Podcasts about architects

Law firm leaders are often so busy putting out fires that they never get the chance to prevent the next one. In episode 634 of the Lawyerist Podcast, Stephanie Everett talks with Debbie Foster about leading operations, the third cornerstone from their book, Be a Next Level Leader (beanextlevelleader.com).  Debbie and Stephanie explore what it means to shift from being the “hero” who solves every problem to the architect who builds systems that help the firm run better. They break down how leaders can help teams prioritize urgent versus important work, clarify decision-making authority, and develop the judgment to make better decisions without constantly escalating them.  They also explain why healthy firms surface problems early instead of hiding mistakes, how solving root causes can prevent recurring operational headaches, and why some law firm meetings cost far more than the decisions being made inside them.  If your days feel like an endless cycle of interruptions, emergencies, and meetings about the same problems, this episode offers practical ways to build systems that create more clarity, accountability, and consistency across your firm.  This week's homework: head to beanextlevelleader.com/resources for a free meeting audit calculator to see what your recurring meetings are really costing your firm.  Listen to our previous episodes on Law Firm Leadership, Systems & Stronger Teams  #633: Leading People in Law Firms: Building Trust, Developing Talent, and Holding Standards, with Debbie Foster & Stephanie Everett Apple | Spotify | LTN  #632: Law Firm Leadership: How to Lead Yourself Before Leading Your Team, with Debbie Foster & Stephanie Everett Apple | Spotify | LTN  #631: Tune In Before You Jump In: A Better Way to Delegate, with Shawn Vanderhoven Apple | Spotify | LTN  #616: From Solo to CEO: Letting Go of Legal Work to Grow Your Firm, with Ellen Williamson Apple | Spotify | LTN  #615: How to Stop Being the Bottleneck and Build Stronger Teams, with Debbie Foster and Stephanie Everett Apple | Spotify | LTN  #530: How to Design Meetings that Drive Results, with Matthew Homann Apple | Spotify | LTN  #522: The EOS Secret to Mastering Law Firm Challenges, with Mike Paton Apple | Spotify | LTN  Links from the episode: Kaleidoscope Conference, September 22-24 in Las Vegas: https://www.8am.com/events/kaleidoscope/ use code “Lawyerist26”    Have thoughts about today's episode? Join the conversation on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram!   For more on leading operations, check out Be a Next Level Leader at beanextlevelleader.com. Looking for help beyond the book?  Access more resources from Lawyerist at lawyerist.com.   Chapters / Timestamps  00:00 – Introduction  00:37 – Lawyerist Heads to Kaleidoscope in Las Vegas  03:23 – What Law Firms Can Learn from the Savannah Bananas  05:01 – Why Ridiculous Ideas Can Lead to Better Solutions  07:20 – The Third Cornerstone of Law Firm Leadership  07:44 – Leading Operations: Turning Ideas into Systems  09:29 – Stop Being the Hero and Start Being the Architect  11:01 – Why Nonbillable Work Can Be Your Most Valuable Work  11:35 – Building Better Systems One Problem at a Time  12:32 – Urgent vs. Important: Helping Your Team Prioritize  13:13 – Why Urgent Work Keeps Taking Over  15:07 – Teach Your Team to Think Without Rescuing Them  15:54 – Priorities, Trade-Offs & Better Judgment  16:45 – Who Actually Gets to Make the Decision?  19:18 – Why Law Firms Struggle with the Fear of Being Wrong  21:02 – Create a Culture Where Problems Surface Early  23:24 – Stop Fixing Symptoms and Find the Root Cause  25:10 – Audit Your Law Firm Meetings  25:50 – The $7,000 Meeting Problem  27:02 – Death by Meeting vs. Not Meeting Enough  28:17 – How to Run Meetings That Actually Accomplish Something  29:27 – Stop the Law Firm Rumor Mill  30:25 – This Week's Leadership Homework 

In this solo episode, Bradley Hamner breaks down the eight best practices behind a monthly team bonus that the team tracks on its own. He built the one-pager after a listener emailed asking how to structure one, and he walks through the whole thing here.Bradley covers aligning the bonus to quarterly priorities or annual objectives, keeping the math simple enough to explain in a sentence, and putting the plan in writing so it survives past the meeting where it was announced. He also covers how often to bring it up with the team, why a plan needs at least ninety days before you judge it, where bonus pay should land as a percentage of total compensation, and whether part-time and fractional team members belong in the plan.This episode moves beyond the mechanics of paying people. Does your bonus point at the results you are already chasing this year? Can every person on your team explain how it works without looking it up? And have you given the current plan enough runway to tell you anything? If you are putting together a monthly team bonus and want it to actually change behavior, this episode is for you.Join us in the free Circle community and hop on the email list to get practical tools, resources, trainings, and updates on what we're working on next.https://blueprintos.com/assets/ Resources MentionedListen to the companion episode on compensation plan guidelines: https://podcasts.apple.com/rs/podcast/above-the-business/id1491236828?i=1000780448943 Thanks to our sponsorsCoach P ConsultingCoach P found great success as an insurance agent and agency owner, leading a large and stable team of top-performing professionals. Today, he shares the systems, delegation strategies, and specialization methods he developed along the way. Gain access to weekly training calls and mentoring at:https://coachpconsulting.comBe sure to mention you heard about it on the Above The Business Podcast.Autopilot RecruitingAutopilot Recruiting helps small business owners solve staffing challenges by taking the stress out of hiring. Their dedicated recruiters work on your behalf every business day. They optimize your applicant tracking system, post job listings, and source candidates through social media and local communities.With their continuous recruiting approach, you can save time, reduce hiring costs, and receive pre-screened candidates without paying hiring fees or commissions.https://www.autopilotrecruiting.comMention Above The Business Podcast when you reach out.Direct ClicksDirect Clicks specializes in digital marketing solutions designed for business owners who want measurable results. Their team supports companies through paid advertising, SEO, and strategic marketing systems that help generate consistent leads.Exclusive offer for listeners:https://directclicksinc.com/abovethebusinessGet a free marketing campaign audit where their team reviews your website, SEO, content, social media, and paid advertising, then provides actionable recommendations. If you partner with them, all setup fees will be waived.About Above The BusinessAbove The Business is hosted by Bradley Hamner, founder of BlueprintOS, and focuses on helping small business owners transition from Rainmaker to Architect by building systems, teams, and operations that scale without their constant involvement.

Welcome to Good Shift—our weekly series where I take one of my favorite entries from the Makes Sense Substack and bring it to life right here on the podcast. Today's Good Shift is about the Automatic Yes—and why learning to pause before you commit might be one of the most powerful ways to protect the life you're designing. Let's get into some Good Shift. How many times have you said “yes” before you ever stopped to ask whether you actually wanted to? Inspired by an August 26th entry from Jim Kwik's Limitless Daily, this episode explores the hidden cost of the automatic “yes”—and why every commitment misaligned with your goals, purpose, and future may actually be a “no” to the person you're becoming. We'll look at how people-pleasing, fear, habit, and conditioned reflexes can cause us to surrender our time, energy, attention, and carency before we've consciously decided where they belong. The Good Shift? You don't have to answer right away. This is where the power of “Hmmm” comes in. By creating space between the request and your response, you give yourself an opportunity to look at the decision Whole-O-Graphically. Does this choice nourish your terrain or plant another weed? Does it support the life you're designing, or quietly pull you away from it? Sometimes the most powerful “yes” you can give yourself is a well-placed “no.” In this episode, we explore how pausing before committing can help you reclaim your attention, protect your energy, consciously distribute your trust, and become the Architect of where your life goes next. Because your future isn't just shaped by what you choose to do. It's also shaped by what you finally give yourself permission to decline. Make sense? Follow Dr. JC Doornick and the Makes Sense Academy:► Makes Sense Substack - https://drjcdoornick.substack.com ► Instagram: / drjcdoornick ► Substack: / drjcdoornick ►Facebook:  / makessensepodcast ►YouTube:  / drjcdoornick MAKES SENSE PODCAST Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast. This podcast explores topics that expand human consciousness and enhance performance. On the Makes Sense Podcast, we acknowledge that it's who you are that determines how well what you do works, and that perception is subjective and an acquired taste. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at begin to change. Welcome to the uprising of the sleepwalking masses. Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast. SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW & SHARE our new podcast. FOLLOW Podcast: You will find a "Follow" button in the top right. This will enable the podcast software to alert you when a new episode launches each week. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/makes-sense-with-dr-jc-doornick/id1730954168 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1WHfKWDDReMtrGFz4kkZs9?si=003780ca147c4aec Podcast Affiliates: Kwik Learning: Many people ask me where I get all these topics, which I've been covering for almost 15 years. I have learned to read nearly four times faster and retain information 10 times better with Kwik Learning. Learn how to learn and earn with Jim Kwik. Get his program at a special discount here: https://jimkwik.com/dragon OUR SPONSORS: Operly - Take Back Control of Your Work Day and Get Rid of All Your AI Apps - Welcome to the new world of Time Freedom and Unlimited Scaling and Success with Operly -  https://go.getoperly.ai/video?ref=jean-claude-claude-d-2a95 Blue Blinds Bakery - Handcrafted with all-natural ingredients - www.blueblindsbakery.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode, Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD, Architect, ACA, and Miriam Paramore, Health Tech CEO of RxUtility, discuss strategies to make prescription drugs more affordable, including generic drug access, price transparency, PBM reform and direct-to-consumer pricing. They also explore how healthcare can reduce administrative complexity while improving access, adherence and outcomes.

