AIA National Strategic Council. Her website and blog offer unique insights into professional practice, together with inspiration and tips for young architects.Show Links:RATIOL² Design, LLCThe Little Architect’s AlphabetAREsketches Volume 1 &amp; Volume 2Lora’s Twitter &amp; IGPaper by WeTransferCreateSpace💻 Learn about our podcast...

Episode 044: Leveraging Tech to Solve Challenges in AECHow do technologists view the opportunities to disrupt the AEC industry?Last season we met with architects and designers who stepped into the world of tech to find solutions for the architecture industry. In today's episode, we flip the script and ask a technologist how they view these same opportunities. Jen Carlile, co-founder and CTO at Outer Labs joins us to discuss what makes the architecture industry prime for tech.Outer Labs is a dynamic company that is passionate about developing technology related to the built environment.&nbsp; Their work is a mixture of custom software development for forward-thinking technology companies that want to radically change the process of how buildings are created, and software development for their own product that empowers people to better engage with their physical space.&nbsp;&nbsp;Guest:Jen Carlile is a software engineering leader focused on innovation in the AEC technology space.&nbsp; She is the co-founder and CTO at Outer Labs, a firm composed of software engineers, product managers, designers, and AEC professionals all working side-by-side to tackle the real estate technology challenges of ambitious organizations.&nbsp; Jen has been working in software engineering for over 15 years, and specializing in AEC technology for the past 10.&nbsp; Prior to launching Outer Labs, Jen started Flux.io as a spinout from Google X, and served as the VP of Engineering.&nbsp; She earned her Master's degree at Stanford University, and her BA at Wellesley College.&nbsp;Show Link:Check out Outer Labs💻 Learn about our podcast partner Monograph:Monograph is the cloud-based practice operations solution built for architects by architects. It is easy to use, beautifully designed, and helped firms streamline operations by empowering them to see project and firm-wide financial health in a single tool.&nbsp; Plan your projects with schedules, budgets, roles, and team members. Track a project’s financial health with their unique MoneyGantt which takes timesheet data and makes it simple to see whether you are on track or not.&nbsp; Use firm-wide revenue forecasts to make strategic decisions. With Monograph, you never have to make a decision in the dark again. 👉 Visit Monograph now.Section Cut by MonographOn August 12, Monograph is hosting Section Cut, a virtual conference dedicated to firm owners and operation leaders. Hear from leaders at Lake|Flato, SOM, Workshop/APD, Colloqate, and more! Reserve a seat today by visiting sectioncut.com.💻 Learn about our podcast partner Twinmotion:<a href="http://twinmotion.link/disrupted" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

Episode 043: Architecture, And: Nonprofit Design EducationHow are individuals using their training in architecture to explore diverse career paths?This week, we revisit the world of social impact design and the work of a rising, mission-driven entrepreneur. Maya Bird-Murphy joins us to share her story of designing and growing her nonprofit, Chicago Mobile Makers. The organization is on a mission to make design education accessible to everybody through youth design-thinking and problem-solving workshops across the greater Chicago community.According to the 2020 NCARB by the Numbers report, 83% of newly licensed architects were white, and 65% were male. Those who are currently not represented need support and guidance for a clearer path to careers in design. Chicago Mobile Makers seek to expand the variety of people entering the field of architecture to create more diverse workplaces, leading to more equitable decision-making and design.After converting a former USPS van into a mobile classroom, the Mobile Makerspace allows Maya’s team to bring the design studio directly into diverse communities, inspiring and lifting the next generation of design talent.Guest:Maya Bird-Murphy is an architectural designer, educator, and maker from Oak Park, Illinois. She is also the founder and Executive Director of Chicago Mobile Makers, an award-winning nonprofit organization bringing design-focused skill-building workshops to underrepresented communities. Maya believes that architecture should not be a privilege and must expand to accommodate more people through teaching and community engagement. She loves Chicago and hopes to make her mark by making it a more equitable place to live. In her free time, she can be found outside in nature with her two dogs.Show Links:Check out Chicago Mobile MakersSupport their work!Featured on Dwell ‘A Delivery Van-Turned-Mobile Classroom for Kids Hits the Streets of Chicago’ by Duncan Nielsen / Photos by Tom Harris💻 Learn about our podcast partner Monograph:Monograph is the cloud-based practice operations solution built for architects by architects. It is easy to use, beautifully designed, and helped firms streamline operations by empowering them to see project and firm-wide financial health in a single tool.&nbsp; Plan your projects with schedules, budgets, roles, and team members. Track a project’s financial health with their unique MoneyGantt which takes timesheet data and makes it simple to see whether you are on track or not.&nbsp; Use firm-wide revenue forecasts to make strategic decisions. With Monograph, you never have to make a decision in the dark again. 👉 Visit Monograph now.Section Cut by MonographOn August 12, Monograph is hosting Section Cut, a virtual conference dedicated to firm owners and operation leaders. Hear from leaders at...

Episode 042: Building a Great Place to WorkCan you measure workplace culture? And if so, how?Great Place to Work® is on a mission to build a better world by helping organizations become a great place to work FOR ALL by 2030. Backed by 30 years of research, Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture.Great Place to Work® makes it easy for companies to survey employees, uncover actionable insights and get recognized for great company culture. They offer the world’s best employee experience platform, proven to help companies quantify culture, increase employee engagement and do the right thing for their business and their people. Their research shows what it takes to build an outstanding culture for everyone, no matter who they are or what they do for the organization.In this interview we’ll speak with CEO Michael C. Bush to learn how Great Place to Work® quantifies the employee experience. We’ll also discuss lessons from the research that architects can apply to their small businesses.Guest:Michael C. Bush is a global chief executive with over 25 years of experience leading small and mid-sized organizations through transformational growth. Driven by a love of business and an unwavering commitment to fair and equitable treatment, in 2015 Michael acquired ownership and currently serves as global CEO of Great Place to Work® headquartered in Oakland, California with operations in more than 60 countries worldwide. Great Place to Work® is a global people analytics and consulting firm that helps companies of all sizes produce better business results by focusing on the work experience for every employee. Through certification programs, Great Place to Work® recognizes outstanding workplaces and produces Fortune’s annual list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For, the World’s Best Workplaces™ list, the 100 Best Workplaces for Women™ list, the Best Workplaces for Diversity™ list and dozens of other distinguished workplace rankings around the world.Show Links:Check out Great Place to Work®📖Get the book A Great Place to Work For All💻 Learn about our podcast partner Monograph:Monograph is the cloud-based practice operations solution built for architects by architects. It is easy to use, beautifully designed, and helped firms streamline operations by empowering them to see project and firm-wide financial health in a single tool.&nbsp; Plan your projects with schedules, budgets, roles, and team members. Track a project’s financial health with their unique MoneyGantt which takes timesheet data and makes it simple to see whether you are on track or not.&nbsp; Use firm-wide revenue forecasts to make strategic decisions. With Monograph, you never...

Episode 041: Season 3 LaunchWelcome back to Practice Disrupted!&nbsp;To celebrate the launch of season 3 we’ve organized a special crossover episode between the Design Voice Podcast and Practice Disrupted. Guest moderator Catherine Meng will interview Evelyn Lee and Je’Nen Chastain to discuss podcasting, the practice of architecture, and more.The Design Voice Podcast seeks to elevate and amplify the voices of women in the architecture, engineering, and construction professions. Each episode features honest conversations with those who shape the built environment. By telling their stories, this podcast hopes to serve as a source of education, inspiration and empowerment.&nbsp;The evolution of architectural practice has been relatively slow towards change, yet modern shifts in business and design management have prompted today’s leading architects to rethink how they work. Practice Disrupted addresses how technology, cultural shifts, and emerging best practices in business are prompting industry disruption and transformation. The series features thought leaders on business, innovation, entrepreneurship, and/or architecture.&nbsp;Hosts:Evelyn M. Lee, FAIA, MBA, MPA is a licensed architect in the state of California, with over 15 years of experience working with individuals and companies that are looking to reshape their future. She is the founder of Practice of Architecture, the first-ever Senior Experience Designer at Slack Technologies, and the first female Treasurer to AIA National‘s Board of Directors.Je’Nen M. Chastain, MBA, Assoc. AIA is trained in architecture and business management with a decade of experience working with award-winning architects. She founded Apostrophe Consulting to help architects improve firm culture, and strengthen their teams and businesses. She specializes in talent development, change management, and business strategy, including marketing and communication.Moderator:Catherine Meng is an architect at DLR Group in San Francisco. Her broad design experience includes projects in the multi-family housing, higher-education, workplace, and commercial sectors. Before moving to San Francisco, Catherine practiced in Shanghai, and New York City. Catherine is also the creator and host of the Design Voice Podcast, which seeks to elevate and amplify the voices of women in architecture, engineering, and construction.&nbsp;Show Links:&nbsp;&nbsp;Check out Design Voice PodcastTo join the PoA Lab, visit practiceofarchitecture.com/lab💻 Learn about our podcast partner <a...

