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Ep 135: Employee Takeover

October 1, 2023 by Bob Borson Leave a Comment

Ep 135: Employee Takeover

It was podcast Episode 130: Employee Evaluations, and Andrew and I were discussing the process and criteria used to assess and measure an individual employee’s performance when we made the point that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Career, Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Interviews, Office, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural studio, career, conversations, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, great to work with architects, Podcast

Ep 134: Management 101

September 17, 2023 by Bob Borson 4 Comments

Ep 134: Management 101

It happens to most people eventually, some get there quickly, while others take a bit longer. Transitioning into a management role is a natural evolution of skill development but that doesn’t … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Blog, Career, Episodes, Office, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, architectural studio, career, Podcast

Ep 130: Employee Evaluations

July 23, 2023 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

Ep 130: Employee Evaluations

Performance Appraisal, Performance Review – call them what you will but we all know what they are, most likely we have received them, chances are that you might even have given one before. What sort … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Career, Episodes, Observations, Office, Podcast Tagged With: architects office, career, Podcast

Ep 118: Architectural Interns

February 5, 2023 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Ep 118: Architectural Interns

Let’s pretend that you’re an architecture student … highly educated, extremely dedicated, and yet – not an architect. It’s time to get your architectural sea legs under you and get a job in the office … [Read more...]

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Ep 116: Workaholic

January 8, 2023 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

Ep 116: Workaholic

Architects work a lot … right? I mean, that’s what most people think, and it’s what you would expect to hear if you straight up asked an architect “Do you work a lot?” Since we all know, or at least … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Do you want to be an Architect?, Episodes, Life in General, Podcast Tagged With: a day in the life, architects office, career, Do you want to be an Architect, Podcast

115: The Art of Getting it Wrong

December 11, 2022 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

115: The Art of Getting it Wrong

Architecture is not a trade, it’s a craft … and it normally takes years of practice before you start to routinely exist in the delicate balance between programming requirements and artistic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture School, Career, Education, Episodes, Life in General, Observations, Podcast Tagged With: architects office, Architecture and Society, Architecture School, career, design studio, Podcast

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