Architects have been losing ground for years, and the industry keeps explaining it away with fee pressure, schedule pressure, and software. Beau [Last Name] has a less comfortable answer. He says the profession's own craft has declined, and that decline is exactly why architects keep getting moved further from the decisions that matter. His case runs like this. When drawings are incomplete and coordination is loose, somebody has to fill that gap, and lately that somebody is the builder. The builder absorbs the risk, then reasonably takes the authority that comes with it. Beau and Bryce get into what caused that slide, why architectural education has to become craft centric to reverse it, how AI either accelerates the decline or becomes the thing that reverses it depending entirely on how firms use it, and what he means by the "Super-Architect" and the three characteristics that define one. They also talk about the fracture inside the profession itself and why a national focus on craft may be the only thing that closes it. This one is for principals and firm leaders watching their scope shrink, for emerging professionals who were never actually taught to draw a building, and for anyone in AEC who wants the architect back at the table where the real decisions get made. About Beau  Beau Dromiack is Principal of [Firm Name], a practice focused on mission critical architecture delivered with quality, efficiency, and craft. He has integrated design expertise across Design-Bid-Build, CMaR, Design-Build, and Integrated Design delivery, and is a member of AIA, DBIA, SCUP, and NCARB. He holds a Master of Architecture from Arizona State University, serves on the ASU faculty teaching graduate architecture, and mentors emerging professionals. He also volunteers teaching design to design-build teams at Northern Arizona University's School of Construction and teaches STEM based architecture and engineering principles to elementary students, including teaching tools he developed himself. He is the author of The Craft Advantage: Reviving Craft in Architecture to Build a Better Environment and Improve Influence and Super-Architect: The Future of Architecture, which is also available as an audiobook on Audible, Apple, and Amazon in five countries. Beau has been married 34 years, has four adult kids, and spends his free time backpacking, raising chickens in pursuit of the perfect egg, and baking in pursuit of the perfect cookie. What We Cover Introduction and Beau's background as a principal, professor, and author What craft actually means in architecture, and what it does not mean How the decline in craft eroded professional respect The craft gap, and why builders are filling it How poor documentation shifts risk to the contractor and authority away from the architect Why architectural education needs to be craft centric The three characteristics of the "Super-Architect" Using AI proactively to build AI optimized practices and new business models Why a fractured profession is a fragile one What a national focus on craft could actually reunify Where to find Beau and his books, plus closing thoughts Key Takeaways Influence follows responsibility. Every gap in a drawing set that a builder has to close is a piece of authority the architect gave away, whether or not anyone named it that way. Craft is not perfectionism and it is not slowness. Beau's case is that higher craft is what makes speed and integration possible instead of dangerous. Craft cannot be recruited. It gets built through mentorship, documentation standards, and leaders who actually teach, which makes it a firm systems problem rather than a hiring problem. AI will either widen the craft gap or close it, and the deciding factor is whether a firm defines its use proactively or lets AI define the firm. A profession that can't agree on what it is worth is easy to move off the table. Shared standards are a growth strategy, not nostalgia. Resources + Links Beau's website: https://dromiackinvention.com/about Beau Dromiack on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beau-dromiack-aia-dbia-ncarb-scup-310747124/ The Craft Advantage: Reviving Craft in Architecture to Build a Better Environment and Improve Influence Super-Architect: The Future of Architecture (also on Audible, Apple, and Amazon as an audiobook) Career Collective: https://www.mycareercollective.com Bryce Batts Consulting: www.brycebatts.co If this one landed, rate and review Wine After Work wherever you listen. It's the fastest way to get these conversations in front of more people in the industry.  

Most exceptional homes aren't created by one professional working alone. They happen when architects and interior designers collaborate well—and that only works when both people understand their role, communicate clearly, and respect each other's expertise. In this episode, I'm breaking down the real dynamics behind successful designer-architect relationships: how projects get set up, where friction usually starts, how to handle disagreements professionally, and why understanding the difference between "outside in" and "inside out" thinking changes everything. Because this relationship isn't about hierarchy. It's about building better projects together.   You'll Learn: Why the best projects happen when both perspectives are fully respected The biggest mistakes designers make in architect relationships Why role clarity early on prevents friction, fee issues, and project delays   Mentioned in this episode: Join The Designer's Edge waitlist here: https://www.reneedevignierdesign.com/construction-management-interior-designers Grab Your Free Script Guide here: https://www.reneedevignierdesign.com/push-back-script-handout Access the full video interview with Elana Steele of Steele Appliance here: https://www.reneedevignierdesign.com/appliance   Find the full shownotes at: https://devignierdesign.com/interior-designer-architect-collaboration   

In this Build Your Success podcast episode, your host Brian Brogen welcomes Beau Dromiack, principal at WMA Architects, professor at Arizona State University, and author, who shares how early experiences in a small architecture firm and on construction sites shaped his commitment to integrated design. Beau explains how analog-era craft, like lettering and line work made a direct connection to the work, how accelerated delivery and tools like AutoCAD reduced visible craftsmanship and mentoring, and how this contributed to architects' declining influence ideas explored in his book The Craft Advantage.He defines leadership as building high-performing teamsthrough trust, minimizing micromanagement, understanding collaborators' perceived risks, and taking responsibility for the team. The conversation also covers education versus occupation,the shift from vocational to theory-heavy architectural education, current moves to restore practical training, and Beau's teaching on professional “soft skills,” AI, and integration with construction.Guest Social: Beau Dromiack AIA, DBIA, NCARB, SCUP | LinkedInGuest Website: Dromiack InventionHost Email:brianb@buildcs.net Host LinkedIn: Brian Brogen, PMP

Reena SenGupta invented the ranking system law firms love to hate, and now she explains why AI will make the legal profession more human. Reena spent thirty years measuring the legal industry from the inside, first building the Chambers and Partners rankings, then running the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers program for two decades. On this episode she walks Howard and I through what her latest research with Harvey shows about AI adoption in law, and the numbers complicate the doom narrative. Headcount is flat. Output is climbing. Clients and firms think they are having honest conversations about pricing, but the data says otherwise. So where is the real gap? Reena introduces the idea of the frozen middle, the layer of lawyers who use AI daily without ever becoming competent in it, and explains why that distinction will define who thrives over the next decade. She also makes the case that empathy belongs in the same category as legal drafting or negotiation, a skill to be trained rather than a trait some lawyers simply have. What does a law firm look like when the hourly rate no longer sits at the center of the business? Reena has a theory, and it starts underground, with fungi.   Episode Breakdown: 00:00 Meet Reena SenGupta, Architect of the Chambers Rankings 03:59 Why Reena Launched RSGI and the FT Innovative Lawyers Program 09:42 How Legal Innovation Has Changed Since 2005 23:48 AI, Jevons Paradox and the Future of Legal Demand 29:22 The Fungal Network Metaphor for Legal AI 36:32 Understanding the Frozen Middle in AI Adoption 40:03 Predictions for the Legal Industry a Decade From Now Connect with Reena SenGupta: Connect with Reena on LinkedIn   Reena's Company web profile    Connect with Howard Rosenberg: Connect with Howard on LinkedIn  Howard's Company web profile   Connect with Chris Batz: Connect with Chris on LinkedIn  Follow Columbus Street on LinkedIn Columbus Street Website  MergerWatch Website Podcast production and show notes provided by HiveCast.fm  

You didn't build it wrong. You've documented the processes and hired people who do their jobs well. The systems work exactly the way you built them to work, and that's the problem, because you built them to need you. Every decision still finds its way back to your desk. And it's not an accident. It's the design.Adrienne Dorison joins me this week. She hosts Sorta Bossy, and we're working the same problem from two different ends: she through operations, I through identity. The conversation runs on both shows.In this conversation:00:00 — Two lenses, one problem: operations vs. identity05:19 — The ceiling that shows up after strategy and systems are already right07:57 — Why “the bottleneck is you” is harder to solve than a leads problem11:11 — What it looks like when every decision still gets rerouted to the founder19:38 — Why so many women-owned businesses never hire, and the programming underneath it28:41 — “Doing” work vs. “designing” work, and why founders default to the wrong one33:31 — Control and freedom sit on opposite ends of one spectrum. You can't have both.41:31 — How to build self-trust from evidence, not affirmation44:34 — Le pause: why jumping in to help usually costs you the most48:53 — Ask, don't answer: the shift that develops your team instead of draining you54:32 — Turning decisions into systems so they don't leave when your best person does1:03:24 — How your business develops its own identity, separate from yours1:12:21 — What owner dependency actually costs you at sale1:15:08 — Your personal brand as a licensable, sellable asset, not just you1:20:02 — The founder's reckoning: what it means when you've outgrown what you builtAdrienne Dorison is a leadership and operational efficiency expert who has spent more than 15 years helping founders build businesses that run without them. She created the methodology behind Mike Michalowicz's bestselling book Clockwork, which has sold over 300,000 copies, and has personally coached thousands of business owners.Today she's the founder and CEO of Level 11 Leaders, where she helps founders remove owner dependency and build real optionality: leaner teams, wider profit margins, and the freedom to scale, sell, step away, or pass the business on.Podcast: www.sortabossypodcasts.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/adriennedorison/Out Of Office Diagnostic: www.level11leaders.com/exit$97 Time Audit Tool: https://level11leaders.com/audityourtimeMakhosi Nejeser advises founders who've built the business, hit the numbers, and noticed that winning doesn't feel the way it used to. Drawing on eight years advising founders and full initiation into a Southern African tradition rooted in advising leaders through transitions of power, she founded The House of Sovereign Legacy, where she hosts monthly House Briefings and the Architects of Sovereignty podcast.Featured: CNBC, Business Insider, Entrepreneur, NBC, ABC, CBSYour Level of Consciousness Quiz: theroyalshaman.com/quizInstagram: instagram.com/theroyalshamanLinkedin: linkedin.com/theroyalshamanPodcast: theroyalshaman.substack.com/s/architects-of-sovereignty This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theroyalshaman.substack.com

How do you become an architect, who do you design for, and with what degree of freedom?To close Season 7 of Com d'Archi, Anne-Charlotte Depondt welcomes sociologist Jean-Louis Violeau and architectural historian Éléonore Marantz. Two kindred perspectives, rich in fruitful nuances, explore what shapes the profession, its teaching, and its place in society.Historical depth, insightful sociological analysis, and an intimate knowledge of the architectural world give this conversation a rare richness. Knowledge is shared with spontaneity, humor, and freedom of expression.From their personal journeys to the challenges of research and transmission, the conversation leads us to May 1968, a moment of rupture and redefinition. Their book Mai 68. Parole à l'architecture, which they co-edited with Caroline Maniaque, brings together the voices of those who took part in this transformation. What remains of it today in architecture schools, access to commissions, and the figure of the architect?A lively and candid conversation in which collective ambitions meet the constraints of the profession. Looking ahead, one shared conviction emerges: faced with the challenges of our time, we must continue to question the conditions in which architecture is conceived and open up new possibilities.

In 1953 Watson and Crick ignited the genetics revolution with their discovery of the double helix. Today a second revolution is underway thanks to the discovery of DNA’s mysterious partner in the elegant waltz of cellular life—the epigenome. The sophistication of that dance is astonishing researchers and upending the genetic paradigm. Thomas Woodward will join us to explore the latest in this unfolding revolution but goes a step further than other recent introductions to the subject.Become a Parshall Partner: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/inthemarket/partnersSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this solo episode, Bradley Hamner makes the case for the Socratic method as a team development tool. He opens with an analogy. A person drowning in the water needs a rope, not a question about how they ended up there. There are moments when a team member needs the answer handed to them, and moments when the better move is to draw the answer out of them.Bradley walks through what skilled questioning looks like in practice, including Dan Martell's one, three, one method and the questions he used during a performance improvement plan conversation six months ago. He shares two situations where digging past surface behavior changed the outcome, and explains why the person asking the questions is the one in control of the conversation.This conversation moves past scripts and into curiosity. When was the last time you dug more than an inch deep with someone on your team? Do you know enough about where your people came from to understand how they see the work? And are you coaching everyone the same way when they each need to be met where they are? If you want to become a better coach to the team you already have, this episode is for you.Join us in the free Circle community and hop on the email list to get practical tools, resources, trainings, and updates on what we're working on next.https://blueprintos.com/assets/Resources MentionedGo back to Bradley's earlier episode on coaching versus consulting.Listen to the Develop A-Players Playbook episodeListen to the episode on performance improvement plansListen to the episode on the functional areas of businessThanks to our sponsorsCoach P ConsultingCoach P found great success as an insurance agent and agency owner, leading a large and stable team of top-performing professionals. Today, he shares the systems, delegation strategies, and specialization methods he developed along the way. Gain access to weekly training calls and mentoring at:https://coachpconsulting.comBe sure to mention you heard about it on the Above The Business Podcast.Autopilot RecruitingAutopilot Recruiting helps small business owners solve staffing challenges by taking the stress out of hiring. Their dedicated recruiters work on your behalf every business day. They optimize your applicant tracking system, post job listings, and source candidates through social media and local communities.With their continuous recruiting approach, you can save time, reduce hiring costs, and receive pre-screened candidates without paying hiring fees or commissions.https://www.autopilotrecruiting.comMention Above The Business Podcast when you reach out.Direct ClicksDirect Clicks specializes in digital marketing solutions designed for business owners who want measurable results. Their team supports companies through paid advertising, SEO, and strategic marketing systems that help generate consistent leads.Exclusive offer for listeners:https://directclicksinc.com/abovethebusinessGet a free marketing campaign audit where their team reviews your website, SEO, content, social media, and paid advertising, then provides actionable recommendations. If you partner with them, all setup fees will be waived.About Above The BusinessAbove The Business is hosted by Bradley Hamner, founder of BlueprintOS, and focuses on helping small business owners transition from Rainmaker to Architect by building systems, teams, and operations that scale without their constant involvement.

