There are moments in practice when your job begins changing before anyone has formally admitted that your job has changed. The work you already have remains, but the expectations around it begin to … [Read more...]
Ep 200: Hate to Love You
Two hundred episodes leaves behind more than a back catalog. It leaves a record of what we cared about, what we got right, what we wrestled with, and what kept changing shape the longer we sat with … [Read more...]
Episode 199: Conflict Resolution
Conflict doesn’t usually start with shouting. Conflict typically starts with a room full of professionals trying to keep it together while money, timing, blame, and ego begin working themselves up … [Read more...]
Episode 197: The Knowledge Gap
Architecture is a long-game profession. It takes years to create a foundation of knowledge required to do our work. It begins in school and continues through your early career, and peaks after many … [Read more...]
Ep 196: Do Architects Retire
Retirement is one of those ideas that sounds simple right up until you apply it to architects, and then it starts to fall apart almost immediately. The idea itself seems straightforward enough - work … [Read more...]
Ep 194: Being Your Own Boss
Every so often a topic comes up that sounds straightforward on the surface, but the longer you sit with it, the harder it is to pin down. Being your own boss is one of those ideas. It gets talked … [Read more...]