Business of Architecture Podcast

The topic of today's ArchitectCEO Daily Update is: is your bar crooked? Yesterday I was exercising at my local Crossfit gym doing a barbell exercise. The barbell is the long horizontal steel bar with weights on each end. I was working with an adjustable rack that allows me to adjust the height of the bar. Each column support on the rack has holes in it for attaching the "L" bracket that supports t...

ArchitectCEO Daily Update: Today's parable is 'everything is connected.' I haven't been sleeping well recently. Perhaps this also happens to you. I go to bed at a decent hour, and then I toss and turn all night long and wake up feeling groggy and sleepy. Because I'm tired, my energy is low throughout the day and I don't show up as my best self for my wife, kids, my team members and clients. As the...

ArchitectCEO Daily Update: Recently, while walking with my wife, we were talking about an upcoming trip with the Boy Scouts (my son is part of the group). I and two other leaders took a group of boys ages 11 - 16 to Santa Cruz Island off the coast of California. We were talking about the meals we'd be eating and I made a joke about dining on a juicy hamburger while the boys would be eating Cup-o-N...

Today, we welcome Architect Francisco Gonzalez-Pulido to the Business of Architecture show. Francisco was the former President of JAHN and founder international architecture firm, FGP Atelier. In this episode, you'll hear about Francisco's journey from joining competitions, working for with a firm and running his own practice. He'll share the tools he acquired and the strategies he used to keep hi...

Are you an architecture firm owner? In today's ArchitectCEO update, you'll discover the parable of the pulled back muscle. Recently I sprained my back while lifting weights. In the past, I've thought the culprit was a weak lower back muscle, but now I know this isn't the case. In today's video you'll discover the true cause of the pulled back muscle, and how the princple I share in today's Archite...

The topic of today's ArchitectCEO Update is:  herding kids . Every year my kids swim on the swim team. This year, two of my kids qualified for the time trials. The kids who get the best times at the time trials get to participate in the regional finals here in Central California. Running one of these meets is a huge logistical challenge. Not to mention … on this particular Saturday the temperature...

Today we welcome Scott Valentine to the Business of Architecture show. Scott is the founder of Valé Architects, based in Brisbane, Australia. I brought Scott on the show because of the way that he's doing content marketing in his practice. His practice is a blend of traditional architectural services and online content and courses focused on the Hospitality niche. In this episode, you'll discover...

How to get your architecture firm to run independent of you: the ArchitectCEO Daily Update. As a small architecture firm owner, you're a bottleneck in your firm. How do you unchain yourself from the day-to-day operations of the firm so you can focus on the things that are the best use of your time and focus, instead of the administrative minutiae that sap your energy and leave you drained at the e...

Today I welcome Kevin Collins back to the show. Kevin Collins is the Underwriting Manager for the Professional Liability program at Victor O. Schinnerer & Company, one of the largest providers of professional liability insurance for architects and engineers. We discuss 3 things to consider from an insurance perspective when a firm is going through an ownership transition. ► Subscribe to my YouTube...

Sprayed by the pool vacuum - the ArchitectCEO Daily update. Hey architect nation! Today's parable is: sprayed by the pool vacuum. So the other day I was walking out by the pool in my backyard. The pool has an automatic vacuum that cleans up debris that falls into the pool. On the end of this vacuum is a hose that sweeps back and forth across the bottom of the pool to stir up debris so the vacuum a...

One of the top challenges of small firm architects is the feast and famine cycle of the building industry. The #1 question I get from architecture firm owners is, "how do I get consistent clients?" This is the topic of today's ArchitectCEO Update. Watch it and let me know what you think. If you're looking for a roadmap to consistent clients in your firm, I invite you to register for my next free o...

Today we celebrate Independence Day here in the United States of America. Let's talk about architectural freedom ...

Today I answer a viewer question. "Enoch, what is the roadmap for marketing a small architecture firm?" – Tom Great question Tom. I get asked this frequently, because if work isn't coming into a firm, the firm doesn't eat. And a lot of firms out there are struggling to get the food they want to eat. There are three systems that make up the roadmap to marketing a small architecture firm. A system t...

How to win more of the RIGHT architecture projects: the ArchitectCEO Daily Update. I live in California's Great Central Valley – a huge agricultural region that runs the entire length of California. The farmers around here produce billions of dollars of produce every year. As I was driving around recently, I looked over the endless orchards and thought about the difference between farming and hunt...

Hello Architect Nation! This morning, as usual, I went to the Crossfit gym where I work out with my wife and 6 - 7 other people. Our coach was explaining today's workout, when suddenly he was interrupted by the deafening noise of the gas-powered blower the yard maintenance guy was using outside. The Crossfit gym where I exercise is housed in a metal building. Both of the rolling doors were up to l...

Have you ever done something you regret? Of course not, right?   I did - just two days ago when I blew up at my wife for doing me a needed favor.   As I stood there, looking at my wife with tears in her eyes, I felt horrible for being such a royal jerk to the most wonderful lady in my life, my beautiful queen.   I learned an important lesson that day.   Hear the whole story in today's ArchitectCEO...

Today I welcome Kevin Collins to the show. Kevin Collins is the Underwriting Manager for the Professional Liability program at Victor O. Schinnerer & Company, one of the largest providers of professional liability insurance for architects and engineers. We discuss the top 5 things you should consider when getting professional liability insurance. ► Subscribe to my YouTube Channel for updates: http...

The Theory of Constraints is a management theory developed by Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt. He discusses it in his popular book,  The Goal . The theory states that every system's output will be limited by it's weakest link. For instance, if you're doing an exercise - say squats, the amount you can lift will be limited by the muscle that gives out first when trying to lift the weight. In a building structu...

What is holding you back? You're working hard to get specific results, but there are so many obstacles in your way. The ArchitectCEO Update: What if I told you that the only thing that is holding you back is you?!? It isn't what's on the outside – your employees, your spouse, your education or lack thereof – You're the one that is responsible for your results in your life. You're the one that is h...

This morning as I was doing my daily workout, I looked up and saw a little sparrow chasing a crow. This brought to mind the parable of the crows vs the eagle. Listen and let me know what you think. Enoch

On this episode, you'll discover the parable of "Red on Right on Return" and discover one simple way to differentiate your architecture firm.

This morning as I pulled into my neighborhood, I saw a stack of white papers littering the side of the road. They had begun to blow down the street creating a huge eye-sore. As I drove past I wondered, "who will clean up those papers?" My initial reaction was to leave them for someone else to clean up. Then I realized that no one else would clean them up. They would likely sit there for days litte...

How you do one thing is how you do  everything . The bad (and good) habits that we have repeat through all areas of life. This is a concept that one of my business mentors taught me years ago. Recently I took a hard look at my life and what I'm doing and I noticed this pattern showing up. First let me share an incident that reminded me of this recently, and then I'll share how I saw this pop up in...

"The way we build is stupid," proclaims sustainable evangelist and architect Eric Corey Freed. In this episode of the Business of Architecture Show, you'll discover how some companies are innovating how buildings are built and what's possible in the future. ► Subscribe to my YouTube Channel for updates: https://www.youtube.com/c/BusinessofArchitecture ******* For more free tools and resources for...

This morning I did a morning jaunt around my neighborhood. As I was walking, I saw a man coming toward me walking two dogs. The dogs were pulling at the leash, trying to sniff everything. You may have experienced this before. They pulled toward the sidewalk, trying to smell the bushes. When I walked past, they pulled toward me, trying to get a sniff. As I was watching this, I had the thought, "Is...