Episode 040: Disruption and the Season 2 FinaleWhat do the disruptors have to say about it?This week co-hosts Evelyn Lee and Je’Nen Chastain sit down with the Chief Creative Officer at Gābl Media, Dimitrius Lynch, to reflect on the creation of 40 episodes. They’ll share comments and questions from Practice Disrupted listeners, and discuss highlights from past conversations with over 50 guests. Against the backdrop of a daunting 12 months, that included the pandemic, major workplace disruptions, a heated election, and growing calls for action on diversity and justice, the team will share their behind the scenes experiences working on the podcast.If you’ve been following the growth of the show -- thank you for your ongoing support! The team is currently developing a robust season 3, which will launch in early July 2021.Co-Hosts:Evelyn M. Lee, FAIA, MBA, MPA is a licensed architect in the state of California, with over 15 years of experience working with individuals and companies that are looking to reshape their future. She is the founder of Practice of Architecture, the first-ever Senior Experience Designer at Slack Technologies, and the first female Treasurer to AIA National‘s Board of Directors.Je’Nen M. Chastain, MBA, Assoc. AIA is the founder of Apostrophe Consulting, a purpose-driven, woman-owned management consulting practice dedicated to helping architects transform their companies. With expertise in talent development, change management, and business strategy, Je’Nen helps her clients navigate growth in a changing world.Moderator:Dimitrius Lynch, NCARB, LEED BD+C, Well AP is the founder and principal architect of LYNES, and a licensed architect in the state of California. He has practiced both domestically and internationally in various building types with a focus in residential and specialty retail. Dimitrius also created and hosts SPACES Podcast, a show dedicated to detailing the spaces that we occupy everyday. To expand on this endeavor, he co-founded and is the Chief Creative Officer of Gābl Media, a multimedia network that empowers global thought leaders in the architecture, engineering, and construction industries to entertain, inspire and share their knowledge with an audience dedicated to building a better world.Show Links:Check out SPACES PodcastTo join the PoA Lab, visit practiceofarchitecture.com/lab💻 Learn about our podcast partner Monograph:Monograph is the cloud-based practice operations solution built for architects by architects. It is easy to use, beautifully designed, and helped firms streamline operations by empowering them to see project and firm-wide financial health in a single tool.&nbsp; Plan your projects with schedules, budgets, roles, and team members. Track a project’s financial health with their unique...

Episode 039: Architecture, And: Customer SuccessWhat do mid-career transitions look like, and how can individuals prepare to make the jump?Continuing our series “Architecture, And”, we interview Agnessa Todorova about her mid-career transition from architecture into technology. Agnessa will share her career pivot from working in an architecture studio to working for a technology company. She’ll explain what skills from her training in architecture are most transferable to the work she’s doing now, and what opportunities she sees for other designers considering similar career pivots. Learn why she still sees herself as an architect, and how she’s thinking about customer success in her role at Outer Labs.Outer Labs is a dynamic company that is passionate about developing technology related to the built environment.&nbsp; Their work is a mixture of custom software development for forward-thinking technology companies that want to radically change the process of how buildings are created, and software development for their own product that empowers people to better engage with their physical space.&nbsp; They are a 100% distributed company with people in such varied places as San Francisco, St. George, Irvine, Seattle, London and Lake Tahoe. Outer Labs believe people should lead balanced lives, and live/work from a place that brings them joy.&nbsp;&nbsp;Guest:Agnessa Todorova, AIA, NCARB is a licensed architect working as the Director of Customer Success at Outer Labs. Since transitioning to a career in technology she has focused on using her background in architecture to help software developers and user experience designers tackle common problems faced by AEC professionals. At Outer Labs she works shoulder-to-shoulder with ambitious organizations that need their own technology to design, build, and operate real estate at scale. Prior to joining Outer Labs she worked as a Senior Director of Product Management in the Bay Area where she led the development of AEC tools aimed at digitizing transitional workflows. She earned her Master in Architecture from California College of the Arts, and Bachelor of Fine Arts in Architecture from the University of Memphis.Show Links:Outer Labs💻 Learn about our podcast partner Monograph:Monograph is the cloud-based practice operations solution built for architects by architects. It is easy to use, beautifully designed, and helped firms streamline operations by empowering them to see project and firm-wide financial health in a single tool.&nbsp; Plan your projects with schedules, budgets, roles, and team members. Track a project’s financial health with their unique MoneyGantt which takes timesheet data and makes it simple to see whether you are on track or not.&nbsp; Use firm-wide revenue forecasts to make strategic decisions. With Monograph, you never have to make a decision in the dark again. 👉 Visit Monograph now.📍 Follow Practice Disrupted on Social:Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/practiceofarch/"...

Episode 038: Designing a Service-Based PracticeWhat are lessons learned from building a successful building information and technology consultancy for the AEC industry?David Fano joins us to share the story of the creation of CASE, Inc., the building information consultancy later acquired by WeWork. CASE found it’s momentum by identifying a need in the industry. They became known for their ability to bridge architecture and technology, and worked with design firms to identify, implement and manage the technologies and business practices that enabled more effective coordination, communication and collaboration on projects.The founders of CASE, Inc. combined their experiences as architects, engineers, project managers, software developers and educators with their passion for technology to improve the way buildings were designed, built and operated. Case provided strategic advising to building design professionals, contractors and owners seeking to supplant traditional project delivery methods through technology driven process innovation.&nbsp;We’ll discuss the early days of CASE, Inc. leading up to the point it was acquired. What key lessons did Dave learn from designing this service-based practice? What key lessons can architects adapt into their own service-based businesses?Guest:A serial entrepreneur and architect by training, David Fano has built his career by creating high-growth teams. He founded the successful building information and technology consultancy CASE and ultimately sold it to WeWork, where he served as Chief Growth Officer and increased the unicorn startup’s revenue 100% Year over Year for four years and grew the team by 2,000%. In 2020, Dave launched his latest passion, Teal, which offers a collective of resources that puts career development back in the hands of the individual so they can pursue a fulfilling career.&nbsp;Show Links:Teal‘WeWork Acquires Case Inc.’ by Wanda Lau‘The Former Founders of Case Discuss WeWork’s Lasting Impact on Architecture’ by Wanda Lau💻 Learn about our podcast partner Monograph:Monograph is the cloud-based practice operations solution built for architects by architects. It is easy to use, beautifully designed, and helped firms streamline operations by empowering them to see project and firm-wide financial health in a single tool.&nbsp; Plan your projects with schedules, budgets, roles, and team members. Track a project’s financial health with their unique MoneyGantt which takes timesheet data and makes it simple to see whether you are on track or not.&nbsp; Use firm-wide revenue forecasts to make strategic decisions. With Monograph, you never have to make a decision in the dark again. 👉 Visit Monograph now.📍 Follow Practice Disrupted on Social:Facebook | Instagram | <a...

Episode 037: Lessons from the Class of 2020What can we learn about navigating uncertainty from graduates of the class of 2020?2020 was unlike any year. This week we sit down with three talented, emerging leaders from the class of 2020 to hear their journey. We’ll revisit their last semester in the studio, discuss Zoom graduations, and the exhausting process that led them to landing jobs.&nbsp;We hope that their lessons learned will inspire others. We also hope that firm leaders will listen to these stories and gain a deeper understanding of the challenges our newest graduates entering the profession have been facing.Guests:Alison Katz received a Bachelor of Architecture from Carnegie Mellon University in May of 2020 with a minor in Social and Political History. She is currently working as a Design Associate for buildingcommunityWORKSHOP (a Texas based nonprofit community design center) in Houston. She is interested in the intersection of community based design, sustainability, and politics, and is dedicated to exploring ways to use design tools within the built environment to create a more equitable society for marginalized and historically disenfranchised people.Haley Evans graduated with a Masters in Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis in May of 2020. In 2018 she received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Bowling Green State University. She is currently working as an Urban Designer at H3 Studio, a design, research, and planning firm. She has always steered her practice and studies in a way that integrates architecture, graphic design, and urban design. She is passionate about sustainability and advocates that untraditional design approaches are necessary to create a better and more just future of the build environment.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kyra Stark received her Bachelor of Architecture from Auburn University in May of 2020. She currently lives in Seattle, Washington and works at third place design co-operative. Kyra became interested in community-engaged design and affordable housing during her thesis year at Auburn University's design-build program, Rural Studio. Kyra is also passionate about education and leadership, which stems from her time as Treasurer and President of Auburn University’s American Institute of Architecture Students (“AIAS") Chapter, as well as serving on the AIAS National Board of Directors as the South Quad Director. Kyra believes that we all have a role to play in creating a more healthy, sustainable, and equitable future.Show Links:buildingcommunityWORKSHOPH3 Studiothird place design co-operativeAIAS💻 Learn about our podcast partner Monograph:Monograph is the cloud-based practice operations solution built for architects by architects. It is easy to use, beautifully designed, and helped firms streamline operations by empowering them to see project and firm-wide financial health in a single tool.&nbsp; Plan your projects with schedules, budgets, roles, and team members. Track a project’s financial health with their...