In our new sermon series, "Architects of A New Reality," we're focused on becoming the people God has called us to be. People who can see what could be, carry what it requires, and build what doesn't yet exist.  Want to learn more about Engage? VISIT: www.engagetallahassee.com

The sermon centers on Revelation 4:11 to affirm God as a worthy, watchful, and wishful Creator who deserves glory for bringing all things into existence. It contrasts the biblical account of literal creation with evolutionary theories, arguing that intelligent design points inevitably to a divine Architect. The preacher emphasizes that God not only initiated the universe but continuously sustains it and cares intimately for every individual. Believers are exhorted to please this Creator through faith in Christ, obedience to His word, walking with Him, and offering praise. Ultimately, the message calls listeners to recognize their dependence on God and to live lives that honor His majesty and purpose.

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A man famous for being “just” helps design the money machine that keeps a war fleet at sea, and that tension sits at the heart of this Patreon bonus for August 2026. We stay with the Delian League, but instead of treating it as an abstract institution, we follow the life and reputation of Aristides and ask why so many Greeks trusted him at the exact moment a new alliance had to be built.We pick up after the Greek victories that loosen Persian control on the Anatolian coast and across the Aegean. Newly independent cities need lasting security, Sparta hesitates to stay committed offshore, and Athens sees both duty and advantage in leading. From Aristides' early role in Athenian politics to the rivalry with Themistocles, his ostracism, and his recall during Xerxes' invasion, we track how his credibility gets forged at Marathon, Salamis, and Plataea, including the way he handles disputes and even an internal conspiracy without sparking wider chaos.Then we move to Delos in 478 BC, where the Delian League is organized with clear aims, shared friends and enemies, and a symbolic oath meant to signal permanence. We break down the practical choices that make the league function: who provides ships, who pays cash, why Aristides assesses contributions toward a massive annual target, and how governance is split between a synod of members, Athens as military hegemon, and a treasury kept on Delos. We also tee up the big historical question we'll tackle next: did Aristides build a noble alliance that later generations warped, or did the foundations of the Athenian Empire exist from day one?If you enjoy deep dives into the Greco-Persian Wars, Athenian history, and how the Delian League evolves into empire, subscribe, share this bonus episode, and leave a review with your take on Aristides' intentions.Support the show

In this solo episode, Bradley Hamner breaks down the three functional areas of a business: growth, delivery and fulfillment, and operations. Owners lean hard into one of them based on what they did before they started the company, and that tilt shows up in the books they read, the conferences they attend, and the problems they instinctively reach for.Bradley explains how growth splits further into marketing and sales, why a strong sales background often leaves the marketing function underbuilt, and why operations is the area he sees optimized least. He closes with a three-step thinking exercise: name the area you lean into, name the area that needs the most work, then decide whether the fix is a hire or a system.This conversation moves beyond self-assessment and into the decision that follows it. Which area gets your attention by default? Which one is quietly capping the company? And once you find the gap, do you build the role or build the system? If you have been solving every problem through the same lens, this episode is for you.Join us in the free Circle community and hop on the email list to get practical tools, resources, trainings, and updates on what we're working on next.https://blueprintos.com/assets/ Thanks to our sponsorsCoach P ConsultingCoach P found great success as an insurance agent and agency owner, leading a large and stable team of top-performing professionals. Today, he shares the systems, delegation strategies, and specialization methods he developed along the way. Gain access to weekly training calls and mentoring at:https://coachpconsulting.comBe sure to mention you heard about it on the Above The Business Podcast.Autopilot RecruitingAutopilot Recruiting helps small business owners solve staffing challenges by taking the stress out of hiring. Their dedicated recruiters work on your behalf every business day. They optimize your applicant tracking system, post job listings, and source candidates through social media and local communities.With their continuous recruiting approach, you can save time, reduce hiring costs, and receive pre-screened candidates without paying hiring fees or commissions.https://www.autopilotrecruiting.comMention Above The Business Podcast when you reach out.Direct ClicksDirect Clicks specializes in digital marketing solutions designed for business owners who want measurable results. Their team supports companies through paid advertising, SEO, and strategic marketing systems that help generate consistent leads.Exclusive offer for listeners:https://directclicksinc.com/abovethebusinessGet a free marketing campaign audit where their team reviews your website, SEO, content, social media, and paid advertising, then provides actionable recommendations. If you partner with them, all setup fees will be waived.About Above The BusinessAbove The Business is hosted by Bradley Hamner, founder of BlueprintOS, and focuses on helping small business owners transition from Rainmaker to Architect by building systems, teams, and operations that scale without their constant involvement.

In this episode of The New CISO, host Steve Moore welcomes Sherri Douville for a conversation that sits outside the show's usual lane — less war story, more blueprint. Sherri works alongside CISOs rather than inside the role, and arrives with a pointed argument about what the job is becoming.She starts with why TTIC exists. IEEE UL 2933 gave healthcare a full-stack standard for clinical IoT device and data interoperability, but a standard on paper does nothing until it is adopted, implemented, and maintained. Getting there in a high-reliability industry means pulling in CIOs, CISOs, physicians, and engineers — and, Sherri admits, negotiating turf wars with bodies who assume you have come for their territory.Then the headline: how to make security cool. Sherri's answer starts with visibility — getting CISOs onto stages, onto podcasts, and into print in front of clinical leadership. Underneath it is a claim about trust. In healthcare, trust is the core of the business rather than an adjacent concern, which makes the CISO its natural steward. With AI pushing trust to the center of every industry, she argues that is the opening to become the rock star of the C-suite.Steve raises a banking CISO's framing of AI as a curious seven-year-old with a gun. Sherri pushes back on the spot: her analogy is the gifted teenager — capable, resource-hungry, and badly in need of direction. That leads to her real thesis. Scarce expertise used to carry economic value, and AI is rapidly compressing the worth of expert analysis. What appreciates instead is judgment, authority, execution, verification, organizational integration, and ownership of the outcome. Executives do not want more reports; they want the security problem to go away without adding coordination burden.The last stretch turns practical. Sherri walks through running Exabeam's open-source Praxen against Medigram's own code — painless to run, with remediation effort scaling to whatever standard you are chasing — and pairs it with Observra for continuous runtime telemetry. She closes on why it matters: when systems go down in a hospital, the real damage is not the outage hour but the fortnight of delays, miscommunications, and pile-up that follows for clinicians and patients.Key TopicsWhy standards bodies stall at adoption, not authorshipMaking security “cool”: visibility, stages, and executive presenceTrust as the core of the business in high-reliability industriesThe gifted teenager vs. the curious seven-year-old with a gunJudgment, authority, execution, verification, integration, ownershipSelective depth and the player-coach executiveRunning Praxen pre-deployment; Observra for runtime telemetryWhat a healthcare outage really costs, 14 to 20 days outGuest BioSherri Douville is CEO and Architect of Medigram and Founder and Chair of the Trustworthy Technology & Innovation Consortium (TTIC). She co-chairs the Trust subgroup of IEEE UL 2933 (TIPPSS), the standard for trust in clinical IoT. Medigram builds and operates Darwin, a governed AI decision platform whose agentic fleet runs in production and writes a sealed governance record at the moment of every agent action — an auditable trail for counsel, courts, insurers, and credit rating agencies. Sherri spent over a decade at Johnson & Johnson across a dozen disease states before physician leaders pulled her into healthcare IT and AI. She calls herself an accidental technologist: a domain expert who got into the code, logging 200 GitHub commits across June and July.GET A DEMO:

OpenJDK's Project Valhalla is improving Java's support for custom numerical types. That goes beyond value types and also encompasses explorations into operator support. While Java is extremely unlikely to ever allow arbitrary operator definitions, it may well support limited operator overloading, so custom value types could be added or multiplied with plus or multiplication signs instead of annoying method calls. In this "Ask the Architects" episode of the Inside Java Podcast, recorded during JavaOne 2026, Nicolai Parlog talks to Joe Darcy, Valhalla committer in the Java Platform Group at Oracle. "Ask the Architects" is our podcast show, where we talk to experts in OpenJDK about their work on the Java language, API, and runtime.

