Built Revolution Podcast

Enjoy our conversation with Art Markman, Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, and Executive Director of the IC2 Institute, a “think and do” tank that focuses on innovation and entrepreneurship. We discuss motivational theory, why people do what they do, and how this is relevant in the context of leadership and organizational development. While this was recorded just prior...

Clark Ellis, Principal, Continuum AG, and Bridgette Boix, Principal, Krill Northgate get together to discuss their strategic alliance. Krill Northgate brings decades of experience and best in class primary and secondary market research capabilities to Continuum AG's clients. Our teams value the same things: excellence, collaboration, and client service. Bridgette and Clark enjoyed recording t...

What matters the most to owners, and why? Kelcey Henderson , President of Continuum Advisory Group , and Jose Garcia-Aranda , President of Alberici Global Automotive Constructors , Automotive, moderate a panel discussion aimed at answering that question. Panelists Include: Mike McClellan , Senior Engineering Manager, Toyota Motor North America at Bodine Aluminum Ryan Bader , Executive Director Fac...

Infrastructure projects and operating assets are frequently impacted by regulatory risks. On this episode of the Built Revolution podcast, we spoke to members of the Construction Industry Institute (CII) Power Utilities and Infrastructure Research Team PUI-01, Identifying and Evaluating the Impact of Regulations throughout the Project Life Cycle , on their work and the resources they developed to...

On this episode of the Built Revolution podcast, we spoke to the members of the Construction Industry Institute (CII) Virtual Reality in Construction Research Team. The team conducted Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) user tests on design review and planning tasks, observing both novice and expert participants. The researchers measured and analyzed several indicators of user performance of a control...

On this episode of the Built Revolution podcast we discuss how member organizations of the Construction Industry Institute (CII) leverage best practice research and benefit from participation on CII committees. Walt Ennaco, who serves as the Director for the Smithsonian Office of Planning, Design & Construction and chair of the CII Facilities and Healthcare Committee tells us about the impacts...

Our conversation is with Margaret Whelan, Founder, and CEO of Whelan Advisory, a boutique investment banking firm that raises capital for clients in the building space and represents builders for sale. Margaret provides her perspective on what is driving innovation in the homebuilding industry, some of the persistent challenges that the industry must overcome and on potential solutions.

Clark Ellis, Principal and Co-Founder of Continuum Advisory Group sits down with Mona Haggag to discuss key concepts from his article A Fresh Take on Change Management. This podcast covers the hard work of adapting your company to your changing business environment and how it gets easier when your staff comes together to embrace the effort. New research sheds light on the best way to make that hap...

John McManus, an award-winning editorial and digital content director for the Residential Group at Hanley Wood in Washington, DC, joins Clark Ellis to discuss John’s perspective on what is most interesting and most pressing for homebuilders to consider in the next 12 months. John has been a vital part of the conversation on thought leadership in our industry for almost two decades.

Kelcey Henderson speaks with Steve Dapper (P&G) in the second episode of a two-part miniseries on Lean Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) projects that won the Construction Users Roundtable (CURT) Project Excellence award in 2018. They discuss this unique project experience and their accomplishments on the Quicksilver Team in Albany, GA.

We strive to find and highlight innovation across the building and construction industries. Sometimes we find it in places that we wouldn’t necessarily expect. Please enjoy our conversation with Zenon Radewych, Principal with WZMH Architects in Toronto, Canada. Learn how his company is innovating in ways that go beyond the typical design firm’s space. Their ideas, prototypes, and new products are...

Kelcey Henderson speaks with Scott Rice (P&G) and Kevin Anderson (Fluor) in the first episode of a two-part miniseries on Lean Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) projects that won the Construction Users Roundtable (CURT) Project Excellence award in 2018. They discuss P&G’s journey into Lean IPD, their experience with this award winning project, and key lessons learned during their time buil...