Episode 036: Architecture, And: RoboticsHow are individuals using their training in architecture to explore diverse career paths?Continuing our on-going series “Architecture, And”, we invite Brian Ringley onto the show to discuss his role as a construction technologist at Boston Dynamics. Brian is part of the team developing Spot, an agile mobile robot that navigates terrain with unprecedented mobility. In this episode we’ll learn more about Spot, Boston Dynamics, and how Brian’s passion for technology and architecture led him to this innovative company.Guest:Brian Ringley is a construction technologist at Boston Dynamics where he promotes new value-add autonomous capabilities for construction project delivery and works to expand the construction application ecosystem with the Spot SDK. Prior to Boston Dynamics, he was a Senior Construction Automation Researcher at WeWork where he managed the construction robotics research program and contributed to initiatives in design automation, unitized prefabrication, and construction site progress monitoring. He has also taught architecture courses for many years, most recently at Pratt GAUD where he led seminars in computational fabrication and industrial robotic automation for industrialized construction.Show Links:Boston Dynamics&nbsp;Boston Dynamics, 'Do You Love Me?'Meet Spot‘Beyond the Master Builder: How Robots Can Really Transform the Role of the Architect’ by Brian Ringley, published in Architect‘Boston Dynamics: Inside the workshop where robots of the future are being built’, 60 Minutes💻 Learn about our podcast partner Monograph:Monograph is the cloud-based practice operations solution built for architects by architects. It is easy to use, beautifully designed, and helped firms streamline operations by empowering them to see project and firm-wide financial health in a single tool.&nbsp; Plan your projects with schedules, budgets, roles, and team members. Track a project’s financial health with their unique MoneyGantt which takes timesheet data and makes it simple to see whether you are on track or not.&nbsp; Use firm-wide revenue forecasts to make strategic decisions. With Monograph, you never have to make a decision in the dark again. 👉 Visit Monograph now.📍 Follow Practice Disrupted on Social:Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Pinterest | <a...

Episode 035: Asian American ArchitectsLeaders of the profession share diverse perspectives on race, equity, and architecture.Against the backdrop of recent acts of hate and violence towards the Asian American community, we are amplifying five stories of Asian American Architects who are actively leading the profession of architecture forward. Practice Disrupted is committed to elevating conversations on justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion to teach, empower, and build greater awareness across the industry.&nbsp;Guests:Evelyn M. Lee, FAIA, MBA, MPA is a licensed architect in the state of California, with over 15 years of experience working with individuals and companies that are looking to reshape their future. She is the founder of Practice of Architecture, a co-host on this podcast, Practice Disrupted, the first-ever Senior Experience Designer at Slack Technologies, and the first female Treasurer to AIA National‘s Board of Directors. 📍Follow Evelyn: Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Pinterest | TwitterSusan Chin, FAIA, Hon. ASLA is a principal of DesignConnects and an accomplished architect, urbanist, and civic leader. She formed an independent consultancy on art, architecture, landscape, and urban design in 2020 and provides leadership and advises government, developers and non-profits on design, planning, and policy. Until 2019, she led the Design Trust for Public Space.&nbsp;📍Follow Susan: LinkedInAnnie Chu, FAIA, IIDA is an architect, interior designer, and educator with over 30 years of experience at a dozen architectural and design schools across the country and abroad. As a founding principal of Chu+Gooding Architects, Annie has worked extensively with world-renowned museums, cultural facilities, and arts-related institutions.📍Follow Annie: Instagram | LinkedIn | TwitterMing Thompson, AIA, NOMA is co-founder of Atelier Cho Thompson, a New Haven- and San Francisco-based multidisciplinary practice working between architecture, interiors, graphics, and strategy. Ming was a recipient of the AIA Young Architect Award in 2020. Her firm has been the recipient of numerous national and regional design honors, including the IIDA Foundation Visionary Award.&nbsp;📍Follow Ming: Instagram | <a

Episode 034: Investing in What’s Next, the Spatial SyndicateIs angel investing and venture capital finding its way into AEC?The Spatial Syndicate is a growing and engaged community of architects, engineers, founders, and builders. They believe the future of technology is spatial and see an opportunity in investing in great teams that are flattening inefficiencies, building new infrastructures, or creating new tools. Their unique background unlocks expertise in sectors such as AEC, manufacturing, film and beyond. Their network falls both within and beyond Silicon Valley; resulting in new, undiscovered and unique investment opportunities.In this episode we’ll interview George Valdes, one of the partners of the Spatial Syndicate. He’ll explain what a Syndicate is, what types of creative teams they’re looking to invest in, and how they hope to transform the practice of architecture. We’ll also learn about George’s career path beyond traditional practice.Guest:George Valdes leads the marketing team at Monograph and co-leads the Spatial Syndicate along with Kat Dov, Leona Hudelson, and Federico Negro. Before joining Monograph, George was part of the Global Growth Strategy team at WeWork. He holds an M.Arch from Columbia University - Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and a B.LArch from Florida International University.Show Links:Invest with Spatial Syndicate💻 Learn about our podcast partner Monograph:Monograph is the cloud-based practice operations solution built for architects by architects. It is easy to use, beautifully designed, and helped firms streamline operations by empowering them to see project and firm-wide financial health in a single tool.&nbsp; Plan your projects with schedules, budgets, roles, and team members. Track a project’s financial health with their unique MoneyGantt which takes timesheet data and makes it simple to see whether you are on track or not.&nbsp; Use firm-wide revenue forecasts to make strategic decisions. With Monograph, you never have to make a decision in the dark again. 👉 Visit Monograph now.📍 Follow Practice Disrupted on Social:Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Pinterest | Twitter

Episode 033: Building &amp; Running a Successful Hybrid PracticeHow can architects adapt their studios into a hybrid practice model?In the blink of an eye, the way firms worked changed overnight. Now there’s no snapping back, and people’s expectations around how and where they work have changed. Many firms are just beginning to navigate and understand what they need to create a successful practice that allows their employees the flexibility they desire while remaining productive and profitable.Evelyn Lee has been researching and writing about workplace trends throughout her career. As architects rapidly shifted from studio environments into all remote teams in 2020, she led the development of resources aimed at supporting firm leaders making the transition, including ‘Guide to Remote Work and Team Management During—and After—COVID-19.’In this episode, she’ll share her latest research on hybrid practice, including the six key areas firm owners need to learn to manage in order to make hybrid practice work.Evelyn M. Lee, FAIA, MBA, MPA is a licensed architect in the state of California, with over 15 years of experience working with individuals and companies that are looking to reshape their future. She is the founder of Practice of Architecture, the first-ever Senior Experience Designer at Slack Technologies, and the first female Treasurer to AIA National‘s Board of Directors.Show Links:Practice of ArchitectureHybrid Practice PlaybookBuilding &amp; Running a Successful Hybrid Practice💻 Learn about our podcast partner Monograph:Monograph is the cloud-based practice operations solution built for architects by architects. It is easy to use, beautifully designed, and helped firms streamline operations by empowering them to see project-based and firm-wide financial health in a single tool.&nbsp; Plan your projects with schedules, budgets, roles, and team members. Track a project’s financial health with their unique MoneyGantt which takes timesheet data and makes it simple to see whether you are on track or not.&nbsp; Use firm-wide revenue forecasts to make strategic decisions. With Monograph, you never have to make a decision in the dark again. 👉 Visit Monograph now.📍 Follow Practice Disrupted on Social:Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Pinterest | Twitter

Episode 032: Designing a Technology-First Architecture PracticeHow are architects redesigning practice to put technology at the forefront of their work?This week we look at New York City based Mancini Duffy as a case study for implementing change over the traditional architecture studio business model. From people, to process, and even technology, this 100 year old architecture practice is being intentional to lead with change.&nbsp;Mancini Duffy is a full-service design firm specializing in architecture, planning, and interior design. With offices in New York City and New Jersey, the practice complements its century of expertise with a contemporary entrepreneurial spirit and technological skill for clients in the commercial, education, financial and professional services, retail, sports, and tech and media sectors.&nbsp;Guest:Jessica Sheridan, AIA is a principal at Mancini Duffy. With 18 years of experience in architecture and interiors, Sheridan leads a studio focused on a broad range of project types – from building retrofits to temporary pop-up event spaces and workplace interiors. She thrives on complex projects that are sustainable and resilient. Previously holding positions on the AIANY, AIANYS Boards and the AIA National Strategic Council, she currently serves as an At-Large Director on the AIA National Board.Show Links:Mancini DuffyMancini Duffy Design LabFollow their work on social media:https://www.facebook.com/manciniduffy/https://twitter.com/mancini_duffy/https://www.instagram.com/mancini_duffy/https://www.linkedin.com/company/mancini-duffy/

Episode 031: Balancing Operations Management &amp; Firm CultureWhat is operations management in a studio environment, and how does firm culture relate?We interview Michael Bernard, an architect, and management consultant who works with design-first architecture firms in the Bay Area. Michael shares his perspective on operations management and the evolving business model of architecture.Through his company, Virtual Practice, Michael works with firm leaders to develop revenue models that reflect current capacity and projected growth. He mentors key staff to develop and monitor fee projections; to review and to prepare contracts; and to facilitate the integration of constructive project management practices. Michael’s range of clients includes architects, landscape architects, interior designers, lighting designers and general contractors.&nbsp;Guest:Michael Bernard places his focus on the culture and operation of design practices. As principal of Virtual Practice, he has advised nearly 200 Bay Area design firms that neither have nor need a full-time managing principal. Michael addresses firm culture, management and operations: the foundational elements of effective everyday function of the small design practice.Michael believes that education is a two-way street. For more than a decade, Michael held the position of adjunct professor in the architecture department at The California College of the Arts in San Francisco, where he gained insight from students who will eventually lead and change the profession of architecture.Key to his success is a highly developed ability to work closely with all of the people that contribute to the success of both firms and projects. He understands the value of mentoring the diverse groups of people that work together. He places high importance on clear and mutual understanding of a firm’s core values and goals – both those of the principals of the firms with which he works, as well as those of their employees.Show Links:Virtual PracticeMichael’s Recommended Resources