What if the hardest moments of your life aren't interruptions to the plan—but part of the blueprint? In this episode of Makes Sense with Dr. JC, we explore the difference between a life that simply happens to you and a life intentionally designed by you. Inspired by a recent conversation with Jack Daly and the philosophy behind his book Life by Design, Dr. JC challenges us to consider an uncomfortable question: Have you actually designed the life you're living, or have you mostly been reacting to the one you were handed? We often spend more time planning vacations, careers, and purchases than we do consciously designing our values, relationships, health, purpose, and legacy. But becoming the Architect of Your Life doesn't mean controlling everything that happens. It means deciding who you will become in response to what happens. Sometimes the greatest teachers arrive disguised as setbacks, adversity, trauma, loss, and even a life-changing diagnosis. These experiences can disrupt the life we planned while simultaneously revealing the life we actually want to live. They clarify what matters, expose what doesn't, and remind us just how precious our time really is. The Good Shift is recognizing that adversity doesn't always destroy the blueprint. Sometimes adversity gives you the blueprint. This episode invites you to reclaim the steering wheel, stop letting circumstances dictate your identity, and intentionally design the person you want to be and the life you want to live. Because if you don't consciously design your reality, there will always be people, circumstances, fears, and expectations willing to design it for you. It's time to look in the mirror, reclaim the keys of trust, and start living full out—not as the person the world expects you to be, but as the person you choose to become. Follow Dr. JC Doornick and the Makes Sense Academy:► Makes Sense Substack - https://drjcdoornick.substack.com ► Instagram: / drjcdoornick ► Substack: / drjcdoornick ►Facebook:  / makessensepodcast ►YouTube:  / drjcdoornick MAKES SENSE PODCAST Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast. This podcast explores topics that expand human consciousness and enhance performance. On the Makes Sense Podcast, we acknowledge that it's who you are that determines how well what you do works, and that perception is subjective and an acquired taste. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at begin to change. Welcome to the uprising of the sleepwalking masses. Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast. SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW & SHARE our new podcast. FOLLOW Podcast: You will find a "Follow" button in the top right. This will enable the podcast software to alert you when a new episode launches each week. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/makes-sense-with-dr-jc-doornick/id1730954168 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1WHfKWDDReMtrGFz4kkZs9?si=003780ca147c4aec Podcast Affiliates: Kwik Learning: Many people ask me where I get all these topics, which I've been covering for almost 15 years. I have learned to read nearly four times faster and retain information 10 times better with Kwik Learning. Learn how to learn and earn with Jim Kwik. Get his program at a special discount here: https://jimkwik.com/dragon OUR SPONSORS: Operly - Take Back Control of Your Work Day and Get Rid of All Your AI Apps - Welcome to the new world of Time Freedom and Unlimited Scaling and Success with Operly -  https://go.getoperly.ai/video?ref=jean-claude-claude-d-2a95 Blue Blinds Bakery - Handcrafted with all-natural ingredients - www.blueblindsbakery.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Complaining does not build an exit.Execution does.In this episode of The Level Up Podcast, Paul Alex breaks down why aspiring entrepreneurs need to protect their energy, avoid workplace negativity, and quietly use their free time to build something of their own.It is easy to bond over frustration.It is harder to turn that frustration into action.Every hour spent complaining about the job is an hour that could have been used to develop a plan, learn a skill, or build the systems that move you closer to freedom.In this episode, you'll learn:• Why constant complaining drains the energy needed to make real progress• How workplace negativity can reinforce an employee mindset• Why building quietly helps protect your focus and momentum• How consistent after-hours execution can create a real path out of the 9-to-5The truth is simple:You cannot build a better future by constantly talking about what you hate.Protect your energy.Stay focused.Do your job well.Then use the margins of your day to build the asset that can eventually replace the paycheck.Stop complaining about the walls.Start building the exit.Your Network is your NETWORTH!Make sure to add me on all SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS:Instagram: https://jo.my/paulalex2024Facebook: https://jo.my/fbpaulalex2024YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGhDAD1JyGGzSQUPD9lc9HQLinkedIn: https://jo.my/inpaulalex2024Looking for a secondary source of income or want to become an entrepreneur? Check out one of my companies below to see if we can help you:www.CashSwipe.comFREE Copy of my book “Blue to Digital Gold - The New American Dream”www.officialPaulAlex.com

Architects are often very precise, pristine, measured, and accurate. Did this architect get the dimensions of his relationship correct? Find out in this week's episode of The Feeling Station. Support Tinto - www.buymeacoffee.com/feelingstation

How do we bridge the gap between architectural plans and what actually gets built on site?In this episode of the TALKdesign Podcast, Adrian Ramsay sits down with Jae Warrander, co-founder and architectural director of the award-winning Wellington practice Makers. Together, they explore what happens when spatial design and physical construction come together under one roof, diving into how integrated design-build workflows eliminate building surprises, protect budgets, and elevate spatial quality.Adrian and Jae unpack how early contractor involvement paired with immersive virtual reality transforms the client experience. While traditional 2D floorplans are easily misinterpreted, stepping into a digital 3D model in VR allows every detail—from window sightlines to complex roof junctions—to be tested, understood, and perfected before anything is manufactured off site. Combined with cross-laminated timber (CLT), CNC precision, and off-site manufacturing, this approach allows bespoke, high-performance homes to go together smoothly, even on challenging, wind-swept sites.They also explore the story behind the Ata Rangi tasting room in Martinborough—a project that earned a prestigious New Zealand Architecture Award on the firm's ten-year anniversary. Remarkably sparked by a local council notice requiring compliant public toilets, the project expanded into an expressive, site-responsive design crafted using macrocarpa timber milled directly from the property's aging shelter trees.It is an inspiring discussion on material choice, environmental sensitivity, and the magic that occurs when creative vision meets practical making.What We Cover in This Episode:• Closing the Design-Build Gap: How combining design and construction under one roof eliminates miscommunication and paper architecture.• The Power of VR Visualisation: Why clients misread 2D plans and how stepping inside a digital model solves problems before breaking ground.• Mass Timber & Off-Site Manufacturing: How cross-laminated timber (CLT) and CNC precision streamline builds on complex sites.• Award-Winning Architecture: The story behind the Ata Rangi winery tasting room and how a council notice for toilets led to a national architecture award.• Site-Responsive Materials: Reclaiming local shelter-belt timber and using natural lime-wash plasters to create healthy, calm, and grounded spaces.⏯️ Episode Timestamps03:45 – Jae's journey: Lego, joinery, and discovering architecture through problem-solving.07:50 – Solat Decathlon, First Light House, and the shift toward mass timber (CLT).15:10 – Designing in Virtual Reality: Bridging the gap for clients and builders alike.22:00 – Early Contractor Involvement and solving site constraints before fabrication.28:30 – Drone site analysis for view angles and light orientation.32:30 – Deep Dive: The award-winning Ata Rangi Tasting Room in Martinborough.39:30 – Upcycling site history: Milling on-site Macrocarpa weatherbelt trees into finished architecture.51:30 – The emotional quality of a space: Designing for connection and ease.58:00 – Materiality, healthy buildings, and the future of wellness in interior design.1:01:40 – Jae's dream final project and his quickfire question for architectural photographer Simon Devitt.Connect with Us & Explore More:

My conversation with David starts at 27 mins Subscribe and Watch Interviews LIVE : On YOUTUBE.com/StandUpWithPete ON SubstackStandUpWithPete Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. This show is Ad free and fully supported by listeners like you! Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 750 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls David Rothkopf is the CEO of TRG Media, host of the Deep State Radio podcast, and the author, most recently of Traitor: A History of Betraying America from Benedict Arnold to Donald Trump. The Rothkopf Group produces podcasts including Deep State Radio, National Security Magazine, custom programming for clients and it organizes live interactive web-based and live forums. Rothkopf is a contributing columnist to The Daily Beast and a member of the Board of Contributors of USA Today.  He is the author of hundreds of articles on international, national security and political themes for publications that include the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, the Financial Times, the Daily Beast, Foreign Policy and Foreign Affairs. He is also a regular commentator on broadcast media worldwide. His previous books include Great Questions of Tomorrow, National Insecurity: American Leadership in an Age of Fear, Power, Inc.: The Epic Rivalry Between Big Business and Government—and the Reckoning That Lies Ahead, Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making, and Running the World: The Inside Story of the National Security Council and the Architects of American Power. His most recent book is The Great Questions of Tomorrow. Rothkopf has taught international affairs at Columbia University, Georgetown University and Johns Hopkins University. He has served as a member of several boards and advisory boards including those associated with the U.S. Institute of Peace, IREX, the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, the Progressive Policy Institute, and the Center for the Study of the Presidency. Previously, Rothkopf served as CEO and Editor of the FP Group, publishers of Foreign Policy Magazine, CEO of Garten Rothkopf and was the founder and CEO of Intellibridge Corporation, an open-source intelligence provider to government and private sector organizations. Prior to that he served as managing director of Kissinger Associates. Rothkopf served as deputy undersecretary of commerce for international trade policy in the Clinton administration and played a central role in developing the administration's groundbreaking Big Emerging Markets Initiative. Before government, Rothkopf was founder and CEO of International Media Partners and editor and publisher of the CEO Magazine and Emerging Markets newspaper. He also served as chairman of the CEO Institute. He is a graduate of Columbia College of Columbia University and attended the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. Listen rate and review on Apple Podcasts Listen rate and review on Spotify Pete On Instagram Pete on Blue Sky Pete on Threads Pete on Tik Tok Pete on Twitter Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page All things Jon Carroll  Gift a Subscription https://www.patreon.com/PeteDominick/gift Send Pete $ Directly on Venmo

This week, David and Marina of FAME Architecture & Design are joined by Brent Buck, founder and principal at Brent Buck Architects. The three discussed Brent's background, architecture education, inspiring buildings during his travels, what's consistent in his work, efficiency in design details, making compromises, starchitects & interior designers, how architects can communicate better, the Clinton Hill project, favorite building & experiences, and more. This episode is supported by Chaos • Programa • Future London Academy SUBSCRIBE  • Apple Podcasts  • YouTube  • Spotify CONNECT  • Website: www.secondstudiopod.com • Office  • Instagram • Facebook  • Call or text questions to 213-222-6950 SUPPORT Leave a review  EPISODE CATEGORIES  •  Interviews: Interviews with industry leaders.  •  Project Companion: Informative talks for clients.    •  Fellow Designer: Tips for designers.  •  After Hours: Casual conversations about everyday life. •  Design Reviews: Reviews of creative projects and buildings. The views, opinions, or beliefs expressed by Sponsee or Sponsee's guests on the Sponsored Podcast Episodes do not reflect the views, opinions, or beliefs of Sponsor.

In this solo episode, Bradley Hamner maps where developing your team actually sits inside a business blueprint. Team is one of the principles in the BlueprintOS operating system, and it carries three playbooks: attract A-players, develop A-players, and retain A-players. This episode covers the middle one and picks up directly from last week's conversation on performance improvement plans.Bradley walks through the three elements of the Develop A-Players Playbook. An ongoing training and development system for people who are years past onboarding. A current state and future state accountability chart that shows each role, who holds it, and the three to five things they own. And a performance management system, which is where PIPs live. He also explains why playbooks operate like gears in a watch rather than silos, and why the accountability chart earns its keep twice, once with the team you have and once with the candidate you are trying to recruit.This conversation moves beyond hiring and into what happens after. What are you doing intentionally to develop someone who has been on the team for five years? Can your current team see what the organization looks like three years from now? And what is your actual process when a good performer drops below quota? If you have built a team and stopped there, this episode is for you.Join us in the free Circle community and hop on the email list to get practical tools, resources, trainings, and updates on what we're working on next.https://blueprintos.com/assets/ Thanks to our sponsorsCoach P ConsultingCoach P found great success as an insurance agent and agency owner, leading a large and stable team of top-performing professionals. Today, he shares the systems, delegation strategies, and specialization methods he developed along the way. Gain access to weekly training calls and mentoring at:https://coachpconsulting.comBe sure to mention you heard about it on the Above The Business Podcast.Autopilot RecruitingAutopilot Recruiting helps small business owners solve staffing challenges by taking the stress out of hiring. Their dedicated recruiters work on your behalf every business day. They optimize your applicant tracking system, post job listings, and source candidates through social media and local communities.With their continuous recruiting approach, you can save time, reduce hiring costs, and receive pre-screened candidates without paying hiring fees or commissions.https://www.autopilotrecruiting.comMention Above The Business Podcast when you reach out.Direct ClicksDirect Clicks specializes in digital marketing solutions designed for business owners who want measurable results. Their team supports companies through paid advertising, SEO, and strategic marketing systems that help generate consistent leads.Exclusive offer for listeners:https://directclicksinc.com/abovethebusinessGet a free marketing campaign audit where their team reviews your website, SEO, content, social media, and paid advertising, then provides actionable recommendations. If you partner with them, all setup fees will be waived.About Above The BusinessAbove The Business is hosted by Bradley Hamner, founder of BlueprintOS, and focuses on helping small business owners transition from Rainmaker to Architect by building systems, teams, and operations that scale without their constant involvement.