The Built Revolution podcast, including co-sponsoring host Stephen Mulva of CII, was thrilled to welcome Ted Blackmon of Construct-X to the show to discuss technology in the capital program delivery space. Ted’s background – he actually worked on the first Mars Rover with NASA – gives him a unique perspective on our industry and the wave of technology revolution that is poised to occur over the ne...

The Internet of Things, where all of the physical devices that surround us are connected to the Internet and become super-powered by Big Data, is beginning to impact the built environment. The implications for facility owners, architects, designers, construction companies and those who work and live in these facilities will be massive over the next decade. Our buildings will let us know when they...

Dr. Pamela Meyer, author of The Agility Shift, joined the Build Revolution podcast to share her thoughts on agility and how to “make shift happen”. Dr. Meyer quoted an MIT study that found that highly agile organizations grow revenue 37% faster and generate 30% higher profits, great reasons for leaders to consider how to build an agile culture. Her research focuses on building agility competence,...

Barry Schrock from Chemours and Connie McLaughlin from KBR talk about a recent project involving the implementation of iPads in the field. Barry and Connie share insightful lessons learned on how to drive innovation from the top down and build broad field support for implementation.

Kristen Hansen, world renowned expert on neuroscience and leadership and author of Traction, sits down with Gretchen Gagel to discuss leadership, performance and more. 

Storytelling is a hot topic in management today, and the Built Revolution was thrilled to welcome Gabrielle Dolan, author of “Stories for Work: The Essential Guide to Business Storytelling”, to the show. Gabrielle shares tips for how storytelling helps build authentic leadership by giving us all a tool to share our human side at work, and how this important skill builds trust and employee commitme...

Ever had a great idea but nobody would listen? Advocating for ideas is an important skill in this era of change and the need for innovation in our industry. The Built Revolution welcomed University of Texas Professor John Daly, who together with CII Executive Stephen Mulva and Continuum Advisory Group Principal Gretchen Gagel, discussed the art of building support for your amazing ideas.

The construction industry is realizing that the “soft skills” are really the “hard skills” and are critical to our ability to collaborate on construction programs. Dr. Peter Senge, famed author of the The Fifth Discipline, joined the Built Revolution to discuss his work in organizational and team learning, systems thinking and collaborative leadership. Dr. Senge discusses the importance of trust a...

The Built Revolution was thrilled to welcome acclaimed author and Harvard Professor Emeritus Michael Beer to our podcast. Mike shares critical ideas about building a resilient, agile organization, both from his past books such as High Commitment, High Performance, and his upcoming book, Fit to Compete. Mike’s thoughts on how to build a trusting, transparent culture that promotes the identification...

Unfortunately, Howard Ashcraft can’t make you a martini via the podcast, but he can answer a lot of your common questions about Integrated Project Delivery contracting and how to truly change the way you collaborate with your partners. In this episode of the Built Revolution, Kelcey sits down with Howard (Partner with Hanson Bridgett) to talk about transforming the construction industry through be...

Kelcey Henderson speaks with Ryan Maibach, President of Barton Malow, about innovation and driving efficiency through people and relationships. Ryan discusses Barton Malow’s innovation framework, as well as re-imagining and re-imaging the construction industry. In the future, our industry will be able to offer both consistency of experience and certainty of outcome. To get there, will require call...

Kyle Majchrowski’s LinkedIn profile says he has a passion for recognizing reality with others, and bringing folks together to collectively improve our reality . Eight years ago, he and a few colleagues created a forum to discuss common challenges in construction across various industries in a really innovative way. On this episode of the Built Revolution, Kyle (Senior Project Executive with Banner...

Tom Chermack, noted author, scholar and consultant, talks about scenario planning and its application to the construction industry. In today’s world of velocity and disruption, scenario planning is a critical tool to help organizations “think the unthinkable” and prepare themselves to react to changes in the business environment faster than their competitors. Tom’s insights on scenario planning, a...