Episode 030: Getting Your Work PublishedHow do you get your projects and ideas published in reputable journals?For many architects, published work represents a major milestone in their careers.&nbsp;To learn how this process works, we interviewed&nbsp;Wanda Lau, an industry leader in journalism&nbsp;who covers&nbsp;award-winning architecture, architects, and practice-related topics. She shares her point of view as an editor working behind the scenes to write and publish a&nbsp;print and online magazine. Find out how she moved from engineering into journalism, as well as her advice for pitching your ideas to editors.&nbsp;ARCHITECT,&nbsp;the official journal of The American Institute of Architects,&nbsp;features a wide range of industry topics, including design, criticism, books, business practices, technology, and thought leadership. It's the premier platform for architecture industry news and building resources for architects and&nbsp;building&nbsp;professionals.&nbsp;Guest:Wanda Lau&nbsp;is an editor, writer, and podcaster at&nbsp;ARCHITECT magazine. She covers technology, practice, and op-eds at&nbsp;ARCHITECT magazine, the journal of&nbsp;The American Institute of Architects. Based in Washington, D.C., she is an award-winning editor and writer who&nbsp;covers&nbsp;everything from building codes to firm culture. She is also a host and producer of the&nbsp;ARCHITECT Podcast Network. Prior to joining ARCHITECT, she worked for a decade in the AEC industry as an owner’s representative, engineer, and communications director—but not all at once.Show Links:ARCHITECT magazineWanda Lau, LEED AP‘The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design’s Quest to Become the First Living Building in the Southeast’ by Wanda LauARCHITECT Podcast NetworkAnti-Asian Violence Resources

Episode 029: Taking the Leap from Architecture into TechHow do you make a successful career transition from architecture to tech?It all started with a simple request to go get coffee. Soon co-founders Leona Hudelson and Blake Hudelson were scheduling multiple coffee conversations around the same questions. From this realization, the idea of Architechie emerged.&nbsp;In 2016, Leona and Blake launched Architechie, an online community of thousands of people across the world who work at the intersection of technology and the built environment. Architechie has quickly become a global braintrust of creatives and builders who have been brought together by their shared excitement about the built world and the opportunity to improve it using technology.Leona and Blake join us to share their story of launching this active community, and lessons learned from their multifaceted careers from architecture into technology, entrepreneurship, and the world of investing and startups.Guests:Leona Hudelson currently leads a team of Product and Design leaders at the Netflix Studio Innovation team - an innovation team responsible for Netflix's multi-billion dollar investments into the expansive content offerings. Leona is also a serial entrepreneur and angel investor in both startup and creative communities.&nbsp;Blake Hudelson is an entrepreneur, design leader, and educator based in San Francisco. After studying architecture, Blake spent three years working as an architect at SOM and Studios Architecture before transitioning to becoming a User Experience Designer.&nbsp;Blake then went on to work at the design consultancies Matter and Method, where he designed products for some of the world’s leading technology companies. He later worked at Google’s Advanced Technology and Project Group, a skunkworks technology incubator at Google, where he helped design the world’s first smart garment platform called Jacquard.Blake currently works at Atomic, a venture capital fund and startup incubator where he works launching new products and companies. He is an Adjunct Professor at California College of Arts where he teaches in the Graduate Design program.Show Links:Join Architechie

Episode 028: Building a Digital Marketing Strategy&nbsp;What is digital marketing and how can AEC firms elevate their marketing strategy?Our reliance on technology has prompted today’s leading businesses to reevaluate how they market. Slowly, digital marketing trends have found their way into the AEC industry. While most AEC companies have been slow to adopt new marketing strategies, some have embraced these concepts to generate new business.In this episode, we speak with Danielle Gray, an expert on digital marketing, who helps us understand the breadth of digital marketing and the value of content strategy. After starting her career as a marketing professional, Danielle now runs her own marketing company advising AEC firms on how to elevate their digital marketing efforts.DG Marketing Company is a referral-only marketing firm that helps clients with brand strategy, design and execution, and provides one-on-one coaching with firm leaders. In her free time, Danielle is known for her gift as a speaker, connector, creator, and storyteller and has spoken widely across the country with groups including SMPS and AMA. Her presentations include: Nobody’s Reading That!, Confessions of a Content Whisperer, and a new offering, [Safe Space] with Danielle.Guest:Known for her reliability and humor, Danielle Gray is a Content Marketing Strategist with over nine years of industry experience composing proposals, writing content, running email campaigns, and generating leads online. Along with developing proposals, she helped her former design-build firm grow website visits by 88% and contributed over $150 million in revenue from leads generated from the website in just three years. Now, Danielle is the owner of DG Marketing Company, a professional services marketing firm committed to contributing and creating genuine, humanized marketing that listens and solves instead of tells and sells. She also speaks around the country about content generation, the importance of digital marketing and social media specifically relating to the AEC industry.Show Links:DG Marketing CompanyDanielle Gray, MBA

Episode 027: Techniques for Effective People ManagementWhat’s the difference between managing and leading? And, what is effective management?In this episode, we interview Foram Sheth, Co-Founder and Chief Coaching Officer of Ama La Vida to discuss management training with new and mid-level managers. Learn about the 12 year trap and why it’s important to start leadership training sooner rather than later.Ama La Vida is an innovative career, leadership, life and health coaching company centered around the understanding that you can and should love your life. Ama La Vida uses a proprietary blend of online eCoaching modules with one-on-one virtual sessions with your personally matched coach to help its members create meaningful, measurable change in their lives.Guest:After starting her career in consulting, Foram Sheth left everything she knew to co-found an innovative coaching company. Foram helps her clients accelerate their success by leveraging her consulting background of driving results through data while combining her strengths of empathy and individuality. Foram has been featured in publications like CNBC, The Chicago Tribune, and Inc, where she shares her vision of making coaching accessible to people of all age groups and socioeconomic statuses.&nbsp;Foram is an adjunct faculty at Northwestern University and has a Masters in Learning and Organizational Change with her coaching certification in Organizational and Leadership Coaching from Northwestern University.Show Links:Ama La VidaForam on General AssemblyHow to Be An Effective Manager TrainingHBR on Micromanaging

Episode 026: Climate Action Through EntrepreneurshipHow are architects using their training to fight climate change?The team at cove.tool is fighting climate change by helping architects, engineers, contractors and developers use data-driven design through automation and cost optimization. They lead by example by making science and transparency central while pushing the boundaries.Founder, Patrick Chopson joins us to discuss his journey into entrepreneurship and his pursuit to help solve the climate crisis through the use of design, technology, and science.&nbsp;Cove.tool is a building design platform for intelligent performance. It is streamlined to automate analysis that helps architects, engineers, and contractors achieve energy, COVID occupancy, daylight, glare, radiation, water, and embodied carbon targets while reducing construction cost.Guest:Focusing on the crossover between architecture and technology, Patrick Chopson, AIA leads cove.tool, a web-based design software for buildings using machine learning and automation to drive decision making. He oversees product development and customer acquisition as a Co-Founder. A graduate of Georgia Tech with a Master's in High Performance Buildings, he is a licensed architect with over 16 years of experience in architecture, research, and mechanical engineering firms. Prior to cove.tool he co-founded a successful building performance consulting firm Pattern r+d. Multiple publications include Architect Magazine, Tech Crunch, Site Selection, ArchDaily, and more.&nbsp;Show Links:cove.tool

Episode 025: Architecture, And: TechHow are individuals using their training in architecture to explore diverse career paths?Continuing our series on “architecture, and”, we interview Kat Dovjenko who is a former Program Manager at the R+D Lab for the Built Environment. She recently joined Muse &amp; Company as their new Creative Director. She designs physical and digital spaces and transforms emerging ideas into scalable solutions. She works with technologies such as AR/VR, next gen software, and robotics to drive innovation in the AEC industry. Right now, she is helping craft the future of workplace.&nbsp;Guest:Kat Dovjenko is inspired by the dynamic energy around architecture and urban planning. She maintains that the more complex, ambitious, and unsolvable the problem, the better.&nbsp;She recently joined Muse &amp; Company as Creative Director.As a former Program Manager at the R+D Lab for the Built Environment, Kat drove talented teams to unite and achieve outcomes they would not be able to do individually—at multiple scales and in multiple stages of the design process. With R+D, Kat navigated speculative pockets of the future and weaved together how they might impact our built spaces. Kat never shies away from ambiguity and is skilled at using foresight and storytelling to propel leading-edge technologies into real products for the workplace and beyond.Kat was born near a nuclear meltdown in Kyiv, Ukraine, which imbued her with a superpower for exploration and discovery. She studied Finance in Vancouver, Canada, before earning her Masters in Architecture from the University of Toronto.In her spare time, Kat works alongside three brilliant investors and leads a syndicate of architects and builders to invest in AEC-related startups. She’s currently learning how to play a steel hang drum, albeit slowly.&nbsp;Show Links:Kat’s websiteR+D for the Built EnvironmentMuse &amp; CompanySpatial SyndicateKat Dovjenko on TRXL