In this episode, I chat with Gerardo Martinez, Executive Director of Educational Technology for Westminster School District, about what educators can learn from the field of architecture when designing meaningful learning experiences. Gerardo shares how his journey from architecture to education shaped his thinking about instructional design and the role of physical learning environments. We also explore his innovative i4 teacher leadership program, why inspiration must precede innovation, and how districts can cultivate cultures in which teachers feel empowered to experiment and grow. Finally, we discuss how AI is reshaping the design process and why the teacher's highest-value work has never been delivering information, but designing learning experiences that foster curiosity, agency, and deep understanding. Episode Resources Gerardo Martinez's LinkedIn

She built a $2.5 billion company from nothing, sold at 39, and moved to Paris. On the last day of her celebration trip with her family, she had a panic attack and was rushed to a Caribbean hospital, thinking she was dying. This is a different kind of episode than I usually release. What you'll find is a raw, off-the-record research interview we did for my forthcoming book, The Founders Reckoning: the moment when a founder's identity architecture runs out, and something new has to be reconstructed in its place. Marta agreed to let me share this conversation because, in her words, “what we talked about today was just so potent.” What you'll find is a real conversation, no overproduction or polished setup, but two people diving deep into what happens when you hit every goal and realize it's not enough. We talk about:* the seven years she knew it was time to leave before she did* what it felt like to become an employee of the very company she founded* the identity collapse that followed her exit* why she now says her $2.5 billion company was “nothing”Chapters00:00 — Cold Open“I cannot wait to get the f**k out of here.”00:05 — IntroductionMakhosi frames the episode: a raw research interview for the book on the founder's reckoning, shared with permission.00:38 — The BuildMarta sets the context. Fourteen years, two people and their cell phones, 500 employees, $2.5 billion in revenue. “It was a ride that was intense.”04:09 — The Seven-Year KnowingMarta pinpoints the moment it shifted: 2007, when investors arrived and she had to answer to someone else for the first time. She knew then. She didn't exit until 2014.06:17 — The Gendered ExperienceShe was the face of the company. The investors assumed she was there to order lunch. Her husband became “one of the boys.” The quiet suffocation of being a woman founder in a room full of men who don't see you.08:51 — The MaskTwo realities at once: from the outside, everything looked like success. Inside, she was having secret meetings with the CFO about being $8 million in the hole, unable to make payroll, putting on a Hawaiian shirt and telling everyone “cheap Caribbean.”12:44 — The Identity Crisis“Expansion isn't always the money and the beautiful things. Expansion is always, all the time, how much of the hard stuff can you carry?” Marta on being 39, carrying the load of a $2.5 billion brand, and what happens when the titles disappear.14:00 — The Body Collapse“Hi, remember me? That thing you neglected for three and almost four decades of your life? We're gonna give you a heart condition.” The panic attack on the celebration trip. The Caribbean hospital. The beginning of the reckoning.20:48 — Why She Wouldn't Have ListenedThe honesty most founders never give: “It would have had to be someone who had done something like what I was doing or bigger. Otherwise, a lot of people have very good advice, but no credibility.”25:42 — The Hook ProblemMarta's first offering after the exit was called Soul Care. It was about the inner world. Nobody wanted it. Then she led with “from $80K in debt to $2.5 billion in sales.” Now they listened. But they only wanted the scaling playbook, not the slowing down.28:01 — The UnfoldingHow she navigated the post-exit life: therapy, breathwork, yoga certification, a book, one-on-one work, Dior, Paris. Not a vision. Just step by step, following what showed up.31:02 — The Arrival Emptiness“It's the same, except I have more money in my bank account. That's weird.” What do you do when you hit every mark on your list and you're 39, not 80?36:23 — “That Was Nothing”The one thing she wishes someone had told her: “My beautiful girl, you have just begun to scratch the surface. That was nothing.” People call $2.5 billion incredible. Marta disagrees. “I did that in my 30s. Can you imagine what I can do now?”38:34 — The Golden Cage“What starts as a really exciting thing — my God, I'm a founder — eventually it will enslave you.” On the importance of knowing who you are beyond the title, and allowing the business to evolve as you do.42:15 — Building From AlignmentCan you build a billion-dollar company from alignment instead of wounding? “I think it's possible, but I don't think it was possible for me. I came with tremendous trauma that I had to clean up first.”48:11 — “I Can Have Anything”The reframe on having it all: “It's not that you can have everything. You can. But I can have anything. And what do I choose?” Curation over accumulation.49:00 — Why She Shows Up AnywayMarta volunteers to take the conversation public. On the dehumanization that happens at a certain level of wealth, the brutal comments, and why she keeps showing up online anyway. “Because I care, and also I think I have a lot to say.”55:55 — ClosingA mutual decision to record a full episode together. “I think some of the stuff we talked about today was just so potent.”Show NotesGuest: Marta Hobbs is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, a luxury life coach, and a soul-led business mentor whose work guides high-achieving women back to themselves - authentically, powerfully, and with no apologies. Through private coaching, confidential companionship, her podcast, exclusive events & luxury retreats, as well as a thriving women's community, she creates space for women to stop performing and start fully living.She has built and successfully exited a $2.5 billion company and now guides women to create their legacy brands - or helps them recover from what it actually takes to get there. Marta splits her time between Miami, Paris, St. Barths, and New York with her husband Jim, their toy poodle Daisy, and her two adult children close to her heart.She's published a best-selling memoir, “Unraveling,” a program on wealth embodiment for women called “Luxury Wealth Codes,” and she frequently collaborates with luxury brands such as Dior, Four Seasons, Eden Rock St Barths, Aman, and LVMH. You can learn more on www.MartaHobbs.com and www.LuxuryWealthCodes.com or follow her on social media at @MartaHobbsHost: Makhosi Nejeser Advisor to founders who've hit a ceiling strategy can't fix Founder, The House of Sovereign LegacyWhat changes after success?Makhosi Nejeser advises founders who have built the business, hit the numbers, and noticed that winning doesn't feel the way it used to. Over eight years and hundreds of founders, she's watched one pattern repeat: the person you had to become to build the company eventually becomes the reason the success stops landing.Her perspective comes from an unusual combination: a decade in business, alongside full initiation into a Southern African tradition whose role, for generations, has been advising leaders through transitions of power. She practices publicly through her brand, The Royal Shaman.Inside The House of Sovereign Legacy, she hosts monthly House Briefings, each built around one question worthy of a founder's life, writes Letters from the House, and hosts the Architects of Sovereignty podcast. Her forthcoming book gives founders a name for what they've been living and a picture of what's actually possible on the other side.She advises a small number of founders each year, by application.Featured: CNBC, Business Insider, Entrepreneur, NBC, ABC, CBSFor Makhosi's most up-to-date access points and to follow on social media,Visit: https://www.theroyalshaman.com/linksThis episode was originally a research interview for Makhosi's forthcoming book on The Reckoning. Shared with permission.If this episode resonated, share it with a founder who needs to hear it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theroyalshaman.substack.com

Architect, Author, Photographer and New Urbanist Steve Mouzon joins me to tell his story about the emergence of New Urbanism in a location that many would consider unlikely. Huntsville, Alabama might be known for Space Camp, but it's not widely known as a place to find great urban design and architecture. And that's a shame, because there's more lessons to learn here for most cities than by flying to a big, coastal market.Steve talks about the emergence of the Village of Providence in the early 2000s, its unique characteristics, and how that project also influenced the rebirth of downtown Huntsville. He also shares some of his own travails and triumphs, asking “why not us?” For more on Steve's work, please do check out his incredible resource at The Original Green.Find more content on The Messy City on Kevin's Substack page.Music notes: all songs by low standards, ca. 2010. Videos here. If you'd like a CD for low standards, message me and you can have one for only $5.Intro: “Why Be Friends”Outro: “Fairweather Friend” Get full access to The Messy City at kevinklinkenberg.substack.com/subscribe

Wer heute in einer schönen bezahlbaren Wohnung lebt, sollte besser nie mehr umziehen. Der Wohnungsmangel ist dramatisch, die Mieten steigen unaufhörlich. Aber das soll sich ändern. Das Bauen soll schneller, einfacher und günstiger werden nach dem Willen der Bundesregierung. Das würde auch die Mieten wieder bezahlbar machen. Das klingt nach einem guten Plan. Die Konzepte liegen vor, die ersten Bauten entstehen. Geht schneller, einfacher, günstiger bauen und dann auch noch nachhaltig, lebenswert und vielleicht sogar schön? Müssen es immer Neubauten sein? Wie werden sich die Architektur und unsere Städte verändern? Darüber spricht Moderatorin Karen Fuhrmann mit dem Architekten Werner Sobek, Gründungsmitglied der Deutschen Gesellschaft für nachhaltiges Bauen, dem Architekturpsychologen Kai Schuster, dem Kulturwissenschaftler Alexander Gutzmer und der Architektin Andrea Bitter von Architects for Future. Podcast-Tipp: Punkt EU - der Europa-Podcast von WDR 5 Hohe Preise, wenig Auswahl: wie die EU gegen Wohnungsnot vorgeht Barcelona, Wien, Paris: Bezahlbarer Wohnraum wird in Europa knapper. Ein Problem sind Kurzzeitvermietungen. Das EU-Parlament fordert strengere Regeln für Airbnb & Co. Was bringt's? Mit Kathrin Schmid, Sebastian Kisters und Sabrina Fritz. https://www.ardsounds.de/episode/urn:ard:episode:a3a57c52c6c2a92b/

