Matthew Carland and Hamish White

Mindful Builder

Education EN ↓ 129 episodes

Join Matt from Carland Constructions and Hamish from Sanctum Homes in a podcast discussing sustainable building practices and passive house concepts. They also talk to experts from all avenues of the building industry to share their knowledge and insights on what the industry looks like today. Further to this, Matt and Hamish are building a platform through the podcast to discuss mental health issues that arise in the building industry. The industry can be quite negative at times and there is a great deal of stigma around what it means to be a "tradie".Matt and Hamish are here to shine a light...

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Matthew Carland and Hamish White

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Validated performance and being held accountable 01.04.2024 31:14

Today we’re joined by our very first guest, Marnie Hawson. She’s an entrepreneur, a building photographer, and a good friend to both of us. Our conversation explores Marnie’s career path and how she has integrated her passion for nature into her business.  We hope this episode shows the huge difference we can make as business owners when we prioritise positive change.   From Environ...

How to manage mistakes with your team and tradies 27.03.2024 20:41

Mistakes happen. We can’t stop them; we can only choose how we feel about them. In today's episode, we’ll explore the power of embracing mistakes as opportunities for growth. We’ll share the lessons we’ve learned from our own mistakes, as well as our insights on creating an environment that empowers our team to take risks and learn from their experiences. Empowering Our Team:   Leaders play a...

Who are we? Why are we doing this? 25.03.2024 23:55

Welcome to the first full episode of Mindful Builder, we are so excited to kick off this journey with you! We’ve got a lot of guests lined up for future episodes, but we wanted to start things off simple with just the two of us. The two of us sit down to chat about who we are, how we entered the construction industry, and what led us to start this podcast. Our paths are quite similar. We both purs...

Welcome to The Mindful Builder Podcast! 19.03.2024 6:41

Welcome to the Mindful Builder podcast. We’re both builders who have taken a winding path to get where we are. Matt tried his hand at science before becoming a carpenter and eventually diving into the world of passive houses, where he is now the director of Carland Constructions. Hamish had a similar start in a field that wasn’t for him before shifting to the building industry, finding a passion f...