Episode 024: Managing Knowledge &amp; Data for Continuous ImprovementWhat is knowledge management? And why is it important for growing a design studio?In this episode, we interview Christopher Parsons, the Founder and CEO of Knowledge Architecture to learn more about knowledge management.&nbsp;Knowledge Architecture builds software, community, and best practices to help architecture and engineering firms find, share, and manage knowledge.Their software platform is Synthesis, a social intranet which integrates with Deltek, Newforma, and OpenAsset. They also run an annual knowledge management conference for the AEC industry called KA Connect, as well as a client community of practice for Synthesis intranet teams called KA Advance.Founded in 2009 and serving over 100 AEC clients, Knowledge Architecture is privately-held, employee-owned, and passionate about co-creating and sharing best practices to advance the state of knowledge management in the AEC industry.Knowledge Architecture is based in San Francisco, California.Guest:Christopher Parsons is the Founder and CEO of Knowledge Architecture, and is responsible for research and development, sales and marketing, and organizational development. He is the executive producer of KA Connect, KA’s annual knowledge management conference for the AEC industry. Christopher has been a technology leader in the AEC industry since 2002, including serving as the Chief Information Officer for Steinberg Architects and the Information Technology Director for SMWM (now Perkins+Will).Christopher has a degree in History from Wake Forest University. He’s an avid reader, hiker, birdwatcher, and cook.Show Links:Deep Dive SeriesKA Connect Talk ArchiveAEC KM 101 Talk and KM Periodic Table GraphicMailing List Sign UpThe Advantage by Patrick Lencioni&nbsp;Small Giants by Bo BurlinghamBootstrapped, Profitable, and Proud by Basecamp

Episode 023: Finding a New Value Proposition Through TechHow are architects disrupting the inefficiencies of the design and construction process?The founders of CONCERT initially set out to design a technology solution to replace documents with digital instruments of service. They quickly realized they were designing a new value proposition of trust and protection in the documentation process.Within most design studios, digital drawings and models are continually being updated throughout the design, construction and even operations process. CONCERT enables digital delivery with any file type, including PDFs and digital models, on The Concert Digital Exchange©, so that designers can secure and protect their IP.In this episode, we’ll discuss blockchain, the economic forces at play in AEC, and the opportunity for architects to expand our agency through the development of technology.Guests:Adam Wilbrecht, AIA is a Principal at Cuningham Group Architecture and co-founder of CONCERT. A registered architect and specialist in both building and design technologies, Adam is an active member of the AIA’s CIO Large Firm Roundtable, as well as the AEC-IT Leaders Group, and the University of Minnesota Consortium for Research Practices.Show Links:getconcert.comCuningham.comaecitleaders.orgBlockchain explainedAdam Wilbrecht on TRXL

Episode 022: Reimagining Work in the New Digital-First WorkplaceWhat are best practices for the new digital-first workplace?Future Forum enables leaders to reimagine work through data and dialogue, to create a people-centric and digital-first future of work.Helen Kupp, Director of Product Strategy of the Future Forum joins Evelyn Lee and Je’Nen Chastain to share lessons learned from the Remote Employee Experience Index.Future Forum has launched the Remote Employee Experience Index, a new quarterly report that will provide the data and analysis that organizations need to navigate this new world of work. To access the full global report, click here.Guest:Helen Kupp is the Director of Product Strategy of the Future Forum, where she leads membership program development, and strategic partnerships.Previously, Helen led the Strategy &amp; Analytics team at Slack, where she drove various cross-functional initiatives such as international launch and strategy, building our professional services offering, and leading Slack’s fundraising and direct listing efforts.Before Slack, Helen held various bizops and product roles at Thumbtack and BloomReach, primarily focused on launching and scaling new initiatives. Prior to a career in technology, Helen was a consultant with Bain &amp; Company.Helen received a BS from Caltech and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She’s a new mom to a spunky 10 month old baby boy, and is passionate about advocating for and creating better support for working moms.Show Links:futureforum.com/blogRemote Employee Experience Indexslack.com

Episode 021: Season 2 LaunchWelcome back to Practice Disrupted! Hosts Evelyn Lee and Je’Nen Chastain launch season 2 with guest moderator Wanda Lau.In 2020 Evelyn and Je’Nen set out to explore the evolution of architectural practice in a changing world. In the six months between the start of the podcast to the end of season 1, the world experienced rapid transformation into a post COVID world.&nbsp;In 2021 they’ll continue to investigate practice shifts in the architecture profession while discussing how the pandemic has prompted additional change. Together they’ll find new solutions to current challenges while elevating the value of architects.Hosts:Evelyn M. Lee, AIA, MBA, MPA is a licensed architect in the state of California, with over 15 years of experience working with individuals and companies that are looking to reshape their future. She is the founder of Practice of Architecture, the first-ever Senior Experience Designer at Slack Technologies, and the first female Treasurer to AIA National‘s Board of Directors.Je’Nen M. Chastain, MBA, Assoc. AIA is the founder of Apostrophe Consulting, a management consultancy serving professionals in architecture. With 10 years of experience working in the field, she is known for content creation of programs, research, and resources that support next generation leaders. She frequently collaborates with the Practice of Architecture and the AIA.Moderator:Wanda Lau is an editor, writer, and podcaster covering technology, practice, and op-eds at ARCHITECT magazine, the journal of the AIA . She is an award-winning editor and writer who has covered everything from building codes to firm culture. She is also a host and producer of the ARCHITECT Podcast Network. Prior to joining ARCHITECT, she worked for a decade in the AEC industry as an owner’s representative, engineer, and communications director—but not all at once.Show Links:&nbsp;&nbsp;practicedisrupted.comhttp://practiceofarchitecture.com/&nbsp;https://apostrophe.consulting/&nbsp;&nbsp;https://www.architectmagazine.com/author/wanda-lau&nbsp;Follow us on social media: @practiceofarch

Episode 020: Ask Me Anything, Season FinaleWe take questions from our listeners and recap what we learned in Season 1 of Practice Disrupted.Hosts:Evelyn Lee, Founder of Practice of Architecture &amp; Senior Experience Designer for Slack TechnologiesJe’Nen Chastain, Founder of Apostrophe ConsultingModerator:Dimitrius Lynch, Chief Creative Director for Gabl Media

Episode 019: Architecture, And: FilmHow are individuals using their training in architecture to explore diverse career paths?Guest:Rebekah BukhbinderRebekah Bukbinder is an Art Director working in film and television. She has collaborated on notable productions including The Mandalorian, Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker, and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. A graduate of SciArc with a Master of Architecture, Rebekah’s background in architecture and fascination with the ephemeral has led her into the world of filmmaking and ultimately has informed a career in set design and world building. Her work in television and film transports audiences into imaginary worlds for people to experience.&nbsp; She believes her career has been a balance of taking risks, and serendipitous moments that led her to where she was meant to be.&nbsp;You can see more of Rebekah’s work on October 30 when Season 2 of The Mandalorian airs.&nbsp;Show Links:https://tinyurl.com/disneyplusTheMandalorian&nbsp;https://tinyurl.com/disneyplusTheRiseofSkywalker&nbsp;https://tinyurl.com/netflixTheDarkCrystal

Episode 018: Remote PracticeHow do you manage a virtual design studio?Guest:Leah Alissa Bayer, Founder and Managing Director of EVIA StudioLeah Alissa Bayer, AIA, NCARB, LEED GA, is Founder and Managing Director of the architecture start-up EVIA Studio. First registered in 2017 in California, Leah is licensed to practice in CA, Hawaii, and Washington state and is based out of home offices in Palo Alto, CA and Bellingham, WA, while EVIA Studio serves clients throughout the Pacific States. A true multi-disciplinarian, Leah received her Bachelor of Architecture with an aerospace-centric thesis, a Minor in Fine Arts, and four years of structural engineering from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo in 2014.Equally passionate about serving as a leader in practice for her profession as she is to her firm, Leah is dedicated to volunteer work. She is the AIA Silicon Valley Treasurer and incoming Vice President for 2021, founding Chair of the AIASV Practice Leadership Committee, Founding Co-Chair of the Architectural Intelligence Conference, Advisor to AIA National's Center for Practice, and Chair of the NCARB Experience Advisory Committee.EVIA Studio isn't your traditional architecture firm. They’re an award-winning, 100% women-led, virtual team of diverse professionals spread across the country who are passionate about creating exceptional living spaces for everyone. From extra space for a growing family to a vibrant showroom for a new business, healthy affordable housing or a luxurious getaway - whatever it is, they've got you covered with their commitment to outstanding service and design. They believe buildings should look great, feel great, and do great things for our communities.&nbsp;Show Links:https://www.eviastudio.com/&nbsp;https://www.instagram.com/eviastudio/&nbsp;https://www.facebook.com/eviastudio/&nbsp;https://twitter.com/eviastudios&nbsp;Related Podcasts:https://tinyurl.com/entrearchitectLeahAlissaBayerhttps://tinyurl.com/youngarchitectLeahAlissaBayerhttps://tinyurl.com/insidethefirmLeahAlissaBayer