In this episode, Architect Mark Nichols shares his journey into high-end residential design, the importance of client-focused service, and how technology like AI is transforming architecture. Discover insights on building strong relationships, managing a small business, and scaling strategically.   Professional Real Estate Investors - How we can help you: Investor Fuel Mastermind:  Learn more about the Investor Fuel Mastermind, including 100% deal financing, massive discounts from vendors and sponsors you're already using, our world class community of over 150 members, and SO much more here: http://www.investorfuel.com/apply   Investor Machine Marketing Partnership:  Are you looking for consistent, high quality lead generation? Investor Machine is America's #1 lead generation service professional investors. Investor Machine provides true 'white glove' support to help you build the perfect marketing plan, then we'll execute it for you…talking and working together on an ongoing basis to help you hit YOUR goals! Learn more here: http://www.investormachine.com   Coaching with Mike Hambright:  Interested in 1 on 1 coaching with Mike Hambright? Mike coaches entrepreneurs looking to level up, build coaching or service based businesses (Mike runs multiple 7 and 8 figure a year businesses), building a coaching program and more. Learn more here: https://investorfuel.com/coachingwithmike   Attend a Vacation/Mastermind Retreat with Mike Hambright: Interested in joining a "mini-mastermind" with Mike and his private clients on an upcoming "Retreat", either at locations like Cabo San Lucas, Napa, Park City ski trip, Yellowstone, or even at Mike's East Texas "Big H Ranch"? Learn more here: http://www.investorfuel.com/retreat   Property Insurance: Join the largest and most investor friendly property insurance provider in 2 minutes. Free to join, and insure all your flips and rentals within minutes! There is NO easier insurance provider on the planet (turn insurance on or off in 1 minute without talking to anyone!), and there's no 15-30% agent mark up through this platform!  Register here: https://myinvestorinsurance.com/   New Real Estate Investors - How we can work together: Investor Fuel Club (Coaching and Deal Partner Community): Looking to kickstart your real estate investing career? Join our one of a kind Coaching Community, Investor Fuel Club, where you'll get trained by some of the best real estate investors in America, and partner with them on deals! You don't need $ for deals…we'll partner with you and hold your hand along the way! Learn More here: http://www.investorfuel.com/club   —--------------------

In our new sermon series, "Architects of A New Reality," we're focused on becoming the people God has called us to be. People who can see what could be, carry what it requires, and build what doesn't yet exist.  Want to learn more about Engage? VISIT: www.engagetallahassee.com

1. AI's problem is not lack of usage, it is lack of public advocacy.A growing number of people already use AI in ordinary work and life, often happily and quietly. The public argument, however, is dominated by critics. That creates a false picture: the negative voices sound like the majority because the beneficiaries are mostly just getting on with using the tools.2. The strongest pro-AI case refuses the centralization-versus-distribution binary.One side argues frontier AI is too powerful to distribute broadly, so it needs centralized control by large companies and the state. The other argues it is too powerful to centralize, so capability should diffuse through open models, local hardware, and edge systems. The better answer is both: large frontier labs to fund and push capability forward, and distributed edge AI to bring privacy, resilience, ownership, and low-cost access closer to users.3. Metering intelligence is not sinister; it is how abundance becomes practical.AI requires huge investment in chips, data centers, power, software, routing, and product infrastructure. Metering does not mean charging for human thought. It means making the cost of access legible: which model is doing the work, what task is worth paying for, who pays, and when. Stripe and OpenRouter matter because markets cannot become abundant if nobody can price, route, govern, or pay for what is being consumed.4. The Human Dividend has two parts: cheap access and shared ownership.AI has 2 dividends for us humans. The first dividend will be free or very cheap intelligence for individuals, schools, hospitals, and light everyday use. The second will be broader participation in the economic surplus created by AI. Access alone is not enough. If intelligence becomes a foundational input like electricity or money, then ordinary people should have some ownership claim on the infrastructure whose value they helped create.5. Champions win permission; architects make the system work.AI needs public champions who can explain why the buildout is worth the cost. It also needs intelligent architects: people designing the identity systems, agent rails, security models, local inference, energy markets, public-feedback loops, liquidity structures, and resilience plans that make AI usable in the real world. Champions make the case. Architects make the case true. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thatwastheweek.com/subscribe

On this episode of Inside the Firm, the July 2026 architecture billings still suck, what does the current run of Bitcoin mean for the macro economy, and finally why you should create your firm's project database, like now! Join us as we go back Inside the Firm!

In this solo episode, Bradley Hamner makes the case that the business owner is the wrong person to document the company's systems and processes.Bradley revisits the three components of a blueprint: personal leadership, a roadmap for growth, and an operating system built on documented playbooks. He explains why appointing a systems champion, someone already on the team who owns documentation as an actual job, moves the work further than the owner will ever manage alone, and how AI now compresses the time it takes to produce a playbook.This conversation moves beyond agreeing with the concept and into the appointment itself. Who on your team is closest to how the work actually gets done? What happens to your documentation when it depends entirely on your own calendar? And what changes if the only parts you own are the first ten percent and the last ten percent? If you have believed in systemizing your business for years but have never assigned it to anyone, this episode is for you.Visit https://workshop.blueprintos.com to register for the upcoming Above The Business workshop.Thanks to our sponsorsCoach P ConsultingCoach P found great success as an insurance agent and agency owner, leading a large and stable team of top-performing professionals. Today, he shares the systems, delegation strategies, and specialization methods he developed along the way. Gain access to weekly training calls and mentoring at:https://coachpconsulting.comBe sure to mention you heard about it on the Above The Business Podcast.Autopilot RecruitingAutopilot Recruiting helps small business owners solve staffing challenges by taking the stress out of hiring. Their dedicated recruiters work on your behalf every business day. They optimize your applicant tracking system, post job listings, and source candidates through social media and local communities.With their continuous recruiting approach, you can save time, reduce hiring costs, and receive pre-screened candidates without paying hiring fees or commissions.https://www.autopilotrecruiting.comMention Above The Business Podcast when you reach out.Direct ClicksDirect Clicks specializes in digital marketing solutions designed for business owners who want measurable results. Their team supports companies through paid advertising, SEO, and strategic marketing systems that help generate consistent leads.Exclusive offer for listeners:https://directclicksinc.com/abovethebusinessGet a free marketing campaign audit where their team reviews your website, SEO, content, social media, and paid advertising, then provides actionable recommendations. If you partner with them, all setup fees will be waived.About Above The BusinessAbove The Business is hosted by Bradley Hamner, founder of BlueprintOS, and focuses on helping small business owners transition from Rainmaker to Architect by building systems, teams, and operations that scale without their constant involvement.

Following the success of their award-winning bestselling novels Caretaker & Servant, authors R.J. Halbert return with Architect, the powerful final novel in The Goodpasture Chronicles. Tune in for an inspiring conversation with Rhonda and Jason Halbert about their gripping new release.Moments with Marianne Radio Show airs in the Southern California area on KMET1490AM & 98.1 FM, an ABC Talk News Radio Affiliate!  https://www.kmet1490am.comJason Halbert is an Emmy and Grammy Award-winning producer and songwriter whose music has reached millions through multiple #1 and Platinum-selling albums. With a career spanning over two decades as Music Director and Producer for Kelly Clarkson and other notable artists, Jason has also left his creative mark on numerous works in film and television.Rhonda Halbert spent the past decade as a successful music and television manager, building strong relationships with labels, networks, and producers. She is also a published photographer, music supervisor, passionate cook, garden enthusiast, and spiritual practitioner.Together, the Halberts write under the pen name R.J. Halbert. https://www.rjhalbert.comDiscover inspiring conversations with today's leading authors, celebrities, thought leaders, and change makers. To learn more about the Moments with Marianne Radio Show, explore guest interview opportunities, connect with Marianne, and follow her on social media, visit https://www.mariannepestana.comExplore the Moments with Marianne Book Club and find your next great read: https://www.mariannepestana.com/book-club/Listen to the Moments with Marianne Radio Show on KMET 1490AM & 98.1FM, an ABC News Radio Affiliate, weekdays at 8:06 AM PT / 11:06 AM ET and Sundays at 10:06 AM PT / 1:06 PM ET. Learn more at: https://www.kmet1490am.com/moments-with-marianne

In an un-siloed world where public spaces face evolving threats, Kirk Rose and Sergio Lechuga detail how intentional design, community trust, and “invisible layers” protect people without building prisons. This is only a part of what makes HMC Architects a people-focused firm and one built for the future. he Convo By Design Icon Registry is presented by Pacific Sales Kitchen & Home. In this follow-up conversation, I attempt to anchor a deep dive into the changing nature of safety and security in architectural design. Kirk Rose (Healthcare Practice Leader at HMC Architects) and Sergio Lechuga (Director of Interior Design at HMC Architects). The dialogue builds upon a previous conversation to explore how architects, acting as true futurists who design structures to last 75 to 150 years must proactively engineer spaces for unthinkable modern threats. From emergency room protocols to K-12 campus layouts and civic centers, Kirk and Sergio break down how rigid, intrusive security (like airport-style metal detectors) can erode human experience and mental well-being. Instead, they champion an approach of subtle, “porous” architectural layers and operational human protocols. The trio bridges these heavy commercial insights with residential realities, concluding that real safety relies heavily on human awareness, technological adaptation, and the ultimate luxury: a connected community. And this is just partly why the entire HMC Architects firm are inductees for the month of August, 2026 in Convo By Design Icon Registry presented by Pacific Sales Kitchen & Home. Architects as Futurists vs. Designers: Josh establishes that while interior designers typically plan for 5-to-25-year cycles (allowing for aesthetic refreshes), architects must project safety, utility, and durability 100+ years into the future. The Psychology of Security: Walking through metal detectors or staring through barred windows drastically alters a child’s or a patient’s state of mind. Sergio explains how HMC organizes K-12 buildings to act as a natural perimeter courtyard, eliminating the need for aggressive fencing while maintaining clear sightlines and controlled points of access. The Fallibility of the Metal Detector: Kirk highlights a counterintuitive healthcare trend: many public hospitals are actively removing physical metal detectors. Because weapons can be bypassed or thrown over gates, facilities rely instead on roving security, trained staff, and strict internal “back-of-house” zoning accessible only by keycard. The “Aleatory Space” & Community Trust: Drawing on an architectural concept of un-owned public property (aleatory space), the guests argue that the true front line of residential security isn’t just an automated floodlight or a ring camera—it is genuine rapport and old-fashioned communication between neighbors. High-Tech Human Interventions: Kirk shares sophisticated backend systems used in modern maternal wards, such as infrared infant abduction systems paired with “delayed egress” alarms. These systems demonstrate that effective security is always a blend of automated tech and rapid human operational protocol. Security as the New Ultimate Luxury: Pre-pandemic design focused heavily on air, water, and sound quality. Today, Josh and the guests observe a market evolution where invisible, seamless security infrastructure has officially shifted from an afterthought to a core luxury expectation. Featured Architecture Firm: Learn more about regional planning, K-12 innovations, and evidence-based environment modeling at HMC Architects.

Send us Fan MailYour data is not “in the cloud” in some magical place. It is on someone else's computer, under someone else's rules and that changes everything once AI enters the picture. I sit down with Ehsan Darweshi (Founder and Architect at QANAT) and Georg Schmejkal (Growth lead and founding team) to unpack the real business cost of modern tooling: the quiet trade of convenience for dependency, and the growing fear that confidential work can leak, be profiled, or be used to train models you do not control.We dig into what people get wrong about data ownership in Web2, why “free” often means you pay with personal data, and how a lack of transparency erodes trust between brands and customers. Ehsan breaks down the difference between privacy and digital sovereignty using a simple metaphor: privacy is locking the door, sovereignty is being able to move freely without being watched. From there, we explore data gravity, vendor lock-in, and why switching platforms can feel impossible once your workflows and LLM learning are baked into a provider.AI makes this urgent. We talk about LLMs acting like internal employees without NDAs, risks like prompt injection, and why private AI and zero trust, zero knowledge architectures matter for companies of any size. Georg shares why digital sovereignty is now a government and enterprise priority, with lessons from a UAE roadshow, and we close with a practical, staged path for founders and marketers who rely on Google, LinkedIn, Meta, and AI platforms but still want control.This episode was recorded through a Descript call on August 4, 2026. Read the blog article and show notes here: https://webdrie.net/who-owns-the-data-your-business-createsIf you care about digital sovereignty, data privacy, private LLMs, and building long-term trust, listen now then subscribe, share the episode with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find it........................................................................... 