Episode 017: Building CultureHow do organizations build and manage culture? And, why is culture so important anyway?Guests:Anne Foreman, Co-Founder of At Your CoreSteph Mann, Co-Founder of At Your CoreAnne is a cross-functional, values-oriented business leader who thrives when facilitating a team and simplifying and solving complex problems. She has worked for major companies including Method and Mattel, managing large brands, budgets and teams as well as go-to-market plans for start-ups with limited resources. She flexes from strategic to tactical to impact company values and operating principles.Steph has 15 years of experience in brand management and management consulting, delivering profitable growth with a key focus on people leadership and strategic choices. She has always sought to improve organizational culture and team effectiveness and gets a LOT of energy from cultivating new connections and nurturing relationships in work and life.Show Links:Learn more at: www.atyourcore.coBlog article mentioned in the show:How to live your company values across the employee experience https://www.cultureamp.com/blog/how-to-live-your-company-values-across-the-employee-experience/Client Interview with Tile’s CEO, CJ Prober:https://www.atyourcore.co/2019/04/02/new-ceo-cj-prober-starts-with-trust-at-tile/Stats worth sharing with your leadership team:In an employee experience study, 80% of employees felt more engaged when their work was consistent with the core values of the organization.1&nbsp; And, when employees are engaged, absenteeism lowers by 41%, productivity boosts by 7%, turnover lowers by 24%.2 Speaking of turnover, 84% of workers would consider leaving their current job if offered another role with a company that had an excellent reputation (and most would require only a 1-10% salary increase to make the move). 3 And attracting high talent is the goal here: companies with cultures that attract high talent enjoy 33% higher revenues.4“Employee Experience Index” IBM White Paper, 2017&nbsp;“State of the American Workplace” Gallup, 2016“Americans Would Rather Remain Unemployed than Work for Companies with Bad Corporate Reputations” by Elaine Quayle, HR Daily Advisor, October 2013“Culture Wins By Getting the Most Out of People” Gallup, July 2018

Episode 016: Voices from the Future of the Profession (LGBTQIA+)Future leaders of the profession share diverse perspectives on architecture and the LGBTQIA+ community.Guests:Ryan Gann, Designer at Ross Barney ArchitectsA.L. Hu, Design Initiatives Manager at Ascendant Neighborhood DevelopmentLora Teagarden, Architect at RATIOYiselle Santos Rivera, Firmwide Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity, &amp; Inclusion at HKSAmy Rosen, Sociospatial Designer at PLASTARCRyan Gann, Assoc. AIARyan Gann has blazed a trail founded on service, leadership, and design. From his time as an engaged student leader to his expanding contributions to the built environment, Ryan has managed to stay ambitious while having fun along the way.As a designer at Ross Barney Architects he has worked on some of the studio’s most ambitious civic projects. These architectural and urban design investigations have allowed him to collaborate with communities across Chicago and the world, expressing the role public space plays in everyday life.Ryan is the recipient of the 2018 AIA Associates Award, Schiff Foundation Fellowship from the Art Institute of Chicago, and was the inaugural Architect-in-Residence at the Hyde Park Art Center. Ryan previously served on the national boards of the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS), National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), and the American Institute of Architects (AIA).A.L. Hu, Assoc. AIAA.L. Hu is a queer, trans, nonbinary Taiwanese-American architect, organizer, and facilitator who lives and works in New York City. Their practice synthesizes organizing for racial, class, and gender justice with world-building and design; rethinks the architect’s role in facilitating accessible spaces; and manifests in design, visual media, and collaborative cultural work. They are a 2019-2021 Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellow and Design Initiatives Manager at Ascendant Neighborhood Development in East Harlem. They shared their experiences on a panel of queer architects at the AIA National Conference on Architecture in 2019; was a Thought Leader at the AIASF Equity by Design Symposium in 2018; and received the 2018 AIANY Emerging New York Architects ARE Scholarship. They received a Master of Architecture from Columbia University GSAPP in 2017, and a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture with a minor in Sustainable Design from UC Berkeley in 2012.Lora Teagarden, AIA, LEED AP BD+CLora is an Architect at RATIO, headquartered in Indianapolis, and the founder of L² Design, LLC. A published author and creator of #AREsketches, her passion for the profession drives her to mentor young professionals and volunteer in her community. She is a 2017 Young Architect Award winner, the 2019 Chair of the Young Architects Forum, 2020 AIA Indianapolis President, and was recently elected as an At-Large Representative on the AIA National Strategic Council. Her website and blog offer unique insights into professional practice, together with inspiration and tips for young architects.Yiselle Santos Rivera, AIA, NOMA, LSSYB, WELL AP, LEED APYiselle Santos Rivera is a medical planner and the Firmwide Director of Justice, Equity, Diversity, &amp; Inclusion at HKS, Inc. With national and international experience on a broad range of healthcare, institutional, and commercial/mixed-use projects, she thrives on building belonging and designing for inclusion.Seeking to empower the next generation of leaders, she co-founded the Latin American Interior Designers, Engineers, and Architects (LA.IDEA) DC Committee and founded the “Women Inspiring Emerging Leaders in Design” (WIELD) event, recipient of...

Episode 015: Architecture, And: Social Impact [or Social Justice]?How are individuals using their training in architecture to explore diverse career paths?Guest:Wandile Mthiyane, CEO at Ubuntu Design GroupWandile Mthiyane is an Obama Leader, Tedx Fellow, architectural designer, social entrepreneur, and the founder and CEO of Ubuntu Design Group (UDG). Ubuntu Design Group is an architectural organization that focuses on social impact design projects ranging from individual housing to urban design scale. Influenced by his childhood experiences growing up in post-apartheid South Africa, Wandile founded UDG on the core idea that if apartheid architecture could be used to segregate and oppress, then community-led design should liberate and enable opportunities for all.Learn more about Ubuntu Design Group:Ubuntu Design Group exists to solve architectural design and financial inclusion problems of low-income communities around the world. Our mission is to empower inadequately sheltered families to overcome economic and social challenges and barriers, through innovation and collaboration in designing for the future vision of their home and community.Show Links:https://ubuntudesigngroup.org/https://www.ubuntuasa.org/&nbsp;related podcasts:https://tinyurl.com/youngarchitectWandileMthiyane&nbsp;https://tinyurl.com/midnightcaretteWandileMthiyane&nbsp;articles:1.https://www.archdaily.com/947507/i-grew-up-where-architecture-was-designed-to-oppress-wandile-mthiyane-on-social-impact-and-learning-from-south-africa&nbsp;2.https://archinect.com/features/article/150208185/undoing-apartheid-architecture-with-wandile-mthiyane3.https://www.noma.net/news/the-architects-of-systemic-racism-south-african-wandile-mthiyane-tells-an-american-story-on-architizer/

Episode 014: Training the Next Generation of LeadersWhy is leadership development important for architects?Guests:Ryan McEnroe, Co-Founder, AIA|DC Christopher Kelley Leadership Development Program&nbsp;Korey D. White Co-Chair, AIA ForefrontKavitha Mathew, Director, Leadership and Engagement, AIA New York--Christopher Kelley Leadership Development Program (CKLDP)Website: ckldp.comBeginning in 2013, the AIA|DC chapter undertook an initiative to develop a program to help train and nurture the next generation of leaders. The year-long program consists of nine individual half-day sessions attended by a competitively selected group of 16 emerging professionals (someone who has graduated from college with an architecture degree and is within 10 years of their first licensure). Prospective participants must go through an application process for selection where proven career success, community involvement and the individual’s firm support will be considered. Applications for the 2021 cohort are open.Ryan McEnroe, Co-Founder, AIA|DC CKLDPAs both a licensed architect and landscape architect that grew up on an organic farm, Ryan has a unique understanding of sustainability practices. With 13+ years of professional experience Ryan allows his firm to embrace a wide range of project types and has spoken and written extensively on how agriculture can serve as an amenity. He is an Associate at Quinn Evans Architects in Washington, DC, the Co-Founder and Past-Chair of the AIA|DC Christopher Kelley Leadership Development Program and currently serves as the 2020 Chair for the National AIA Young Architects Forum (YAF). He has been recognized with the AIA|DC Emerging Architect Award (2014), AIA Young Architects Award, ENR Mid-Atlantic Top Professionals Award, BD+C 40 Under 40, and the AIAS Emerging Professional Honor Award (all in 2018).--AIA ForefrontWebsite: aiaforefront.comLaunched in 2015 as a national leadership program of the AIA, Forefront aims to inspire, empower, and engage architects and emerging professionals so that they become effective leaders serving at the forefront of society’s most pressing challenges. This one-day virtual event brings together visionary speakers on individual, civic and professional leadership for the architectural profession. The event is happening on Oct 30, 2020. Visit aiaforefront.com to learn how to register and participate.Korey D. White, Co-Chair, AIA ForefrontKorey White is an architect and urban planner at DLR Group, working on educational facility master planning for K-12 school districts. In 2018, Korey stepped into the Co-Chair role for the AIA Leadership Institute, guiding the vision and programming for the one-day national conference. In collaboration with her Co-Chair, Sarah Wahlgren-Wingo, they revamped what is now known as Forefront. Korey is recognized for her leadership within architecture by her recent election to the AIA Strategic Council as an At-Large Representative for 2021-2022 and has been awarded the AIA Young Architects Award, the BD+C 40 under 40 and the AIA Colorado Leadership Award.--AIANY Civic Leadership Program (CLP)Website: aiany.orgAIA New York is the oldest and largest chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The Chapter’s members include over 5,500 practicing architects, allied professionals, students, and public members interested in architecture and design. The AIANY Civic Leadership Program (CLP) develops a class of emerging architectural professionals into civic leaders by refining the critical skills that design professionals need to better represent the people that they serve. Each year, the CLP selects ten emerging AIA members to participate in a six-month journey to improve their community outreach and public relations skills, strengthening the AIANY’s culture of advocacy by providing opportunities to...

Episode 013: Architecture, And: EntrepreneurshipHow are individuals using their training in architecture to explore diverse career paths?Guest:&nbsp;Moe Amaya, Co-Founder of MonographMoe Amaya is the Co-Founder of Monograph, a San Francisco-based software company revolutionizing the future in how architectural projects are managed. Born in Arizona, Amaya discovered his passion for design and technology at an early age. Building a bridge between his technological and creative sides, Amaya pursues his career with innovation, organization, and enthusiasm.While garnering in-depth experience in building tools for startups and architecture firms, and expertise in custom content management systems, Amaya discovered a void for an intuitive cloud-based project management application that was tailored to the industry. He co-founded Monograph with the mission to help architects and engineers oversee projects in an integrated, user-friendly, and ever-evolving interface.Amaya graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Design from Arizona State University and a Masters of Architecture in Computation from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he gained profound experience as a frontend engineer. Upon graduation, Amaya, along with his roommate, Alex Dixon, started a digital agency building websites and interactive tools for architects. Soon after meeting Robert Yuen, the three collaborated and formally became partners at Dixon &amp; Moe – the agency from which Monograph was born.Learn more about Monograph:Founded in 2019, Monograph offers firm management software designed to help architects and engineers oversee projects, timesheets, and forecasts in one, integrated and simple interface. The software is deeply rooted in the founders’ experiences in building tools for architecture firms, where they noticed a recurring challenge—architects and project managers were discontent with their existing and non-existent management software. Seeing this void for a simple cloud-based project management application, the co-founders set out to create Monograph, the solution for architects, designers, and engineers to manage their firms more effectively and transparently. As the creators of a software designed by architects for architects, their company is on a mission to empower and arm the professionals who create our buildings and cities with better tools.&nbsp;Learn more about Architechie:We're an intrepid band of architects now working in the tech industry and helping others do the same. We host events, workshops, and throw a killer happy hour.1. Architechie is first and foremost people.2. Our unconventional backgrounds are our best asset.3. Everyone has a different path, and that's a good thing.4. Together we make up a living wiki: ask us anything.5. Networking is paramount. So come to our next event.Show Links:https://monograph.io/https://dixonandmoe.com/https://architechie.org/

Episode 012: Communication StrategyHow is marketing and communication changing in AEC?Guest:Amanda Walter, Owner of Walter CommunicationsAmanda Walter works behind-the-scenes with companies and individuals in the related design and planning fields of the built environment. She helps clients share their knowledge and stories that shape their public reputation and advance toward their business goals. Her specialties are building robust thought leadership programs, developing emerging communications leaders and training executives to be effective spokespeople and advocates.Amanda spent a decade in-house creating and driving EDAW’s global communications and publishing program, and leading media relations across AECOM. She understands the complexity of firm-wide communications initiatives and the challenge of scaling programs across the nation and world. As a result, her advisory services come from the perspective of an internal resource.&nbsp;Her book, “Social Media in Action: Comprehensive Guide for Architecture, Engineering, Planning and Environmental Consulting Firms” was the first book of its kind and the start of Amanda’s exploration of how new media impacts how people form impressions and make decisions.&nbsp;Show Links:&nbsp;Waltercomms.com

Episode 011: New Service Lines - Building a Multidisciplinary PracticeWhat types of new service lines are architecture firms designing?Guests:Christina Cho Yoo, Co-Founder of Atelier Cho ThompsonMing Thompson, Co-Founder of Atelier Cho ThompsonChristina Cho Yoo, AIA, PE, LEED AP BD+C, IIDAChristina leads the San Francisco office of Atelier Cho Thompson. She is a licensed engineer and architect in California. Christina received a BS &amp; MS in Civil &amp; Structural Engineering and Construction Management from Stanford and her M. Arch from the Harvard GSD. She started her professional life as a structural engineer at internationally-renowned Arup, working on projects like the California Academy of Sciences, labs, universities, bridges, and more. She has worked in LA, NY, SF, Seoul, and Shanghai at firms like SHoP Architects, Neri &amp; Hu, and Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. She is an adjunct professor at the California College of Arts, most recently teaching an advanced urban studio on the Post-Retail City, which has led to involvement in the SPUR Working Group for Reopening the Ground Floor in a COVID era.&nbsp;Ming Thompson, AIA, IIDAMing leads the new New Haven office of Atelier Cho Thompson. As a practicing architect, Ming is focused on bettering human experience through design; she insists that good design must occur at all scales, from the building to the furniture to the logo, and everything in between. Ming is a licensed architect in California, Massachusetts, New York, and Connecticut. She is a recipient of the AIA Young Architect Award. Ming attended Yale College and the Harvard GSD, and has taught at the California College of the Arts. She has served on design juries around the U.S., and is co-chair of the AIA CT Women in Architecture committee. She writes and speaks frequently on the topic of equity in architecture. She is a first year advisor at Yale and serves on the board of the Yale-China Association.&nbsp;Show Links: https://www.chothompson.com/

Episode 010: Organizational Design, Process, and InnovationHow does organizational design support an innovative firm culture?Guest:Andrew Cronin, Principal at KieranTimberlakeIn over 15 years as an architect, Andrew has focused on a variety of project types including award winning renovations for university clients, an addition and renovation at a local religious institution, a private home in rural Northern California, and an innovative new education center at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Andrew is currently working on a student residential planning study for a liberal arts college in New England and a precinct planning study for a university in Washington D.C.&nbsp;Andrew takes a holistic approach to design practice. As a Principal at KieranTimberlake, he remains deeply connected to digital design, prototyping, and systems integration and engages project teams across the office by co-leading KieranTimberlake's BIM Practices group and works to spread lessons across the firm through KT’s regular weekly knowledge sharing forums. Andrew supports KieranTimberlake’s pursuit of the 2030 Challenge in his role in the Beyond 2030 working group and leads KieranTimberlake’s internal mentorship program. He is also a jury critic and adjunct faculty member at the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design at Drexel University.&nbsp;&nbsp;Show Links:&nbsp;https://kierantimberlake.com/

Episode 009: Voices from the Future of the ProfessionFuture leaders of the profession share diverse perspectives on race, equity, and architecture.Guests:Leslie Epps, NOMA Student Representative, AIAS &amp; NOMAS Leader at The City College of New YorkSarah Curry, AIAS, Assoc. AIA, NOMABeresford Pratt, AIA, NOMAMelanie Ray, AIA, NOMA, LEED Green Associate, NCARB, Fitwel Amb.Kendall A. Nicholson, Ed.D, Assoc. AIA, NOMA, LEED GALeslie Epps, NOMA Student Representative, AIAS &amp; NOMAS Leader at The City College of New YorkLeslie Epps is an accomplished rising fifth year architecture student at the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture. She has been passionate about architecture for half of her life and is eager to learn more and enact change moving forward in her career. Awarded NOMA Student Member of the Year 2019, Leslie Epps founded the CCNY NOMAS Chapter in 2018 and served as President until early 2020. Epps also received the title of NOMA Student Representative and serves on the NOMA Board of Directors for the role. In the future she aspires to combine architecture with urban planning in an effort to address social issues and ultimately better society.&nbsp;Sarah Curry, AIAS, Assoc. AIA, NOMASarah Curry just finished an exhilarating year of living and working in Washington, DC as the 2019-2020 President of the American Institute of Architecture Students.&nbsp;No matter what her next chapter of life holds, she intends to explore and practice her passions for evidence-based and equitable design while pursuing licensure. None of that work would feel fulfilling though, if she is unable to continue advocating for the underserved and supporting design students and others who are interested in designing responsibly for those who need it the most. Originally from outside of Atlanta, Sarah earned her B.Arch in 2018 from Auburn University and completed her Thesis Design-Build Project at Rural Studio the following year. Her very flexible life plans include going to graduate school, teaching, and eventually enjoying nontraditional practice in the vast field of architecture.Beresford Pratt, AIA, NOMABeresford Pratt is a licensed architect and Associate at Ayers Saint Gross in Baltimore, MD where he has worked on a multitude of education/institutional projects. He is passionate about active learning environments and pipeline initiatives, and he enjoys this cross pollination with his professional work. He is currently serving his second year in the AIA as the Mid Atlantic Young Architects Regional Director in the Young Architects Forum (YAF), and he is currently an editor for the YAF’s publication Connection. Beresford is also a co-founder of Baltimore’s local chapter of The National Organization of Minority Architects (Bmore NOMA). Beresford sits on the board and is the Communications Chair/Director. Outside of the industry, if he is not playing soccer, he enjoys volunteering his time with the United Way Central Maryland, and he currently sits on the Emerging Leaders United Council.Melanie Ray, AIA, NOMA, LEED Green Associate, NCARB, Fitwel Amb.Melanie Ray is a licensed architect and Associate in the Housing/Mixed-Use studio at Hord Coplan Macht in Baltimore, MD. Since graduating from Penn State’s architecture program in 2015, she has worked on various mixed-use and affordable housing projects, as well as community development projects in Baltimore city and beyond. She is the 424th living black woman licensed in the US to practice architecture and seeks to be an active mentor to promote the goal of doubling the number of licensed black architects by 2030. She currently serves as the Vice President of the Baltimore Chapter of NOMA, Bmore NOMA, and the Northeast University Liaison for NOMA National. In addition to her work at HCM, Melanie is a regular...