What happens when a probate litigator stops chasing every matter and starts designing a firm that can grow without them? In this episode, you'll hear how Shawn Kerendian scaled a niche trust and estate litigation practice by saying no to the wrong work, obsessing over infrastructure, and using EOS, OKRs, and tech to build a truly scalable law firm.   In this episode, Steve Fretzin and Shawn Kerendian discuss: Choosing a narrow niche in trust and estate litigation Protecting capacity to pursue business development and opportunities Scaling from 20 to 40+ people and rebuilding firm infrastructure Implementing EOS, OKRs, and KPIs as a single operating system Tech stack, AI experimentation, and branding for talent and referrals   Key Takeaways: Protecting time and capacity—rather than maximizing short-term billables—creates room to pursue the opportunities that actually grow a firm. Committing to a narrow niche makes it easier to become the go‑to expert, generate referrals, and collaborate with other specialists. Rapid headcount growth without parallel investment in management, systems, and infrastructure eventually exposes serious strain on both clients and employees. Running on a single operating system with clear objectives, key results, and KPIs turns firm management from reactive chaos into a predictable rhythm. The biggest hiring risk isn't moving too slowly—it's bringing in the wrong people, which can damage culture, client service, and the morale of everyone who stays.   "The biggest mistake was chasing growth without worrying about the right people or the right fit." — Shawn Kerendian   Check out my new show, Be That Lawyer Coaches Corner, and get the strategies I use with my clients to win more business and love your career again.   Join the Be That Lawyer Community and connect with ambitious lawyers who are serious about growing their book of business, strengthening their brand, and becoming confident, consistent rainmakers.   Ready to go from good to GOAT in your legal marketing game? Don't miss PIMCON—where the brightest minds in professional services gather to share what really works. Lock in your spot now: https://www.pimcon.org/   Thank you to our Sponsor! LEX Reception: https://www.lexreception.com/partners/bethatlawyer Rankings.io: https://rankings.io/ Lawyer.com: https://www.lawyer.com/   Ready to grow your law practice without selling or chasing? Book your free 30-minute strategy session now—let's make this your breakout year: https://fretzin.com/   About Shawn Kerendian: Shawn Kerendian is a probate litigator and the founder and Managing Partner of Keystone Law Group, P.C. He specializes in trust, estate, and conservatorship litigation, representing trustees, beneficiaries, and heirs in complex probate disputes. By narrowing his firm's focus exclusively to probate litigation, Kerendian scaled Keystone Law Group into a premier niche practice while implementing modern business frameworks—such as EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System), OKRs, and business intelligence tech—to streamline operations, law firm management, and sustainable team growth.   Connect with Shawn Kerendian: Website: https://keystone-law.com/firm/attorneys/shawn-s-kerendian LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-kerendian-0b88ab16/   Connect with Steve Fretzin: LinkedIn: Steve Fretzin Twitter: @stevefretzin Instagram: @fretzinsteve Facebook: Fretzin, Inc. Website: Fretzin.com Email: Steve@Fretzin.com Book: Legal Business Development Isn't Rocket Science and more! YouTube: Steve Fretzin Call Steve directly at 847-602-6911   Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it. 

Bob Evans speaks with Chad Wahlquist, an Architect at Palantir, about what is driving the company's extraordinary growth and, more importantly, what customers are getting from its technology. Wahlquist argues that Palantir's momentum comes from helping enterprises solve difficult operational problems rather than simply deploying AI or chasing model benchmarks. Their conversation explores AI sovereignty, business outcomes, Palantir's Ontology, LLM complexity, customer operating leverage, and the importance of retaining control over enterprise decision-making. Outcomes Over AI Hype   The Big Themes: Outcomes Drive Palantir's Growth: Wahlquist connects Palantir's growth to the tangible returns customers see after adopting its technology. Rather than treating AI as a standalone investment or another piece of enterprise software, customers increasingly expand their Palantir relationships because successful initial projects create opportunities for broader deployment. He points to strong net dollar retention as evidence that existing customers are spending more after experiencing ROI. The underlying philosophy is straightforward: when an investment generates meaningful business value, executives are willing to repeat and expand it. Production LLMs Create New Problems: Getting an LLM working is only the beginning. Wahlquist discusses the stochastic and probabilistic nature of models, changing provider guardrails, security requirements, model deprecations, and unpredictable behavior across edge cases. Technically switching from one model to another might appear simple, but ensuring that a replacement works reliably across production workflows is significantly harder. This creates a fundamental enterprise question: how do businesses build durable operations on technology whose behavior and availability can change? Protect the Enterprise Decision Loop: One of the conversation's most important ideas is that a business can be understood as a collection of decisions. Companies continually observe data, apply logic, take actions, measure outcomes, and adjust future decisions. Wahlquist calls that feedback loop a source of business “alpha” — the proprietary knowledge that helps one organization outperform another. As AI agents become participants in enterprise decision-making, ownership of that loop becomes increasingly important. Companies should understand who controls the data, logic, actions, outcomes, and learning generated through those processes. The Big Quote: “LLMs don't just magically fix everything. They also create new problems that you have to go solve.” Visit Cloud Wars for more.

The GLP-1 boom is changing how millions of people approach weight loss, but what happens to the gut when these drugs slow digestion and intestinal motility? In this episode of The Architect of Resilience, I sit down with Charlie Weingroff to break down the connection between GLP-1 drugs, gut permeability, oral peptides, inflammation, and systemic health. We explore why oral peptides are often dismissed, how formulation affects absorption, the impact of toxic mold on gut health, hormones, and mitochondrial function, and the role of compounds like lactoferrin in gut and iron management. https://chrisduffin.com/ Coaching, Peptides, Supplements, eBooks & Merch, Education, and my Free Community! A deeper dive into coaching, peptides, and regenerative amplification methods at https://www.enhancedexecutive.com/

Send us Fan MailWe spend roughly 90% of our lives indoors, but how often are our homes actually designed with our health in mind?In this episode of Never Been Sicker, Michael Rubino sits down with Kelly Grace, a non-toxic architect, to uncover what goes into creating a truly healthy home.Kelly explains why conventional architecture and building practices often prioritize cost, aesthetics, efficiency, and basic safety while overlooking how materials and design choices can affect the people living inside.They dive into building materials, moisture and mold, ventilation, flooring, drywall, furniture, mattresses, air quality, and the hidden decisions that can make the difference between a beautiful home and a health-supporting one.Kelly also reveals materials she personally avoids, why she believes drywall has no place in bathrooms, the problems she sees with popular flooring options like LVP, and why even brand-new homes can develop moisture problems.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------CHAPTERS:00:00 Introduction01:00 What Is a Non-Toxic Architect?04:00 Why Kelly Started Designing Healthier Homes07:00 Are Modern Homes Actually Built for Health?10:00 The Problem With Conventional Building Materials14:00 Mold, Moisture & Modern Construction18:00 Why Kelly Wouldn't Put Drywall in a Bathroom22:00 Building Codes vs. Human Health26:00 The Ventilation Problem30:00 Flooring a Non-Toxic Architect Avoids34:00 Hidden Toxins in Furniture & Mattresses39:00 Why New Homes Can Still Have Mold44:00 Building a Healthy Home From Scratch49:00 Healthier Changes You Can Make Right Now54:00 Kelly's Biggest Healthy Home Takeaways57:00 Where to Find Kelly Grace-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Kelly Grace is an accomplished architect based out of Washington DC, and the Managing Principal of Travis Price Architects, an award-winning architecture firm, widely applauded for their visionary aesthetics, informed by ecology, mythology, and technology.  TPA seeks to create an enduring archaeology for tomorrow, through culturally diverse inspirations, natural self-reliance, and high-performance building practices.Kelly is known to many as the “NONTOXARCHITECT” on social media, where she shares her advice on material selections, design details, indoor air quality, water filtration, biohacking, EMF mitigation, moisture control, and much more.  She is dedicated to designing healthy buildings, using non-toxic products, to promote wellness habits and optimal living.  Kelly is also a Founding Member of the Healthy Building Alliance, an up-and-coming platform to connect healthy building professionals; architects, builders, engineers, homeowners, consultants, and product manufacturers, to provide a network of resources and educational tools, based on proven building biology and building science principles.Kelly and her husband Matt live in Davidsonville, MD with their three children, Atlas, Adelyn, and Roark, twenty chickens, and dogs Blue and Ruby.

Do you remember hearing from your Higher Power for the very first time?John Novello heard a voice from Source — what he calls the Invisible Architect — telling him, “Point to the keyboard,” at the ripe, old age of three. That cosmic whisper led John to a long and successful career as a composer and acclaimed jazz pianist.Another conversation later in life led John to write his best-selling book, The Invisible Architect: How to Design a Perfect Life from Within, as a way to help others tap into the wisdom and knowledge that sits inside them waiting to be tapped.John goes deep into the Invisible Architect and shares his Be, Do, Have philosophies of life this week on Spirit Gym.Learn more about John's work as a bestselling author at this link and his first career as an acclaimed jazz pianist and composer at this link. Check out his 1-1 mentoring program at this link. Find him on social media via Facebook and Linkedin.Timestamps3:35 John's upcoming book series, The Invisible Architect Guide For Young Souls, for kids.9:44 John's first experience with the Invisible Architect at age three.14:23 A conversation with the Architect that led to John writing The Invisible Architect as a way to pay it forward.19:28 What is the Invisible Architect?28:53 The importance of reciprocity.34:34 Are you really aware there's an inner voice inside you waiting to be heard?49:14 Few people know how to listen to the Invisible Architect.52:48 Why John believes humans have no souls.58:39 Remember the future.1:01:03 Applying John's Be, Do, Have philosophies and the Law of Thought Substitution.1:13:46 Who goes to the afterlife?1:20:59 A prayer John says to invite the Architect and express perfection through him.1:32:53 The ultimate way to manifest anything, according to Thomas Troward.1:42:41 Most people operate on the Have, Do, Be system and can't convert a goal into a fact.1:52:52 The seven milestones of John's Be, Do, Have process.2:00:31 Refining your Be is critical.2:16:51 Instead of the law of attraction, John reframes it as three things: The law of reflection, law of cause and effect or law of resonance.2:21:00 “The journey is not one of becoming, but one of remembering.”ResourcesInvisible architectureTao of Jeet Kune Do by Bruce LeeConversations with God: an uncommon dialogue book 1 by Neale Donald WalschThe Celestine Prophecy by James RedfieldThe work of Bob Carver, Lawrence Welk, Myron Floren, Walter Russell, Dan Inosanto, Zig Ziglar, Eckard Tolle, David Bohm, Delores Cannon, Wei Wu Wei, Neville Goddard, Sri AurobindoFinite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility and The Religious Case Against Belief by James CarseFind more resources for this episode on our website.Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear MusicThanks to our awesome sponsors:PaleovalleyBIOptimizers US and BIOptimizers UK PAUL15Organifi CHEK20CHEK InstituteWe may earn commissions from qualifying purchases using affiliate links.