Episode 008: Studio CultureWhat is studio culture and how does it relate to professional practice?Guests:Andrew Caruso, Director of Strategy &amp; Operations for Urban Solutions at HatchAnthony Vanky, Assistant Professor in Urban Planning at the University of Michigan Taubman CollegeAndrew Caruso, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C, CDTAndrew is an architect and economist, working at the intersection of urbanization and development within the world’s emerging cities. He has nearly 15 years of global leadership experience in consulting, NGO management, mergers &amp; acquisitions, organizational development, architecture, master planning, urban resilience and international development, across five continents. He is Director of Strategy &amp; Operations for Urban Solutions at Hatch, a global engineering, development and management consultancy with more than 65 offices on six continents. As a member of the Urban Solutions leadership team, Andrew helps reshape world cities through innovative technical and strategic consulting services — master planning, economic analysis, policy advisory, and resiliency planning — for public and private clients facing the pressures of rapid urbanization.&nbsp; He holds a professional degree in Architecture (with honors) from Carnegie Mellon University and a Masters degree in International Economics and International Development (with honors) from the Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies.Andrew has held seats on the national Boards of Directors for three of the five governing organizations for the profession of architecture in the United States: the American Institute of Architects, the National Architectural Accrediting Board and the American Institute of Architecture Students. He has been appointed to national committees for all five governing organizations, as well as the International Union of Architects and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). He has twice represented the United States as an official delegate to the UIA World Congress on Architecture and served on the founding steering committee for the National Academy for Environmental Design.Anthony Vanky, PhDAnthony is an Assistant Professor in Urban Planning at the University of Michigan Taubman College, focusing on the use of data-centric practices in city-making and urban planning. He has previously held appointments at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and Data Science Institute, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). At MIT, Anthony was a founding team member and the first academic programs manager of MIT designX, an academic accelerator dedicated to advancing innovation and entrepreneurship in design, cities, and the built environment. He was also a research lead at the MIT Senseable City Lab, a multidisciplinary research group. At the Lab, Anthony also served as the Lab’s partner and outreach strategist. He connected companies’ and governments’ interests in smart cities to the research of the Lab and MIT.Anthony’s own research considers the use of digital data and pervasive sensing technologies to design, plan, evaluate urban environments, and spans the disciplines of urban design, urban technologies, innovation studies, and public health. Anthony has widely presented topics of design, technology, and urbanism, including at Harvard University, the British Government, and several dozen private and public organizations. Anthony holds prior degrees from MIT and Tulane University.Show Links:&nbsp;http://www.andrewcaruso.com/https://vanky.co/hello/<a href="http://www.aias.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

Episode 007: [Re] Creating Your Career in ArchitectureHow do you rethink a career in architecture to get unstuck?Guest:Laura Weiss Founder at Design DiplomacyAs a professional coach, facilitator, mediator, and consultant, Laura Weiss helps creative leaders engage in powerful conversations that drive change.A former licensed architect, Laura spent a decade with the global design firm IDEO as a Practice Director and Associate Partner. An expert in service design, she subsequently assumed leadership roles inside a variety of enterprises seeking to build their own capacity for innovation. Today she leads her own practice Design Diplomacy LLC and is an Adjunct Professor at the California College of the Arts.Laura holds a B.Arch. with honors from Cornell University, an M.Arch. from Yale University, and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. A lifelong learner, Laura has also earned a Professional Certificate in Mediation and Applied Conflict Studies from Champlain College in Burlington, VT, her CPCC (Certified Professional Co-Active Coach) credential through the Coactive Training Institute and is an ACC (Associate Certified Coach) with The International Coach Federation.Show Links:&nbsp;https://lauraweiss.net/Create Your Own Path Forward - and Perhaps Away from Architecture (Architect Magazine)

Episode 006: Retaining the Next Generation of LeadersHow do we engage and retain the next generation of leaders in firms?Guest:David Fano, CEO of TealA serial entrepreneur and architect by training, Dave Fano has built his career by creating high-growth teams. He founded the successful building information and technology consultancy CASE and ultimately sold it to WeWork, where he served as Chief Growth Officer and increased the unicorn startup’s revenue 100% YoY for four years and grew the team by ~2000%. In 2020, Dave launched his latest passion, Teal, which offers a collective of resources that puts career development back in the hands of the individual so they can pursue a fulfilling career.&nbsp;Show Links:&nbsp;https://www.tealhq.com/partner/practice-of-architectureAdditional info about our partnership with Teal:We are proud to announce that Teal is partnering with the Practice of Architecture to provide career assistance for architects and designers who want to focus on building a career they love. As a part of this newly formed partnership, David has been gracious enough, for a limited time only, to offer his time to lead a cohort of architects and designers who sign-up for his career assist program on a first come first serve basis.Visit Teal HQ starting Friday, July 24 for details and to sign-up for a chance to get insight directly from Teal on your career journey.

Episode 005: Coaching is the New MentoringWhat are new ways we can think about mentoring in design practice?Guest:Dr. Shannon Arvizu, Epic TeamsEpic Teams seeks to develop the next generation of team leaders to solve today's most pressing challenges. Dr. Shannon Arvizu is an organizational sociologist who has 15 years of research, training and consulting experience. She has worked with Fortune 500 companies, startups, and foundations to help fast-growing organizations transform managers into epic team leaders.Show Links:&nbsp;Epic Teams https://www.epicteams.co/Agile Leaders https://www.agileleaders.co/

Episode 004: Purpose Driven PracticeWhat is purpose-driven practice, and how do you design it in your business?Guest:Illya Azaroff, Founding Director +LAB Architect PLLC&nbsp;&nbsp;Illya Azaroff, AIA, is founding principal of +LAB architect PLLC and Assoc. Professor at the New York City College of Technology (CUNY). He is a recognized leader in disaster mitigation, resilient planning strategies and design with more than 25 years of experience. He consults with design teams across the US and the world. Currently, he is leading the AIA New York Unifies Task for City and State on issues surrounding COVID19.&nbsp;Show Links:&nbsp;+LAB Architect PLLC https://www.pluslabnyc.com/&nbsp;

Episode 003 - Technology &amp; ChangeIn this episode of Practice Disrupted, we begin to explore technology as a disruptor to the industry of architectural practice.Guest:Nels Long, Co-Founding Director of RotoLab&nbsp;Nels Long (SCI-Arc ’14) is a designer, strategist and educator with a passion for projects that seek to improve the world through a relationship between technology and the built environment. As an Associate Principal at RoTo Architects, Nels has worked on projects at numerous scales from single family homes and commercial spaces, to large civic projects and masterplans. His approach to practice is the basis for founding RoTo Architects’ innovation studio, RotoLab. Through RotoLab Nels has cofounded companies that each focus on a different relationship between architecture, technology, and neuroscience, specifically focusing on learning through virtual experiences, virtual tooling, and social and competitive spaces for virtual experiences and games.Show Links:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;RoTo Architects -- Our curated team of professionals have worked for corporations, government agencies, and individuals on a wide array of projects. We have learned the value of working collaboratively and the benefit of listening with open minds, heightened curiosity, and a sense of great purpose. https://www.rotoark.com/RotoLab - An innovation studio for cross sector innovation in Architecture &amp; Real Estate.http://rotolab.la/Second Studio is an open source collaboration software for architects and designers looking for an immersive VR solution for creating free form models using intuitive virtual tools.https://github.com/SecondStudio/Second-StudioAffinity Space is a grassroots organization in support of resilient futures through the sharing of information, cross-sector collaboration, and online mentoring. It is an online space where life’s challenges are to be presented in a spirit of compassion and domain experts present solutions in support of affected communities. It is a knowledge web in support of learning new skills, making new friends, and creating a better world. https://affinity-space.com/RIOS (formerly Rios Clementi Hale Studio) https://www.rios.com/Read more about RIOS product design: https://www.rios.com/news/#filter=.all-posts.all-brands.productsnotNeutral was born out of the idea that architecture is more than just a building; it is everything in the designed environment. As the design-child of Rios Clementi Hale Studios, notNeutral was a way for our award-winning transdisciplinary design firm to expand its horizons. https://www.notneutral.com/&nbsp;