How Executive Leaders Build Autonomous Systems & Compress Crisis | Chris WeltonHow do elite CEOs and "Leaders of Leaders" maintain operational freedom while scaling through intense complexity? In this high-impact episode of The Uncommon Leader Podcast, host John Gallagher welcomes back international speaker, author, and executive coach Chris Welton for his third appearance on the show.Drawing from the frameworks in his book, Adversity is the Assignment, Chris shares actionable strategies for leaders looking to eliminate operational friction, build lean organizational systems, and develop autonomous teams. Whether you are dealing with talent disruption, rapid scaling bottlenecks, or executive burnout, this episode provides a strategic roadmap for moving from reactive management to systemized architecture.Key Discussion Highlights & Takeaways:The Four Stages of Adversity: Learn how to navigate from Victim to Survivor, Warrior, and ultimately Architect without pretending the pain isn't real.The Adversity Backpack & "Receipts": How to store and pull from past wins when facing seemingly impossible current challenges.The Adversity Accelerator: Training for hard moments on purpose through disciplined routines, uncomfortable conversations, and mental stamina building.The Undefeated Morning Routine: Winning the first five decisions of your day before the noise of the world takes over.Modern AI Integration: How Chris utilizes AI to perform structural feedback audits on coaching calls to optimize leadership performance.The "One Jordan" Strategy: Building authentic, high-level relationships with world-class leaders (and the surprise call it sparked from John Maxwell).The Power of "No": Protecting family time, eliminating operational drag, and maintaining sharp focus on high-yield leverage.If you got value from this, subscribe to the Uncommon Leader Podcast, share it with someone facing a hard season, and leave a quick review so more uncommon leaders can find the show.

In this solo episode, Bradley Hamner opens a series on developing and coaching team members with a case for performance improvement plans. Most small business owners treat a PIP as a cover-your-back document and a signal that someone is already on the way out. Bradley argues that stigma costs owners good people and real money.He walks through four reasons owners skip PIPs, including corporate red tape stigma, close personal relationships with staff, and the absence of any HR infrastructure. He then lays out four reasons to use them: forcing concrete clarity on expectations, protecting the business legally and financially, relieving the invisible strain that unaddressed underperformance puts on A players, and keeping people worth keeping. He shares a client who built automatic PIP triggers into the culture and retains more than 80 percent of the people who go on one.This conversation moves beyond documentation and into how owners actually develop people. What does good performance look like in concrete numbers? Who on your team is quietly absorbing someone else's workload? And what does it cost to replace a person you could have coached? If you have avoided a performance conversation because the paperwork felt like corporate overhead, this episode is for you.Visit https://workshop.blueprintos.com to register for the upcoming Above The Business workshop.Thanks to our sponsorsCoach P ConsultingCoach P found great success as an insurance agent and agency owner, leading a large and stable team of top-performing professionals. Today, he shares the systems, delegation strategies, and specialization methods he developed along the way. Gain access to weekly training calls and mentoring at:https://coachpconsulting.comBe sure to mention you heard about it on the Above The Business Podcast.Autopilot RecruitingAutopilot Recruiting helps small business owners solve staffing challenges by taking the stress out of hiring. Their dedicated recruiters work on your behalf every business day. They optimize your applicant tracking system, post job listings, and source candidates through social media and local communities.With their continuous recruiting approach, you can save time, reduce hiring costs, and receive pre-screened candidates without paying hiring fees or commissions.https://www.autopilotrecruiting.comMention Above The Business Podcast when you reach out.Direct ClicksDirect Clicks specializes in digital marketing solutions designed for business owners who want measurable results. Their team supports companies through paid advertising, SEO, and strategic marketing systems that help generate consistent leads.Exclusive offer for listeners:https://directclicksinc.com/abovethebusinessGet a free marketing campaign audit where their team reviews your website, SEO, content, social media, and paid advertising, then provides actionable recommendations. If you partner with them, all setup fees will be waived.About Above The BusinessAbove The Business is hosted by Bradley Hamner, founder of BlueprintOS, and focuses on helping small business owners transition from Rainmaker to Architect by building systems, teams, and operations that scale without their constant involvement.

People-Side Risk Management | Darryl Anderson Interview with Darryl Anderson Every major business transformation carries people-side risk. If leaders focus only on strategy, systems, and financial results, they can overlook the human conditions that determine whether change succeeds or quietly falls apart. In this episode, Darryl Anderson shares how leaders can guide organizations through growth and transition without losing the people who make progress possible. He explains the business maturity curve, why people are an organization's greatest commodity, and how Return on Engagement, ROE, creates the foundation for Return on Investment, ROI. Darryl is also the author of The Culture Architect: The Leadership Discipline That Determines Whether Your Organization Thrives or Quietly Fails. 3 Big Ideas Discussed in This Episode BIG IDEA #1: Understanding the Business Maturity Curve Organizations face different leadership challenges as they grow and mature. Darryl explains why leaders must understand where their business is on the maturity curve, recognize what the organization needs at that stage, and adjust how they lead through growth and transition. BIG IDEA #2: People Are Our Greatest Commodity Strategy and systems matter, but people determine whether those plans produce results. Darryl shares why the human element must remain central during transformational change and how leaders can create conditions that help people stay engaged, resilient, and ready to move the organization forward. BIG IDEA #3: ROE Gets You to ROI Return on Investment begins with Return on Engagement. Darryl explains why leaders who build clarity, trust, and meaningful employee engagement create a stronger foundation for execution, performance, and sustainable financial results. About Darryl Anderson Darryl Anderson designs the conditions that help organizations move forward without being destroyed by transformational change. He is not merely a consultant of change, he is an architect of enduring transformation. His work helps ensure that as systems evolve, the human element remains the organization's greatest asset and its most resilient engine of growth. Darryl is the author of The Culture Architect: The Leadership Discipline That Determines Whether Your Organization Thrives or Quietly Fails. Get Darryls new book The Culture Architect on Amazon here now: https://www.amazon.com/Culture-Architect-Leadership-Discipline-Organization-ebook/dp/B0HD2F1JVP/ Learn more about Darryl at TR3 LLC. Get the show notes for this episode at AskJeremyJones.com/podcast.

At Timken, it was generally known that Phil Fracassa knew he would become CFO after the company separated its steel business. But first, he tells us, the board gave him a different assignment: lead the project management office and set both resulting companies up for success.The separation followed pressure from an activist investor and extensive board consideration of strategy, stakeholder impact, operating performance, capital allocation, risk, and long-term shareholder value, according to Fracassa. Once the decision was made, his team had just under a year to carve out a business that had been part of Timken for 85 years.That meant standing up and staffing a company, capitalizing it, unwinding entanglements, separating systems, establishing processes, and developing public-company protocols. Fracassa tells us the work reached virtually every function, including legal, HR, IT, operations, finance, treasury, and tax.His own position carried a particular tension. Although Fracassa knew where he would land after the spin, he says he had to remain “independent, fair, impartial.” His decisions had to serve both companies—not just the one where he would soon hold the CFO title.According to Fracassa, the experience brought together the disciplines he had accumulated across his career. It also left him with a durable conviction: “Strategy really lies in the execution.”Great ideas and thoughtful analysis were not enough, he tells us. Value emerged only when people came together, worked through the issues, and executed. For Fracassa, that is where finance becomes most powerful: beyond the numbers, serving as “an architect of execution” inside the business.

In this solo episode, Bradley Hamner shares the framework he built to take an idea from concept to rollout. He opens with the maxim behind it, ideas are everywhere and implementation is everything, and explains why a business doing $500,000 to $1.5 million cannot afford to throw ideas at the wall when money, team capacity, and owner bandwidth are all limited.Bradley walks through the five phases of the document: naming the idea and the problem it solves, filtering it through acquisition, ascension, retention, efficiency, or profit, defining a best case and a minimum win, assigning a single owner with a communication plan and timeline, running a pre-mortem on what could go wrong, and reaching a verdict. He also explains why owners are better arsonists in their businesses than firefighters.This episode moves beyond idea generation and into restraint. Which ideas actually deserve your team's capacity? Who owns the rollout after the excitement wears off? And does the door you are about to walk through swing both ways? If you generate more ideas than your business can absorb, this episode is for you.Visit https://workshop.blueprintos.com to register for the upcoming Above The Business workshop.Thanks to our sponsorsCoach P ConsultingCoach P found great success as an insurance agent and agency owner, leading a large and stable team of top-performing professionals. Today, he shares the systems, delegation strategies, and specialization methods he developed along the way. Gain access to weekly training calls and mentoring at:https://coachpconsulting.comBe sure to mention you heard about it on the Above The Business Podcast.Autopilot RecruitingAutopilot Recruiting helps small business owners solve staffing challenges by taking the stress out of hiring. Their dedicated recruiters work on your behalf every business day. They optimize your applicant tracking system, post job listings, and source candidates through social media and local communities.With their continuous recruiting approach, you can save time, reduce hiring costs, and receive pre-screened candidates without paying hiring fees or commissions.https://www.autopilotrecruiting.comMention Above The Business Podcast when you reach out.Direct ClicksDirect Clicks specializes in digital marketing solutions designed for business owners who want measurable results. Their team supports companies through paid advertising, SEO, and strategic marketing systems that help generate consistent leads.Exclusive offer for listeners:https://directclicksinc.com/abovethebusinessGet a free marketing campaign audit where their team reviews your website, SEO, content, social media, and paid advertising, then provides actionable recommendations. If you partner with them, all setup fees will be waived.About Above The BusinessAbove The Business is hosted by Bradley Hamner, founder of BlueprintOS, and focuses on helping small business owners transition from Rainmaker to Architect by building systems, teams, and operations that scale without their constant involvement.

William Taubman, Part Two: Taubman examines McNamara's "double life" during the Vietnam War under Lyndon Johnson. While acting as the public architect of escalation, including his role in securing the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution through omitted facts, McNamara privately harbored deep doubts. By 1966, he secretly confessed to aides a desperate desire to bring troops home. His personal life was marked by a close, "opaque" friendship with Jackie Kennedy, who repeatedly begged him to "end the slaughter." Facing increasing pressure from anti-war protests and a fracturing relationship with Johnson, McNamara left the Pentagon to lead the World Bank. He redirected the bank's mission toward helping "the poorest of the poor," which Taubman characterizes as a form of "repentance" for Vietnam. In his later years, McNamara issued serial confessions regarding his mistakes, Agent Orange, and the war's devastating human cost. (2)